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Hiddleston seamlessly slides back into the Asgardian God role as the annoying, obnoxious adopted brother of Thor.
Marvel Studios always seem to have a plan when it comes to
the MCU and all the characters in it. After Avengers: Endgame they
moved into a whole new phase, including more movies and limited series
television shows. These shows highlight some of the characters who never
really got their moments onscreen. Premiering on Disney+, the first two
shows, WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, were praised
by critics and loved by most of the fans of the MCU. This week the third
of these series, Loki, premieres on Disney+ and it very well may be the
best of all three shows.
If you don't remember, Loki (Tom
Hiddleston; Kong: Skull Island), grabbed the Tesseract during the chaos
and promptly disappeared. Well, we finally find out where he went. He
ended up in the Gobi Dessert not knowing where he was and unable to
understand the natives. Suddenly, Armed guards arrive through a magical
portal, arrest Loki and "reset" time. That is when Loki finds himself in
real trouble. It seems by escaping, he veered off his timeline
disrupting the future. Hence, the officers who arrested him were from
the TVA – Time Variance Authority – who brought Loki to stand trial for
his crime against time.
However, Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson;
Wedding Crashers), an analyst in the TVA, would like to instead to use
Loki to catch…well, Loki. It seems there is another Loki out there,
killing TVA guards, and jumping through time to elude detection. Mobius
hopes that this Loki will help the TVA capture this deadly version of
himself by giving the Authority insight into how Loki thinks and what he
would do in a given situation. While Loki is initially resistant, he
eventually agrees to help them, hoping for leniency when he is
sentenced.
Hiddleston seamlessly slides back into the Asgardian
God role as the annoying, obnoxious adopted brother of Thor. He portrays
this unlikable trickster with a certain charm, making him interesting
and complicated. Wilson, who, ironically, tends to portray
trickster-like characters in movies, shows a different side as the
mildly gullible, straight-laced bureaucrat. The supporting cast,
including Sophia Di Martino (Yesterday), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever
Forgive Me?), and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), are excellent while remaining
in the background giving Hiddleston and Wilson the room to shine.
Of
course, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Disney would settle for no
less than topnotch production values and Loki is no exception. Special
effects are well done and in no way look cheesy or fake. The dialogue is
well written with moments of hilarity layered between all the serious
moments. The story unfolds slowly but doesn't seem boring or
off-putting. In fact, the opposite is true; the longer one watches the
show, the more they become engrossed in the characters and the plot.
If
WandaVision was about magical powers (and supposedly a must-see if one
plans to see the Doctor Strange sequel next Spring) and The Falcon and
the Winter Soldier was mostly for action junkies, then Loki is the
thinking man's series. It seems to have a somewhat complicated plot,
which may or may not make sense by the end of the six episodes.
The
real question, however, is why make these limited series? Do they serve
some other purpose or are they merely placeholders while the next round
of movies are filmed? Whichever answer is correct, each of these shows
gives the viewer a little bit of insight into some of the MCU characters
and makes us all wonder what is coming next. With a Black Widow movie
and the aforementioned Doctor Strange sequel coming up there is much to
look forward to but in the meantime, take some time to watch Loki. You
won't be disappointed.
Grade: B+
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