"The only thing that makes sense is that nothing makes sense."

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2018)

The reviewers for this film who like the movie cite the humor written into the script while the haters chastise the film for being too funny. I'm with the humor crowd, this was a fun filled super-hero flick that didn't take itself so seriously that it got in it's own way. I think the DC folks could learn something from 'Ragnarok', as their movies have been way too dark and foreboding of late.
Interestingly, Thor wasn't my favorite character in the film. With somewhat brief appearances, I really enjoyed Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, and Jeff Goldblum as The Grandmaster. I also got a big kick out of Korg, voiced by director Taika Waititi. Again, it all boils down to the comic element that was offered with understated confidence in the characters to pull off their roles. And as always, I have to hand my compliments to Stan Lee, creator of many of these Marvel Universe characters, in his portrayal of The Barber. Can you believe the guy is ninety five years old! That's staying power.
The story itself doesn't offer many surprises since it's another one of those 'hero saves the world' confrontations against an implacable enemy. The world of Asgard, as stressed many times in the latter half of the movie is not a place so much, as the people who have a stake in it's survival. In the end, I was glad that Thor and his buddy Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) managed to find a ship that could withstand the geodetic strain from the singularity and could maneuver with an offline power-steering system that was able to function without an on-board computer. You don't know how many films are ruined when the good guys forget about those things.
Before I forget, nice job by Cate Blanchett as the story's principal villain Hela, the Goddess of Death and first born of Odin (Anthony Perkins). That flashback scene of Hela destroying the Valkyrie had the kind of stunning imagery usually captured in the fantasy paintings of Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo. I actually had to pause the movie right there and proceed frame by frame until that sequence was over. For me, the scene compared artistically with the 'Time in a Bottle' sequence in "X-Men: Days of Future Past". That's the sort of stuff I love about super-hero movies.