Review of Thor: Ragnarok (2017) by Luciusmcgibbon — 27 Feb 2018

This is a movie that's not afraid itself lightly, which definitely allows it to hit some of the most organic comedic notes in the entire MCU. I think the biggest plus in this movie was the pacing; the story isn't much better than "a'ight" on the whole, but I'm actually surprised in hindsight at how smoothly it breezed from the titles to the credits.

.. The ups and downs are there, but with none of the jarring feeling that often happens with these movies.It's like the cinematic equivalent of being on a rollercoaster at zero G (in a good way.) It's also got some inventiveness to it in the third act—or maybe it was pulled from the comics, I don't know.

Oh, and it has just the right Goldilocks level of Jeff Goldblum. On the minus side, not crazy about Loki's character arc. Also, I'm guessing I'll need another couple movies before I can understand how this one has any meaningful impact on the wider MCU, besides the fact that Hulk can talk now.