Review of Thor: Ragnarok (2017) by Mountain_Goat — 24 Apr 2018

Seems like Marvel/the higher ups sacrificed what could've been a decent storyline and immersive universe into a really bad comedy, almost slapstick at times where people falling off a ledge is classed as quality humour. I definitely enjoyed the first 2 Thor films and didn't get why they sacrificed both the genuinely funny idea of the god of thunder landing on planet Earth and having completely different customs to humans as well as decent elements of romance/relationship. In this 3rd edition, characters who I really liked before such as Loki cheapen their appeal; where Loki used to be the sly but rootable brother of Thor now he's given in to crappy one liners. Most disappointing was the female villain, who is so cliched (such as a **** disney villain) that it made me and my girlfriend walk out the cinema. Why, just why make her script and general persona so off-putting?? I've only give this film a 3 because the design and look of the worlds is amazing, thanks to the advances made in 3D animation in the last decade, the junk world, the arena and the CGI characters like the annoying south african rock all look incredible, just a shame that they have no real substance beyond that.

I hope Marvel goes back to its former glory days and makes more films like the original Spiderman 1 and 2, the X-Men series and so on...