‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Will Be A Buddy Movie (With Fights)
WhetherThor: Ragnarokwill explorethe relationship between Bruce Banner and the Hulkremains to be seen, but it’ll definitely dig into the friendship between Bruce Banner and Thor (played byChris Hemsworth).Mark Ruffalodescribed the upcoming Marvel movie as “a buddy picture” of sorts, albeit one featuring some superpowered showdowns. Read his Thor Ragnarok buddy movie comments after the jump.
Ruffalo touched uponThor: Ragnarokwhile doing the press rounds for his new movieSpotlight(which is really, really good, by the way; everyone should go see it. Anyway, back to the Marvel stuff!). “I don’t really know that much about it, but I think it’s going to be a buddy picture with Thor and Bruce Banner,” he told theNew York Daily News.
Of course, every buddy movie involves a moment (or many) in which the buddies find themselves at odds with each other.Thor: Ragnarokwill be no exception, according to Ruffalo. “I think they’ll probably fight,” he said. “There’s no doubt, everyone wants us to fight at one point.” It’s worth pointing out that they already have, in the firstAvengers.
And even when they’re fighting side by side, it seems Hulk can’t resist getting in a punch.
Indeed, for a team of legendary do-gooders, it kind of seems like the Avengers are fighting each otherall the damn time.Avengersalso had Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor going mano a mano a mano,Age of Ultronfeatured Hulk battling Iron Man, andAnt-Manpit Ant-Man against Falcon. Heck, the whole premise ofCivil Waris Avenger-on-Avenger action. (The fighting kind, not the sex kind. As far as we know.)
As for whatThor: Ragnarokis actually about, Ruffalo isn’t saying much. “I know that it’s about (the Norse legends of) ‘Ragnarok,’ or the end times in the Marvel universe as it pertains to Thor — which seems to be quite the theme these days in movies,” he said. There have been rumors that the film could send Thor and Hulk on acosmic road trip— and Ruffalo’s “buddy picture” comment might back that up – but that part is so far unconfirmed.
Whatever Marvel ends up doing with these two, it should be a fun ride. Just look at these adorable bros, adorably bro-ing out at Comic-Con:
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Thor: Ragnarokis being directed byTaika Waititi(What We Do in the Shadows). It opensNovember 2, 2017.Tom HiddlestonandJaimie Alexanderalso star.
