Review of Thor: Ragnarok (2017) by Mgastryker — 03 Nov 2017

I am quite disappointed by this movie. I've always thought that Marvel has dropped the ball with Thor and his lore. He is probably one of the greatest characters that Marvel has ever created, in terms of personality, the lore surrounding him, etc. Asgard and the nine realms is an incredible pool of possibility, but what does Marvel do? They squander it.

None of the Thor movies have ever been spectacular. The first Thor movie was, in my opinion, the best because it explored Thor as a character, who went from overly cocky to becoming a humble protagonist. I loved this part of his development. It really made for a compelling character who one would want to believe in. I won't talk about the second movie because it really didn't do anything for the character, but as for Thor: Ragnarok...

Marvel decided to go in an entirely new direction with Thor this time around, giving him a comedic, **** attitude. Wow, does that really suck. With this joke-a-minute format, all of the emotion is stripped from this movie. Scenes that should be extremely, EXTREMELY emotional are destroyed because the build-up to them was all laughs. The relationships between the characters is not founded at all. The villain, who many are praising, is not developed as a villain should be. I could write a four page essay, but those are my brief thoughts.