Definitely does for Thor, what Age of Ultron does for the Avengers.

Rating: 7/10 (3 November 2017)

I've been wanting to see another Guardians of the Galaxy esque film in the MCU, and never fought there's be one starring Thor, much less a Thor sequel. Ragnarok is the latest MCU film, and by this point I'm glad these movies are going a bit more silly, in a good way. The comedy is placed well and doesn't feel forced.
Our story takes place two years after Age of Ultron. Thor has been serving Asgard well, but discovers that Loki had not only faked his own death, but had been disguising himself as his father Odin. Despite ultimately finding Odin, he dies, freeing a deadly new enemy, Hela, the goddess of death. Failing to defeat Hela at first, Thor and Loki soon make their way to the planet of Sakaar, when Thor is forced to fight the planet's champion; that champion being Bruce Banner, better known as the Hulk. It's up to Thor, Loki, the Hulk and a new hero, a Valkyrie, to return to Asgard and defeat Hela once and for all, and stop the doomsday event, Ragnarok.
The thing I loved best about this film is the chemistry between the characters. Helmsworth and Hiddleston are amazing in their roles, and seeing them talk with each other is something I could honestly listen to for hours. Though Helmsworth and Ruffalo don't get too many scenes together in the MCU, it's fun seeing them play off each other. Our newcomer Valkryie, is also pretty interesting; she fits the Black Widow or Pepper Pots role more or less, but I like her backstory and her connection with both Thor and the Hulk. Another character I wanna mention is Skurge played by Karl Urban. I didn't get too much of his character or his motivation, and Hela seems to make a point blank and humorous point about it, but I ended up liking the choices he made at the end and felt sorry such an interesting character got killed off.
Would have also like to have seen more of Heimdall, or the Warriors Three, or even Sif: where did she go? One character I didn't really care for was the Grandmaster, played by Jeff Goldblum. He's just, Jeff Goldblum; that's it. At least Benicio del Toro gave it some effort as the Collector. And also, before I forgot, the giant wolf monster Fenrir is only in a few scenes, and he's just the big bad guy Hulk has to fight at the end.
What else is there to say. The directing is amazing, the writing is well done, the acting is great, the CGI is amazing, the story is fun and interesting. Definitely a film I'll be buying on blu ray. I've seen the leaked footage for Infinity War, so at least it's interesting to know what happened before that movie, and it's a pretty awesome prelude.