Rating of
3/4
"Thor: Ragnarok" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 06/14/19
Hela the Goddess of Death is released from exile and begins a reign of terror on Asgard while Thor remains stranded and helpless on an alien planet, enslaved as part of their gladiatorial games.
The latest instalment in the Thor franchise is a primary colour-saturated, hi-camp space opera that literally looks like a comic strip brought to life. It makes no attempt at po-faced philosophy or clumsy moralising; it's just charming good guys versus irredeemably evil bad guys in an joyously exuberant tongue-in-cheek fantasy/sci-fi mash up that never fails to bring a smile to the face. Although some of the jokes are a little hit and miss, it's laugh out loud funny when it hits the mark, and it does so far more often than not. In its formula of endlessly bickering but hugely likeable heroes and brash, swaggering action scenes it's very much what the Guardians Of The Galaxy films should've been, but weren't.
Ragnarok is pure entertainment and not only the best Thor film by far, it's also one of the best Marvel studios productions yet. Great fun.
