Thor: Ragnarok (2017) — movie review | |
Today’s review is for the Marvel Studio comic book adaptation of the Thor character story: Ragnarok. The movie came out last year, but because I rarely go to the theater any more and because I’m too cheap to pay full price for a movie, this review is from my first viewing of the movie which is now on Netflix. For those not familiar with Norse mythology, “Ragnarok” is supposed to be the end of the universe and the death of the Norse gods. | |
Thor’s (Thor, the god of thunder, is played by Chris Hemsworth) father Odin (played by Anthony Hopkins) dies and his death frees Thor’s older sister Hela, the goddess of death (played by Cate Blanchett) who seeks to claim the throne of Asgard (the place where the Norse gods live). Thor and his adopted brother Loki, the god of mischief (played by Tom Hiddleston) are defeated in initial combat with Hela, but manage to escape with their lives. | |
Thor is captured on a foreign planet by a former Valkyrie (played by Tessa Thompson) and meets and fights the Hulk / Bruce Banner (played by Mark Ruffalo). Meanwhile, Hela goes to Asgard seeking the throne and her revenge. Blah, blah, blah. Most everyone dies fighting the goddess of death (makes sense), but a few escape, led by Heimdall (played by Idris Elba). | |
Blah, blah, blah. Thor convinces Hulk and the Valkyrie to join him in fighting Hela. They escape from where they are imprisoned and go back to Asgard to defeat Hela. And then we all live happily ever after (kinda / sorta). | |
In my review of the first Thor movie, (this is the third in the series), I said it was a bit schizophrenic and needed to decide if they were going to have the movie in Asgard or on Earth. This one is almost exclusively off-Earth – and it is much better for it. | |
This movie is fun AND funny. It has the requisite fights and special effects. The movie runs about two hours, but felt shorter to me. That’s a good sign. The movie seems to be an almost immediate lead in to the Avengers: Infinity War movie, and that’s okay. It’s okay, because (like in Infinity War) almost everyone in Asgard dies and so, whatever happens to bring back everyone in Infinity War II, probably also brings back Asgard and all of the folks who get killed in this one. I guess we’ll have to see, next year. | |
The movie tries to inject a bit of philosophy by repeatedly stating it is the people who make the place and not the place which makes the people. It kind of works, but not really because the vast majority of the Asgardians are slain by Hela and the rest appear to face capture / doom at the closing credits. Like I said, we’ll see… | |
Anyway, final recommendation: highly recommended!! As stated earlier, this movie is both fun and funny, with action, lots of humor and great fights / battles / special effects. I would say this ranks right up with Iron Man and the Black Panther as among the very best of the Marvel Studio’s comic book / movie adaptations. It is rated PG-13, so it might be a little too intense for very young (pre-7 years) children. As for 7 – 13, it’s probably not too intense, but it may get them too excited and have them running around acting crazy trying to imitate the movie. Just sayin’… | |
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