Director – Taika Waititi
Starring – Chris Hemsworth; Mark Ruffalo; Cate Blanchett; Tessa Thompson; Tom Hiddleston; Karl Urban; Jeff Goldblum; Idris Elba.
We've entered a trilogy of Thor movies and I've finally seen a solo journey from the God of Thunder for the first time and massive thanks to director Taika Waititi as he's the main reason why I liked it.
Thor (Hemsworth) is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok – the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization – at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela (Blanchett). But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger – the Incredible Hulk (Ruffalo).
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In standard Marvel issue its full of fun and entertainment, but with the New Zealand native behind the camera he has actually made the best Guardians of the Galaxy movie this year, no offence James Gunn.
The more I think about it, even though I’ll always have an issue with how the folks at Marvel do their films, the more I like it and it’s likely to become my favourite Marvel movie ever. It’s not hard to join the list at it only has Captain America: Winter Solider and Doctor Strange.
When it comes to the humour in this film it really works! This is down to Waititi, whose character Korg has some brilliant deadpan comedic moments with actual belly laughs. The comedy is spread out with every character having their moments from Mark Ruffalo as Hulk and Bruce Banner to Chris Hemsworth showing he should be in more comedies in his best performance in the MCU.
However, the humour is a double-edged sword because while it worked, they also relied on it too much with some jokes falling flat with me and took away from the drama. If there were 15% fewer jokes, we’d be talking about the darkest movie the MCU has ever released.
Elsewhere, when it comes to Valkyrie and Hela, one was awesome and the other was a letdown to the point it annoyed me. I love Tessa Thompson, who’s Valkyrie is a zero shits given badass and only looking out for herself, in a lot of ways she's basically Han Solo. Additionally, I couldn’t help but think that her English accent was pretty sexy and hope she's involved in the MCU moving forward.
Whereas my biggest fear came true when it comes to Cate Blanchett as Hela. She makes an impact right at the beginning, but after that, she wasn't a major threat doing next to nothing and I don't know what her motive was. It’s such a piss take because I was hoping for so much more and once again Marvel couldn't give a shit.
Finally, even with these issues and the fact it's a standard Marvel storytelling formula, the positives towards Waititi and the cast are too strong to leave hating this film and could easily be plenty of people’s favourite MCU film. Keep an eye out for cameos and there are two post-credit scenes.
Verdict
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When it comes to the humour in this film it really works! This is down to Waititi, whose character Korg has some brilliant deadpan comedic moments with actual belly laughs. The comedy is spread out with every character having their moments from Mark Ruffalo as Hulk and Bruce Banner to Chris Hemsworth showing he should be in more comedies in his best performance in the MCU.
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However, the humour is a double-edged sword because while it worked, they also relied on it too much with some jokes falling flat with me and took away from the drama. If there were 15% fewer jokes, we’d be talking about the darkest movie the MCU has ever released.
Elsewhere, when it comes to Valkyrie and Hela, one was awesome and the other was a letdown to the point it annoyed me. I love Tessa Thompson, who’s Valkyrie is a zero shits given badass and only looking out for herself, in a lot of ways she's basically Han Solo. Additionally, I couldn’t help but think that her English accent was pretty sexy and hope she's involved in the MCU moving forward.
Whereas my biggest fear came true when it comes to Cate Blanchett as Hela. She makes an impact right at the beginning, but after that, she wasn't a major threat doing next to nothing and I don't know what her motive was. It’s such a piss take because I was hoping for so much more and once again Marvel couldn't give a shit.
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Finally, even with these issues and the fact it's a standard Marvel storytelling formula, the positives towards Waititi and the cast are too strong to leave hating this film and could easily be plenty of people’s favourite MCU film. Keep an eye out for cameos and there are two post-credit scenes.
Verdict
Waititi was an inspired choice and does a fantastic job bringing his strengths to the film. Thompson and Hemsworth are brilliant, but this still a Marvel movie so you know what you're getting.
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