Review of Thor: Ragnarok (2017) by Peabarter — 05 Nov 2017

I went into this movie with modest expectations due to the criticism from others about the comedy portion of the movie. That said, I really liked this movie. This is my favorite Thor movie so far. They still are all seriously flawed. I thought the comedy was done well. There were some truly funny moments. The good part of Thor is they allowed him to be Thor with his powers throughout the movie. However, I was generous and subtracted only 1 star for taking Thor's hammer away from him for 95% of the movie. This isn't a spoiler since they do this at the beginning. Would it kill Hollywood to let Thor have his powers and his hammer during an entire movie? If they do one day, it will become a Thor blockbuster movie. I must say Cate Blanchett was spectacular as the main villain in the movie. She should get an Oscar nod for this. She looked like she enjoyed playing as Hela. Minus one star for not having enough of her in the movie. She won't get the Oscar nod since they didn't give her enough time in the movie. They get a great villain and then underutilize her. Shame on you Hollywood.

Jeff Goldblum does another great job at the movies. He was a lot of fun to watch as he ruled as supreme leader and Tessa Thompson was excellent as the brooding Valkyrie who needs her passion roused to find herself again.

One day, I would like to see Marvel and Hollywood make a serious Thor movie. Just recreate the story from one of the classic Thor comics and run with it. Is it that hard to figure out how to draw Thor's legions of fans to the theaters over and over again??? I enjoyed this movie, but would not repeat while in the theaters.