James Gunn or Taika Waititi?

James Gunn’s soundtracks are poorly used. He seems to have access to any song that can be bought. Then he uses it to only make his films even more frivolous, oh sorry, ‘irreverent’.

Thor: Ragnorok at least used its tracks at appropriate times. The score of Thor: Ragnorok was pretty good too. GOTG’s when not a seventies playlist was pretty standard.

Both directors have had great artistic direction. But if they’re so puerile to the point of aggravation then all effort is lost on that front.

Taika Watiti wins and Gunn is only still there because his films make a squillion. But I’m sure that even Kevin Feige would have difficulty sitting through them without wincing.

True, neither has much thought put into it. But no one is paying to listen to me, and no one is losing their shit in defence of my humour.

Neither both make kid movies. Thor Shitnerok was not the same without darcy.

IKR? If the movie would have had a scene of Darcy showing her cleavage I would’ve given the movie 10/10 rather than 1/10!

You're a kid, so why are you hating then?

Yes, because Darcy contributed oh so much to the stories of the last two movies...Her presence is more important to have than honoring the art style of the king of comics Jack Kirby. 

Both have made intergalactic action comedies for MCU. Which director:

1. Do you think handled the humor better and why? Taika Waititi

Both have done a great job with the humor, however GOTG V2 had some recurring jokes that I found slighty iverused or unfunny. Ragnarok had expert timing was consistently funny from beginning to end.

2. Do you think handled soundtracks/scores better and why? James Gunn

The synth score for Ragnarok was good but I found it a tad overrated. The Guardisns theme is both memorable, epic and rousing. "Immigrant Song" was well used in Ragnarok but it doesn't compare to the highly memorable usage of songs in both Guardians. The usage of "The Chain" in the climax of GOTG 2 resulted in one of the most emotional and exciting moments in recent blockbusters.

3. Do you think handled visuals/production values/costumes better and why? James Gunn

The visuals of GOTG have become iconic for a reason. Several beautiful, creative planets where displayed by James Gunn. Ragnarok only brought us one new location with decent amount of screentime, which was Sakaar (admittedly very cool). Also, the Odin death scene had some downright sloppy use of CGI.

4. Do you think handled the acting better and why? James Gunn

Several of the memkrable emotionsl beats are because of the quick con ections established for the characters by the actors. Gunn alos managed to extract a more memkrable villain performance out of Kurt Russel than Waititi out of Blanchett. Some of the performances in Ragnarok, although entertaining, feel inconsistent to previous characterization (particularly Mark Ruffalo as Banner).

5. Do you think handled the story better and why? Taika Waitit

GOTG 2 was slightly problematic because of how it split up the Guardians. Ragnarok presented a very straightforward but engaging story mostly focused on the journey of its protagonist.

6. Do you think handled the cinematography overall and why? James Gunn

GOTG and (to a larger extent) Vol 2 had some truly breathtaking shots, and V2 had that spectacular opening scene with Groot. There was nothing wrong with Ragnarok's cinematography but at times I felt it was too bright.

7. Do you think handled 80s style better and why? Taika Waititi

The synth score and aspects such as The Executioner's ,achine guns truly sold the atmosphere. The use of color when Thor arrived on Sakaar was also beneficial to this, and a few momets reminded of Flash Gordon such as Thor and Loki with the guns.

8. Do you think handled action scenes better and why? James Gunn

The action in Ragnarok was mostly serviceable but unmemorable and I was slightly dissapointed by the gladiator fight. The climax of GOTG 2 stamds as one of the greatest superhero action sequences. Gunn creates humorous, creative and exciting action sequences.

9. Do you think did a better job overall and why? James Gunn

Overall, most of his qualities go on to make a more emotional and exciting film. This post might sound like I dislike Waitit and Ragnarok, however it is also a film that I hihgly enjoy, and Waititi's What We Do In The Shadows was more enjoyable than any non-MCU Gunn film.

1. Feel both have a good handle on it. 
2. Gunn, like his taste in music a bit more but Watiti's taste is also very good but Gunn has a more diverse preference. 
3. Watiti brought Jack Kirby's imagery to life like no other, he wins here for me. 
4. I'd say they did good with what they had. Can't pick one or the other here. 
5. Not sure if its fair to compare, Gunn will complete his own trilogy with Guardians whereas Watiti did the third entry in a series which might not continue for a while and was vastly different from its other installments. 
6. Watiti
7. Watiti
8. Tie
9. Gunn because he was tasked to introduce Guardians to the mainstream, Thor was already a mainstream character when Watiti tackled him with Ragnarok.