A fun solid movie

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2018)

Thor: Ragnarok
Directed by Taika Watiti and written by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost
The third Thor film leading into the ten years in the making Infinity war. This Thor is a straight up comedy this time. The first two had comedic elements but were not as out there in their comedy elements. It's a fun movie. The visuals are wild and incredible. You really feel like you are on alien worlds. It's stunning. I am glad that they went in this direction with the character. It fits right in with Guardians of the Galaxy with one notable exception.
That exception being in an effort to subvert the tropes, you lose track of the stakes. You don't feel the loss here. I understand in the movie, they make it abundantly clear that Asgard is not a location, it's the people and their spirit. Still though it's your home, you should feel something for its loss.
It also felt like two movies in one. When they are stranded on Sakaar with Jeff Goldbum's wacky ruler pitting people in gladiatorial fights against the Hulk and the other movie being the fight against Cate Blanchett's over the top but Marvel typical supervillain Hela. They don't really gel very well. They both have their positive merits. The Sakaar is funny and wild and terrific. The Hela stuff is fun too for the interesting way Cate Blanchett chooses to play this character. It makes for two solid movies that don't play well as one.
Everyone is great in their parts. Korg comes off as unusual because he has a meek voice and genial demeanor. It's certainly different. This was mid level Marvel, not quite up to the levels of Spider-Man Homecoming or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. I give this movie a C.