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"I haven't been keeping up to date with them for, I guess, the last four years," Tarantino told Empire magazine. "I think the only comic book movies I saw last year at theatres were Wonder Woman and Black Panther."
However, the star director admitted to digging back into the Marvel catalogue to get a deeper appreciation of the Avenger's franchise. He certainly knows a thing or two about record breaking box office films, considering Tarantino has a myriad of popular action titles to his name such as Inglorious Bastards, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Sin City.
PHOTO: FILE"About a couple of weeks ago I started catching up with some of the Marvel films so I could go see Endgame. I just finished Captain America: Civil War, so next up is Doctor Strange."
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His favourite may come as a surprise to many but is also a favourite among many Marvel fans. Thor: Ragnarok apparently tops the directors list of his most-loved MCU film. "I loved it," Tarantino said. "It was my favourite one of the series since The Avengers - drastically my favourite."
PHOTO: FILEThe 2017 superhero film starring Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth is a sequel to Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Doctor Strange. Directed by Taika Waititi, is the seventeenth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Needless to say, the film was a critical and commercial success, earning more than $854 million at box office and became the highest-grossing film of the trilogy.
As for the Thor-loving Tarantino, he is currently applying the finishing touches to his ninth film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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