Well-intentioned

Rating: 6/10 (20 March 2018)

I've never considered myself much of a Led Zeppelin fan, but the combination of "Immigrant Song" and the sight of Thor doing battle with a fire demon is shockingly entertaining. It's the reason why I was hooked by the film's opening. But it didn't take long for "Ragnarok" to settle into your standard Marvel sitcom, and that was hugely disappointing. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of fun moving pieces to this movie:
- Cate Blanchett vamping up the villainy
- Goldblum playing the hell out of Goldblum
- The funny rock guy
- All of the Viking and heavy metal aesthetics
- The '80s synth score
But with all effort to jazz up the most boring Avenger, brevity may have been the movie's greatest asset.
6/10