Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

I was dreading this. My favourite Marvel persona was about to be eaten up by the all consuming "Avengers" brand - but wait, no - no sign of "Stark". This is muscle-Marvel. The evil "Hela" (Kate Blanchett) tricks her way through the Bifrost into an unguarded Asgard where she quickly takes control setting in motion the unstoppable "Ragnarök". Only by uniting can the usually squabbling siblings "Thor" (Chris Hemsworth) and "Loki" (Tom Hiddleston) hope to thwart her dastardly plan, and save their people - but the former has been imprisoned on a planet…

OK, this isn't what the advertisements say, at least its not the best Marvel movie (I think that title stills goes to Winter Soldier). That being said, it IS the best Thor movie. It is certainly an escape from the normal Thor movies. It's an escape from the Asgardcentric feel of Dark World. And, well, the best parts of the first Thor were the parts when he was on Earth. Here we have more humor in the film, which isn't unique for Thor, but this one has more of an Antman feel, or at least it has the humor we saw in the Thor Spots around Civil War. It…

'Thor: Ragnarok' continues the upward direction of the 'Thor' films. I had a blast with this. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the story unfold, the score is terrific, the new and old cast members are great and there's a lot of amusement in there too. It's superb, it's my third favourite MCU film at this stage. Don't get me wrong, I like the 2011 original but that's turned out to be the weakest of the three. I found 'Thor: The Dark World' to be a fairly major improvement on that, this 2017 is narrowly better than that aforementioned 2013 release. Bring on…