Thor Ragnarok: Psychedelic Adventure

Many people has high regards and good comments on Thor Ragnarok. They could not be too far away from the truth. No one can deny the grasp of Marvel Cinematic Universe on the super hero movie genre. DC had score a few gems lately but still yet to rival Marvel long dominion over the cinematic universe. However, most people would also agree with me that MCU had been recycling formula and struggle to find their footing lately. They still make good movie, just that... it is not as great. The only few that stood out for me was Deadpool. And Marvel learnt from that. Humour sells.



Thor Ragnarok is rather recycle super hero idea, though I could not comment how close it is to the source material. Super Hero meets his match, experience set back. Then he discover something special, either power, revelation or rediscover himself and that lead to the defeat of the villain. This time, Thor met his match in his elder sister, Hela, the Goddess of Death. (I just learnt that in the actual comic, Hela was the daughter of Loki). While nearly suffering defeat, Thor crashed to a different planet, involve in gladiator type of fight with Hulk, enroll few other character to return back to Asgard to battle Hela. Hmmm.. Been there, done that. To be fair, there was nothing special when we talk about the story.


However, visually it was a feast. Not the big explosion type of Michael Bay, but more psychedelic type of visual feast. Different use of colours. Much things going on at each screen. The script was well written with a generous dose of humour, though some may felt forced, most of them generate genuine chuckles. The action would not excite me anymore, but serve its purpose to move the story along. The only drawback was Loki conversion to being one of the heroes felt artificial. Bad guys should remain bad, period. Valkyrie character was also not written well, it just serve as a empty slot to feature another female actress.


In the end, I truly enjoyed the movie. It felt good. But like many psychedelic adventure, I guess I would not recall much of the content, just the excitement.

ratings: 3 half poink~!
comments: waiting for infinity war..