Film Review: Thor – Ragnarok

Published on: 26 Oct, 2017
Updated on: 26 Oct, 2017

By Dennis Harvey-Hepherd

The latest offering from the Marvel universe, Thor Ragnarok, sees the return of Thor, as brought to life by Chris Hemsworth.

Aimed at the 12-year-old audience, the violence is almost bloodless and profanities are kept to the mild end of the spectrum. Layered on top of this is a plethora of adult-targeted jokes and characterisations that should keep most grownups laughing.

In this story, Thor faces two different baddies. The first is Cate Blanchett as Thor’s very bad, big sister Hela. The second is Jeff Goldblum as possibly the funniest and campest dictator in cinema history.

I felt rather sorry for Ms Blanchett, great actor as she is, because Goldblum dominates the story with a far richer and funnier part.

The action sequences are very impressive as is normal now, but for once, the script is equally good, blending the various storylines smoothly, while keeping the plot moving and maintaining the very funny humour.

I laughed out loud frequently and left the cinema feeling refreshed and happy. I can’t expect much more than that from any film.

The result is therefore 5 out of five stars for this outstanding superhero tale.