Thor Ragnarok Review

So I just watched Thor: Ragnarok. Natalie Portman was not missed.

Thor: Ragnarok is the third movie in the Thor series following Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do In The Shadows. In this movie Thor ends up in The Running Man and has to escape with Hulk, Loki and Lady Sif in order to beat up Cate Blanchett and save the universe.

Honestly I really enjoyed this movie. This is one of the first movies in a while that fully made me forget myself. Usually when I’m watching movies I get distracted, or taken out by technical aspects of the film. This time I was just along for the ride.

I would say Thor Ragnarok is probably the funniest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While it had the big slapsticky moments and physical humor. I think the best bits of humor came from the little character interactions. The dynamics between Thor and Hulk, Banner and Loki, Jeff Goldblum and Jeff Goldblum really made the more serious moments stick. And that’s what makes me put this above Guardians of the Galaxy is that Guardians always goes for the joke while Thor isn’t afraid of the serious moments. When you let the serious moments be serious the lighter moments work even better.

The music is great in this movie as well. While I am 100% over any and all 80s nostalgia, I did find myself enjoying the synth in the score. It had more personality and memorability than either of the first two films. Though one of the few callbacks to the Dark World score was actually one of the better laughs in the movie.

The visuals were also memorable and interesting. If anything I wish they had done more with some of the crazier stuff. The flight of the valkyries, the ceiling mural, and Hulk fighting the Balrog all stood out as really cool moments and I just wished they had doubled down on that kind of bizarreness.

Overall I very much recommend Thor: Ragnarok to anybody with even a passing interest in Superhero films. I give Thor: Ragnarok 62 out of 73 pamphlets.