Title: Thor: Ragnarok (IMDB)
*ing: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo, Tessa Thompson et al
Director: Taika Watiti
Language: English
Genre: Comic Books, Fantasy
Basic Premise
Thor finds a new claimant for the Asgardian crown, his older sister Hela, whom he was not aware of.
MovieNotes
Just when the Marvel movies were getting a tad repetitive and boring, comes Thor: Ragnarok, a great mixture of action and humor.
Loki has moved over to the right side (he can switch back anytime, though). So the good folks at Marvel found a better villain in Hela. Biggest hamstring of Marvel movies has been weak villains, but this one certainly was not. Also, less screen time, limited dialogue and strong action for Hela helped in building up the right menace. Hela even threw in some management jargon for her "executioner" to be an executioner of her vision!
Special highlight was the background music while Thor, Valkyior and Hulk take up the fight. Fight sequences should be entertaining. As should the one-line exchanges between the major characters. After all this is a comic book adaptation.
Enough material to build on the Universe. And lots of questions. Did Hela die? Why does the Grandmaster look uncannily like the Collector, although played by different actors? What about the Infinity Stones? Does Thor get a new Mjolnir? Will Hulk change back into Dr. Banner again? Did they land up in the "Guardians of the Galaxy" planet?
Many new questions. And they did not answer how Loki was still alive?
And finally, about the play within the film. A pretty strong starcast for such an insignificant scene! Was that an Easter Egg or do we just take it at face value of some big names having fun?
Rating - 8/10. A fun watch.
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