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Rating: 7/10 (29 January 2018)

There's a nice bit in "Thor: Ragnarok," the latest Marvel blowout to feature the god of thunder, where he tries to start a jet using a voice-activated password. He needs to make a getaway - he's neck deep in trouble and plot entanglements - so identifies himself as the "strongest Avenger." No dice. Given his earlier stand-alone movies, Thor might have had better luck cracking the code if he'd copped to being the "most boring Avenger."
Through no fault of their likable star, Chris Hemsworth, the Thor movies have been largely forgettable, memorable mostly for the upstaging antics of his brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), and as a bad fit for Natalie Portman (Thor's former love interest, now mercifully banished into the storytelling cornfield). "Ragnarok" tries hard to change that profile, and mostly succeeds by knocking its big, blond beauty consistently down to size. It makes sense for all sorts of reasons, including that superheroes can so easily appear to be on the wrong side of history, especially those who look like Aryan cartoons