Silver Screen in 2017 {Thor: Ragnarok}

The latest in a long run of superhero movies is the latest Thor film, the third recent Thor film.

With his big hammer and muscles Thor is joined by a number of friends and enemies in Ragnarok. The film has been meet with largely positive reviews (except for Judith Lucy's take on ABC's new show Screen Time) and praise for director Taika Waititi. Waititi is more famous in Australia and New Zealand for Boy and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, indie comedies with much lower budgets than the latest Marvel block



Currently slaying the box office Thor is a big film, but like recent Marvel films, despite this being a "standalone" superhero film, The Hulk and more minor characters are along for the ride.

Like the recent Captain America film where he was joined by Iron Man and in a less sense Black Widow, Thor got some help from The Hulk, Doctor Strange also made and appearance and there was some vision of Black Widow.

After all these useless facts was Thor any good? I might be a bit of a nae sayer this week with Melbourne Cup and everything else rolling on, but I have to agree with Judith Lucy. This was really just another big, dumb superhero film with the added exception of Cate Blanchett being Thor's evil sister Hela.

Loki is always annoying in my mind and unlike Taylor Swift I do not want to fuck Tom Hiddleston's dick off.

I was left a bit disappointed, I was promised a new take on an almost tired genre, Deadpool did a great job being rude, crude and slightly more realistic in the violence sense. Thor is unfortunately lacking, it will be interesting to see if the next Avengers film will improve on this. 

Waititi's Kiwi charm and rock character was a nice addition however the running time and stock standard action sequences make this, just another superhero carbon copy.

That said, I for the most part enjoyed parts and select characters in the film and Hemsworth is a tasty leading man, 3 Stars.