Ragnarok lives and dies on the evolution of the seemingly-perfect character, putting him in his place and popping his arrogant bubble time and again. If you found the jocky, jerky, full-of-himself version of Thor seen in the Team Thor Captain America: Civil War shorts a little grating, then do not watch this movie.ItвЂ™s just not, you know, Citizen Kane (whatever superhero he was).

Currently enjoying a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score, Ragnarok has earned the support of the critics at large, and while it is very, very good, die-hard fans of WaititiвЂ™s previous work, as well as dyed-in-the-wool Marvel aficionados may read all the вЂњBetter than life itself!вЂќ review quotes and be let down in the final result. ThereвЂ™s a certain amount of disappointment/over-excitement control required here.In this story, Banner has been in his Hulk form for so long that heвЂ™s now able to speak proper sentences, albeit in a Hulky fashion, and itвЂ™s so enjoyable to discover whole new, dry, droll sides to him. Bruce BannerвЂ™s angry alter-ego has only been seen вЂ“ in Mark Ruffalo form, at least вЂ“ playing sixth fiddle in the previous two Avengers movies, and itвЂ™s a joy to see him stretch out a bit more here, a definite second lead to Chris HemsworthвЂ™s Thor. This is the best slice of Hulk weвЂ™ve had yet.He even acts in it, playing a rock alien вЂ“ yep, theyвЂ™re a thing вЂ“ called Korg, whoвЂ™s one of the funniest characters in the movie, behind Jeff GoldblumвЂ™s delightfully Goldblummy kinda-sorta bad guy Grandmaster. What Waititi pulls off with Ragnarok is a minor miracle: a big budget, explosion-filled action spectacular that still feels like his film, full of clever nods and deft changes in tone.

ItвЂ™s directed by New Zealander Of The Year 2017 Taika Waititi, who previously brought us such five-star tongue-in-cheek comedy gems as vampire flatsharing mock-doc What We Do In The Shadows and culture clash adventure comedy The Hunt For The Wilderpeople.

Funny, pacey and irreverent, this вЂ“ the third standalone Thor film вЂ“ finally gives us the movie heвЂ™s long deserved: a bold, bonkers, knowing space opera full of jokes and references and wit. More fun, perhaps, than Guardians Of The Galaxy (Vol 1 or Vol 2), Ant-Man or any other of its Marvel superhero movie brethren.

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