Met Expectations and In Some Ways, Exceeded Them

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2017)

I will just come out and say that I do "like" Marvel movies, but I don't particularly love them. I really didn't care for the first Avengers movie and there are some other ones that just downright are not good. I prefer the DCEU (DC movies), but I suppose I appreciate both.
This movie, however, really was great! To compare, I really enjoyed Captain America Civil War and Doctor Strange. Those are top 10 Marvel movies worthy. However, this year, I didn't really care for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 or Spiderman Homecoming. Thor Ragnarok blew those movies away and basically made them look like garbage.
In every way, Thor Ragnarok is one of the best Marvel movies for several reasons:
1. The storyline. While it may seem simple, it really is a great story. They included the planet hulk storyline which adds to it and continues what happened with Age of Ultron. It also includes what happened with Asgard and the ending is very fitting.
2. Characters. I feel like there are a lot of good moments for the characters. Loki and Thor are good together. Characters that didn't get a lot of time before, now have their time to shine. I especially appreciated Heimdall's part in the movie as we never really saw much of him. Only disappointment was Lady Sif is not present, but I can live with that.
3. The humor. My God did I laugh so much! Normally, a lot of the jokes just aren't that great. Spiderman Homecoming was a bit annoying and I found the humor to be tedious. Not in Thor. It really is THAT funny and I often found my stomach hurting from laughing so much.
4. Hulk and Thor TOGETHER. This was a highlight of the movie. They work so well together!
5. Lose ends tied up. This was always one for me that I had issues with. The other two Thor movies are not good. In this one too, they tie up lose ends from the other Thor movies, Age of Ultron, and Doctor Strange. I appreciated this. This movie also is a lead in into Avengers: Infinity War.
All in all, this movie is great! It is easily a top 5 marvel movie. I would not be surprised if this met a billion dollars because of how good it is. Go see it!