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

I went to watch waiting for a joke every minute, since, before the premiere, they emphasized too much the fact that the film was a comedy, a statement that was an exaggeration: the film is not even a joke and does not have all the humor ultraescrachado Guardians Galaxy, having been very well dosed and worked with the most diverse moments (action, humor, etc.).

It is notably the film of the franchise that brings more serious (and seemingly irreversible) consequences and transformations for the character, who leaves the film properly valued and more "dignified" (especially if we consider his previous films). And the actor-protagonist has the one who is, shot, his best moment within the Marvel universe. It delights to see!

Among many surprises, I highlight the performance of the talented Tessa Thompson. And this is doubly positive, because she took the role discredited by those who complained about climbing a black woman to do a valkyrie of the Norse mythology and ended up proving more than worthy to embody the character. She is an expressive actress, talented (to me, surprising) for humor (I did not expect her to do so well), to dialogue and to trickery, interacting very well with others. There's no getting around that cliché comment: she STOLE THE SCENE on several occasions.

The rest of the cast is great too. I call attention to the muse Cate Blachett, charming and GODY in every way; for Tom Hiddleston / Loki, still being that mix of villain and anti-hero we love; and to the director himself, Taika Waititi, who, in addition to directing, played the excellent Korg, a stone giant who is a mix of simplicity, ingenuity and loyalty - perhaps my favorite character in the film.

As an unconditional lover of the 80's, it may be unnecessary to say how much I LOVED the visual aesthetics (Flash Gordon, Jack Kirby, although this second reference is older) and the synth-pop soundtrack (made by the vocalist of Devo, a new wave band from that time). Palms to the director, who took all of this and tapped the blender, serving a delightful dish to otentistas like me.

Another very positive point is that trailers and commercials have, for the most part, VARIOUS scenes that do not exist in the film (or, at most, present them at different angles, with different dialogs etc.), which shows that Marvel learned not to overexpose his lengths as he did with Ultron's Era. Soon, that prediction (mainly of haters) that "who saw the trailers and commercials already watched the whole movie" is very stuck here.