Pure marvel joy

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2017)

Thor Ragnarok: the 3rd movie in the Thor series starring Chris Hemsworth as the God of Thunder and this time around directed by Taika Waititi. For the the 3rd instalment Thor faces Cate Blanchett Goddess of Death, Hela. But before he can do battle with her, he must battle his through Jeff Goldblums Contest of Champions featuring Mark Ruffalo's Hulk.
This is movie is such a blast, it's easily the best Thor movie out of the three of them; and possibly the funniest of all the MCU- Thor in essence is a rather silly character and Waititi understands he's better suited for comedy over drama. All the actors are hitting their marks, Hemsworth is not overshadowed by Tom Hiddleston unlike in the previous entries (even though Hiddleston as Loki is still smashing it out of the park). Waititi himself plays a new character called Korg (a big blue rock alien) who is just so good, the most timid and kind spoken revolutionary you'll every see. And Jeff Goldblum. Jeff motherfucking Goldblum, am fairly confident in saying that he didn't have a script. That he was just told to be Jeff Goldblum, and boy does he deliver.
Ragnarok is an exciting, funny and most of all fun experience bathed in all manner of colours (unlike a certain other franchise). Bringing in Waititi a breath of new air for marvel similar to what James Gunn did with Guardians of the Galaxy, and with this and the super What We Do in the Shadows Taika Waititi is slowly becoming one of my favourite directors at the moment.
The only things going against Ragnarok really are a few plot holes which aren't that significant in grand scheme of things; and Cate Blanchett although is great in the role and is clearly having fun with the character, Hela is sidelined for most of the movie meaning her impact on the movie as a whole is less.
Overall, Ragnarok is one of the best Marvel movies to date which is saying a lot considering the quality of most Marvel movies, and hopefully Marvel (Disney) will continue to allow directors like Waititi and Gunn to create these werid but extremely enjoyable, fun movies.
I give Thor Ragnarok a A.