Thor: Ragnarok movie review

After two title movies and two Avenger movies, Marvel’s God of Thunder, the mighty Avenger himself; Thor is back with Thor: Ragnarok.

 

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If you want to back track or cross reference before watching Thor: Ragnarok, you can start with Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Doctor Strange. In Avengers, it focuses on superhero genre but as a solo movie, Thor movies focuses on Norse mythology.

But the Norse myth reference of Marvel is different from the real Norse mythology. Ragnarok refers to the great battle that is so cataclysmic that it costs the lives of the Norse gods Odin, Thor, Freya and Loki. If you are looking for the real Norse myth reference, it is not in Marvel’s Thor.

But what makes it nice to watch was the Norse mythology became a science fiction genre. Since the first Thor movie, it emphasize that the Asgardians that was seen as gods by ancient Europeans, were actually otherworldly advance beings that protects the Nine Realms including Midgard which we called Earth. Thor emphasized to Jane Foster that magic and science are all the same. The movie applied the more logical side of our mythologies. Thor somehow became an example of the Ancient Astronaut theory.

Going back to Thor: Ragnarok, it became sci-fi when it explored outside the realm and explored the galaxy. As seen in the trailers, Thor was lost in a world outside his domain. It’s also interesting to see Thor with his new makeover from being a Norse god to a swashbuckling gladiator.

Usually in Thor movies, we see all the supporting characters like the Warriors Three but we didn’t see Lady Sif. In Sif’s absence, she was replaced by a Valkyrie, a Norse version of an Amazon. What I am not sure if she is the same superhero that was adopted from Earth by the Valkyries.

Also, there’s the Hulk. Unlike the previous appearances of Hulk, he has more air time than his human form and he can now talk normal. His costume is not surprising to comic book fans as it was taken from the pages of Planet Hulk.

Hela is also one of the powerful enemies of Thor that now is part of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s rogues’ gallery. She is now the first female villain in MCU. For director Taika Waititi, he couldn’t resist doing his trademark. He also acts in movies he directs. In Ragnarok, he plays the CGI character Korg. For other characters like Skurge and Suthur, I wish there was more back stories in the future about them. After this, we are now beginning our countdown because the next time Thor will be back, it will be in Avengers: Infinity War.

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