Plot: Thor (Chris Hemsworth) wakes up trapped by evil giant Surtur, after he escapes he goes to Asgard and finds Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Loki is impersonating Odin (Anthony Hopkins) who is now on Earth. Thor goes to earth and (after a scene with Dr Strange) finds Oden, who tells him his older sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) is returning to Asgard to take over, and then Oden turns to smoke & floats away. Thor tries to return to Asgard but is captured by Scraper 142 (Tessa Thompson) and fights in gladiator games where he meets Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). They steal a ship and go to Asgard where they face a final battle with Hela.
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Review: Very entertaining. Familiar and likable characters are in new situations that are dramatic and still humorous. The light tone makes this easy-to-watch and fun. The light tone did not subtracted from seriousness, because the tone is so light. Seriously, there was no message or satire here, only escapist entertainment.
I liked how they kept some of the apocalyptic elements of the Ragnarok story. I once read a book of Norse mythology, and I liked the Ragnarok story about how the gods knew their world was going to end, but had to let it play out.
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Tessa Thompson, Mark Ruffalo.
Directed by: Taika Waititi
Written by: Eric Pearson, Craig Kule and Chrisopher Yost
The Music: Orchestrial music by Mark Mothersbaugh; generally pretty good, but I'm not going to down load any.
The Visuals: I liked Cate Blanchett's headpiece, especially when it fanned out. I thought the Hulk was well animated too, especially Mark Ruffalo's expressions. I did not like the flaming giant Surtur.
Rating: 3.5 stars: Fun to watch. The tone of the movie is the winning aspect. Not too serious, but still keeps moving.
More: Director Waititi, who made indie movies and directed several Flight of the Concord's episodes said the movie:
It's about a guy trying to get home because there's someone in his house, and he's got to sort that out. And along the way he's got his annoying brother, a drunk chick, and some bipolar kid with him.
Even More: There are two Easter Eggs in the end credits, so stay 'til the end.
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