Plenty of action but perhaps too goofy

Rating: 5/10 (7 July 2018)

I enjoyed both "Thor" and "Thor: The Dark World," so I was looking forward to "Thor: Ragnarok." I thought this third installment had way too many silly, goofy, corny jokes, and tongue-in-cheek, wink-wink cameos. However, Cate Blanchett makes a very stylish villain as Hela (and looks spectacular in her costume), and the clashes between Thor, Loki, Heimdall, etc. and the baddies are well done -- lots of action, music (Led Zeppelin for the moms and dads in the audience!), explosions, CGI, etc. This movie would have been much better with 30% fewer wisecracks and winks to the fourth wall, however. I had the feeling that the screenplay was written by someone who had dropped acid.