The Thor Outtakes - a mixed bag.

Rating: 7/10 (17 March 2018)

I wasn't overly impressed by the fact that Thor went the Deadpool/Guardians of the Galaxy route and I still can't say I like the decision, but overall it didn't turn out as bad as I had anticipated.
Personally, I prefer the more serious, darker and grittier Thor movies. If I want comedy and action, I'd actually watch Deadpool or Guardians of the Galaxy. But lately there seems to be a trend with Marvel, that there needs to be humor, everywhere. To appeal to kids, I guess? So now I can watch Thor as well if I want comedy.. meh.
The humor often is childish, slapstick even, I'm not a fan. It's not terrible across the board and sometimes it manages to actually be funny, there's just too much that doesn't stick.
The premise of the movie, that "everything must be destroyed" ultimately just felt unneeded to me, probably because the motivation behind it isn't really developed at all. This in turn also didn't help me to appreciate the main villain, who has no motivation or development either.
I'm not even going to touch Hulk/Banner, they've been turned into a goof.
Luckily, there's also a rather decent movie buried beneath all that if you can manage to overlook the rest. Thor: Ragnarok doesn't seem to take itself too serious, and that works in it's favor, as much as I hate to admit it. The acting is mostly very good and the CGI is top notch. The movie has some interesting locations and settings and all in all it still felt like an adventure to me that I didn't totally regret seeing. Yet, I still feel a little sad inside.
Watch at your own risk.