Visually lovely and continues off from the Avengers with some valuable character development

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2020)

This movie is certainly not on par with the first Thor film. It is still lovely however. The villain sucks but it's worth watching for Thor & Loki alone. Everyone else is pretty impactless except from Frigga and Heimdall. The acting isn't special apart from some memorable scenes with Thor, Frigga and Loki. Everyone else just doesn't leave an impression.
Visually, Asgard is still stunning and is important to the plot of later MCU films (Endgame).
The best part of this film in my opinion is Thor & Loki's interactions. Same with the other Thor movies but they also had extra content that actually meant something. I know this seems harsh but this movie is still one of the best fantasy/Thor/Loki/Warrior/Godly/Norse journeys out there!
After Loki *dies*, the film is a lot more meaningless to me. He is easily one of the best parts of the film as he provides angst, laughs and some great interactions with his adoptive family. Even the other Asgardians (aka Thor's friends: Sif and the Warriors Three). He's the star of the film besides Thor obviously. Jane is much less interesting of a character than she was in Thor 1. She spent most of the movie possessed by the Aether (aka Reality Stone). Darcy and Erik are still true to their characters which is cool! We need some funner characters (No reason to mention the new 'intern.' He IS meaningless!) Don't get me wrong I love a darker, intense story sometimes (Infinity War/Endgame) but here Thor was extremely serious; To the point of being almost characterless. I love Thor. He was great in Thor 1, The Avengers and Ragnarok but here he was pretty boring. Nonetheless Loki was so cool in this movie as I already said, so at least he livened up the movie where it needed it most.
Odin and Heimdall didn't do much except sit on the throne. At least Heimdall got a cool battle scene and helped Thor out of Asgard although it was forbidden by the Allfather. Frigga got a nice scene with Loki. One of the few since all of hi- most of his and Frigga's scenes were deleted :( even though they were *very* important to the plot of first Thor movie but at least those scenes are on the internet (YouTube). :/
I didn't mention the soundtrack because in all honesty I don't remember it at ALL even though I've seen the movie at least five times. The soundtrack in Thor 1 was beautiful and emotional Even the Ragnarok soundtrack is more memorable than this film's one. I'm sure there is some nice music in this movie. It just doesn't - you guessed it, leave an impact.
Overall a decent movie with good storytelling, amazing visuals and some awesome character interaction! :D