Thor RagnaNot

Rating: 4/10 (4 November 2017)

I'm suspicious when there's weeks and weeks of promotional hype before a film constantly reminding me how much I'll like the film. True enough, the trailers were epic and noteworthy. I can't say the same about Ragnarok. I get it that Marvel wanted to shake things up with some humor, but there's a limit to how much humor can be shoved into a scene. Or many scenes. Anyway, Ragnarok seemed to drag out a short story to a little over two hours painfully trying to convince me how dire the situation was with Hela and the imminent destruction of Asgard. Dr. Strange's appearance was .. strange. Short. A waste of using him in a near non-sequitur. Cate Blanchett rocks the Hela character. She made Death gorgeous, catty, bitter and looking fabulous. I was hoping for something more wicked, darker, after all she is the Goddess of Death. The character got lost though in lots of chatter and stand and pose. Several instances pop up that pose questions, like how did Hulk manage to talk so much, and how did he, in all his green anger, seem to be sexy? Why? Jeff Goldblum as Grand Master is downright annoying and campy. But maybe that's the whole point, and if it is, it was a great distraction from what this film was supposed to be about. And what was what, again? .. I forget... Anyway, good for entertainment, worst of the Thor films so far.