Tuesday's Trailer of the Week

Let’s talk about everyone’s favorite Asgardian returning to the big screen. Yes, Loki is back with Marvel’s latest trailer for “Thor: Ragnorok” and looking better than ever. Despite only having a few seconds worth of screen time the Hiddleston fangirls are sure be flooding the theaters November 3rd to catch a glimpse of the lovable anti-hero.

In all seriousness, the new trailer dons the return of “Thor” who, except for a brief cameo at the end of “Dr. Strange” we have not seen since “Avenger’s Age of Ultron”. This time, our hammer wielding hero may not be using Mjolnir for a while as one of the opening scenes shows a very intimidating female catching the hammer in one hand and then shattering it.

From what I could depict from the trailer, the story is going to revolve around Thor and his journey back to Asgard as it is being destroyed/ attacked from outside forces. This will involve him being captured and sent to a battle arena (run by Jeff Goldbloom alien, although I’m surprised at my lack of surprise at this?) where he will run in with the other missing Avenger, the "Incredible Hulk" resulting in a line that has no doubt already been made into a meme on Tumblr.

While the trailer was successful in getting, me interested in the movie, I can’t help but feel like there's something off. And I think it has to do with the music. One of the trademarks of the “Marvel” franchise has been to establish a certain  genre of music with each of their heroes. “Iron Man” was classic rock including bands like “Black Sabbath” and “Led Zeppelin” already giving you an auditory glimpse into the personality of Tony Stark. In “Captain America: The First Avenger” jazz and similar types of band music gave the audience a feel for time and emphasized the patriotism that “Captain America” is known for. The 70’s pop used in “Guardians of the Galaxy” allowed the audience to be grounded in an otherwise fantastic setting and allowed the viewers to become invested in the main character. The first two “Thor” movies had an almost Hanz Zimmer feel to them, elevating the setting to a grand and epic scale in sync with its fantasy backdrop. In this trailer however they use the song “Immigrant” by Led Zeppelin and despite the Norse mythology within the lyrics it doesn't seem to help with the character, plot or setting of the film. It feels more like someone was listening to the song and thought since it talks about Asgard that it would be perfect for the trailer. I have nothing against the song, but I feel that it was misplaced for a “Thor” trailer and was rather a sour note in an otherwise melodic symphony.

I’m still looking forward to the movie and am excited to see Thor, the Hulk, and Loki together again and hopefully the music of the movie will return to being the perfect backdrop for the fantastic story that Marvel has in store for us.I just pray that the Loki fans will not become rabid in the meantime. #TheStruggleIsREEL!