So I'd personally consider the first two Thor films pretty fun but nothing really that
special.
Kind of towards the bottom of the MCU.
But after the premise was announced and the director was announced and the trailers came
out, I was super excited for the third entry in the series, Thor: Ragnarok.
So, how did it stack up to those expectations?
Let's talk about it.
*clip* So, was Thor Ragnarok as great of a time as
I thought it'd be.
Uhhh it was pretty close.
Firstly, the positives, starting with the cast.
The cast is fantastic in this, especially as most of them are comedic performances.
This is definitely the best Chris Hemsworth has ever been as Thor, he's a funny guy
so this fit him really well.
Cate Blanchett did a really good job as Hela, pretty intimidating.
This is also I think my favorite Mark Ruffalo performance in the entire MCU so far, really
funny stuff.
Him and Thor also had great chemistry, it was a really fun pairing.
The others are as good as you'd expect, that being very good, Hiddleston, Elba, Urban,
Thompson, also I just wanna say that it's nice we now have the entire main cast of Creed
in the MCU.
But the two I wanna give a special mention to are Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster.
As many of you know I love Jeff Goldblum and he made me laugh pretty much every time he
was on screen, hilarious in this.
And the other who we haven't seen much of in trailers and whatnot is the director Taika
Waititi as Korg.
Won't spoil anything about him, but jus wanna say congrats Taika Waititi on making
a great movie and simultaneously definitely being the funniest part of it.
As far as the action and visual effects, they're really good.
I wouldn't say there's anything particularly stand out here in terms of that, but it's
always fun to watch.
And really, the movie looks great.
Its colorful and vibrant and there are some really beautiful shots here, so hats off to
Taika Waititi and the cinematographer for those.
Now the main part of this film is 100% the comedy, and this is easily the most comedic
MCU film to date.
Even more than Guardians of the Galaxy.
It's basically non-stop jokes here, and while I didn't really have a problem with
it, for the first time ever I can understand why some people would say it's too funny.
Because there's almost never a break from the jokes.
But I would say a lot of the jokes here were really funny, and when they hit they really
hit, this has some of the best jokes in the MCU period, especially anything involving
Korg, the Grandmaster, and this story about snakes that Thor tells.
Actually haven't laughed that hard in a while.
Also, once you get settled in to the fact that it's basically just a total comedy
through and through, it's really enjoyable.
I'd say quite a lot of these scenes feel kind of like extended comedy sketches, like
especially involving a certain Avenger who's in this who you probably already know is in
this but I won't spoil it.
That's not necessarily bad, but some scenes felt a little like the premise for a Robot
Chicken sketch or something But I will say this is kind of a fun take
on superhero movies to have just full ahead comedy, even more so than Guardians which
I didn't think was possible.
It felt somewhat fresh and unique, so hats off for that.
The music's also pretty good and somewhat different in the
MCU here, and something that I really love in this is how insane and comic book-ish it
is.
I love that in these superhero movies and TV shows, when they embrace that they're
superhero movies and TV shows and so they just go all out and ridiculous.
Like Guardians, I love this corner of the MCU where everything is so insane and there
are giant fire demons and aliens and gods, it's just a lot of fun to see.
Also if you look at how the MCU started, that being very grounded, it's a lot of fun to
see how it's evolved to this place.
And I just really love the world and this crazy premise for this, with all the weird
space sets and how this looks, it feels different.
Sure it feels a little Guardians of the Galaxy-ish, but for the MCU this is so weird and out there,
especially with all the Grandmaster stuff, and that's something I really enjoyed.
It feels so much more creative and unique compared to the other two Thor films, if there's
one of them that I'll remember or be rewatching it's definitely this one.
And I'm not just trying to thate on those movies, I think they're fun enough, but
this is on another level of fun and inventiveness, which I loved.
All in all, the movie's just incredibly entertaining and fun to watch.
If there's one word to describe this film, it's fun.
As far as just a few quick other things, the movie moves along quite briskly, I'd say
its pretty fast paced, I also really love that the trailers didn't really spoil anything,
take notes marketing teams, that makes a big difference in how enjoyable a film can be.
This movie also has quite a bit of MCU fan service and just comic book fan service in
general, but as an MCU fan that didn't bother me.
Although I will say, this kind of makes it impossible to watch the first two Thor movies
now for me, because those take themselves relatively more seriously and this makes fun
of them and everything else that's happened in the MCU so much that I don't know I feel
like it would be weird to try to revisit those.
Now, I do have some negatives here, because for me at
least this wasn't perfect.
What with this being a non-stop comedy, a) it was hard for me at least to take any emotional
scenes that seriously, and b) some jokes didn't land.
Like they were a tad hit or miss here.
A lot were funny, but there were a few times where it just really fell flat for me, especially
in the first act.
The movie started a little weak, the jokes felt really obvious there in the start.
Also there were some out of place music choices here or at least one, which just kind of felt
like jumping on the band wagon of having 70s music in a movie.
I love that music, but I just didn't feel it fit here.
And I'd say overall, while this movie is really fun to watch, because I couldn't
really take any serious aspects that seriously, it kind of lacks the weight of some other
MCU movies, like I didn't really feel for these characters that much and so unlike another
MCU movie this year, emotionally it felt just a little empty to me.
This relates to another point which I'll talk about in spoilers.
Also, some visual effects weren't great.
A lto were, but a few times some stuff looked a little CGI or a little green screened, especially
the Hulk.
Everyone I saw it with thought the Hulk looked great, and I agree, but a few times I was
like those effects look a little unfinished.
Nothing insanely distracting though.
So before I get into the spoilers, I'll just wrap this part up.
Thor: Ragnarok is a super fun time at the cinema.
I would say, considering how high my expectations were, I was a little underwhelmed, but I still
had a great time.
I would highly recommend this, this is a very easy movie to just kind of sit and down and
watch and have a good time with.
As far as the MCU this year, I'd put this below Homecoming but above Guardians 2.
I'll give Thor: Ragnarok a 9/10.
Ok, now we're getting into spoilers, so if you don't want anything spoiled, click
away now.
Ok, so first off, that other complaint I have, this isn't really a spoiler cuz its kind
of obvious, but I felt like it could ruin it a little bit.
Most of these characters are pretty much invincible.
I know, they're gods, they're supposed to be, but I find it hard to really get invested
in a fight scene when I know that they're not gonna die.
You can say that about the other MCU movies, cuz you know these characters are coming back
for sequels, but here I didn't really feel like there were consequences.
The Hulk punches Thor from like a thousand meters up in the air and the next scene he's
just got a few bruises.
Yeah, he loses an eye but I felt like they kind of just glanced over that pretty quickly
when it happened.
Anyway, doesn't ruin the movie, but again just made it feel less tense to me.
As far as other spoiler things, the Stan Lee cameo was absolutely hilarious, loved it.
Doctor Strange's appearance was fun although a little confusing to me, like can he just
totally teleport now?
Or was he messing with time?
That's new, I think.
ANyway, it was fun to see him show up and kind of added to that comic book feel where
random characters from the universe will just pop in at any second.
Other cameos, the Matt Damon, Sam Neill, and third Hemsworth brother part was pretty funny,
if not a bit random feeling.
Like it made me laugh but it kinda takes you out of the movie a bit.
I did enjoy seeing the Hunt for the Wilderpeople woman in this, tha twas fun.
Odin had a very oogway-esque death, which was fine but again I didn't really feel
anything when it happened.
Now as far as the end credit scenes, the second one with Goldblum coming back was great, thought
that was funny.
And the first one, I'll be honest I don't know what that ship was but I'm guessing
Thanos was inside of it?
If that's the case, my assumption is Infinity War will start out with The Revengers fighting
Thanos and maybe some getting taken out or captured, and Thor gets tossed into space
where he meets up with the Guardians.
I imagine that's how that's gonna play out.
So those were my thoughts on Thor: Ragnarok.
What did you think of this?
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