Thor: Ragnarok

Ragnarok gives Thor the multiple buddy comedies he's always deserved.

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“Thor: Ragnarok” Shows that Marvel movies can still hit where it counts.

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That being said, you’ll likely be having such a great time with “Thor: Ragnaork,” you ‘wott’ mind too much sitting through 15 or 20 minutes more of material that probably could’ve been cut.

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Death goddess Hela (Cate Blanchett) returns from exile to claim the throne of Asgard, thrashing Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and banishing him to the fighting pits of Sakaar. There, reunited with the missing-since-Ultron Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), he must battle his way to freedom, return home and unseat the usurper.

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Thor: Ragnarok is the funniest Marvel movie yet (just beware of its story)

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Chris Hemsworth returns as the God of Thunder for the third installment in Marvel's Norse saga, leading a cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum and Mark Ruffalo.

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Excitement and silliness abound in this breathlessly action-packed and comic superhero tale.

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Thor: Ragnarok is a lot of fun, but its heart belongs to Planet Hulk and not the realm whose existence is at stake.

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Every superhero movie must include at least one epic battle. “Thor: Ragnarok” is full of them, but its biggest is a tonal showdown between quirky, hilarious director Taika Waititi (“What We Do in the Shadows”) and the most leaden of big-comics impulses. Waititi emerges triumphant, but it’s a nail-biter.

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Marvel realm goes for the yuks.

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I wouldn’t have picked Chris Hemsworth as Marvel's breakout comedy star when he was first cast as Thor, God of Thunder, but he turned out to be one of the best things about this never-ending mega-franchise.

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Director Taika Waititi turns latest solo Avenger joint into a hilarious buddy comedy, a cosmic romp and one of Marvel's best movies.

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Thor: Ragnarok may be shoved smack in the middle of the MCU, but its core is that of an 80s Saturday morning cartoon, best enjoyed in pajamas with some sugary breakfast cereal.

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Who figured that the goofiest Marvel superhero movie would be the one that stars the thunder god instead of the talking raccoon?

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What Waititi does is scale superheroes down to size.

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Marvel could have gone grimmer, broodier and sterner, but that isn’t its onscreen way; so it has made Thor sunnier, sillier and funnier. It’s a good fit, at least for a while.

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Thor: Ragnarok may be a better comedy than epic action adventure, but it certainly makes us fall even more in love with the "Cosmic Marvel" universe.

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Thor: Ragnarok is the flamboyantly roller-disco entry in an already uncomplicatedly cartoonish side franchise.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople’s Taika Waititi infuses the third Thor movie with a generous dose of self-deprecating Kiwi humour, even if it all remains somewhat inconsequential.

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Thor battles his sister and Marvel franchise fatigue alike as director Taika Waititi injects a welcome dose of self-parody into the character's standalone series.

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Thor: Ragnarok is more an approximation of fun than the real thing.

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