Of the
Avengers characters who’ve had multiple solo movies, Thor’s have undoubtedly
been the weakest. Whilst Loki remained one of Marvel’s strongest villains, the
films themselves often felt bland and boring. This was particularly the case
with the Dark World, which ended up being quite a divisive movie.
It’s all
change for Ragnarok though. Natalie Portman, who allegedly hated filming the
Dark World, is gone, and once again, we have a new director, this time Taika
Waititi. The overall style and tone from the first two movies is to get a
massive overhaul, but I’ll leave that for the review portion. Waititi’s past
experience is in comedy, with his directing credits including “What we do in
the Shadows” and “Hunt for the Wilderpeople,” neither of which I’ve seen but
they’re both critical and commercial successes.
And the
trend would continue here, Thor Ragnarok would go onto make $890m on its $180m
budget and scoring a 92% Rotten Tomatoes rating with an average 7.52/10 and an
89% audience rating with a 4.2/5 average. All these figures exceed the previous
Thor movies, but is it worth the reception, here’s my take
