One of Marvel's worst films

Rating: 7/10 (7 November 2017)

What's wrong with this film is what was wrong with Batman Forever; no one involved with this movie is taking it seriously. It's all just a big joke which means the audience can't take the film seriously which means there are no stakes; nothing that happens matters or makes us feel anything. Thor doesn't act like Thor. He's absolutely unrecognizable from the other films. He acts like Star Lord instead and fails to be someone worth rooting for. Even Hela can't seem to muster any emotion. She was just freed after thousands of years of captivity and she's not even angry. She just smirks the whole movie. No one expresses an iota of feeling in this movie. It's like a Bugs Bunny cartoon. It's fun but there's no weight behind it. Humor is good in a movie but to make a good film you need to balance those elements. This film had humor and action and nothing else. It felt as empty as an 80's action film like Cobra or Red Heat. It wasn't even a Thor movie. It was really Guardians of the Galaxy with different characters, which is not what Thor IS.