Thor: Ragnorok: 7.6

Rating: 7/10 (27 April 2018)

Thor: Ragnorok did what it needed to do after the first two Thor movies. It had to do something different. The comedy is ramps up the film to a fun wacky adventure. It gives almost every character involved their own comedic moments. The inclusion of Hulk in this movie was an outstanding decision, and he was used in very smart and funny way. Especially when he shrinks down to Bruce Banner and he just acts like kind of a weird guy. The film spends most of it's time on the junk planet Sakaar, and when the story is there it's flows at a good speed and it's very enjoyable, but when the film goes back to Asgard it slows and it's gets boring. You can tell that the director was bored while filming the scenes an Asgard. Most of the scenes on Asgard involved Hela just sitting around most of the time. Hela is played by Cate Blanchett who is a legendary actress, but she's not very good in this. Her attempts for laughs don't get any and she's slightly cringey sometimes. Thor and Hulk/Banner's relationship is one we've never seen between the two before. They're funny but they also give you the sense that they know each other well when they mention the Avengers all the time. One of Thor's relationship I never really enjoyed that much was his relationship between him and Loki. I've liked Loki in the past but he was handled very well in this. He shares heart to heart moments with Thor that really strengthen the depth of unique bond together. The only other fault in the movie besides Asgard and Hela are the squandered potentially powerful moments. There's a great build up to what you think will be an amazing goosebumps inducing moment, but then they're are replaced with just a funny moment, and they are funny and this movie is primarily a comedy, but I think that making those moments more serious would've benefited the film better. Overall, Thor: Ragnorok is hilarious, it has heart, and it's found the Marvel Universe's funniest character in Korg. Even though the fun times on Sakaar are occasionally interrupted by boring scenes on Asgard. So I give it a 7.6