Truth be told I did not expect to laugh as much as I did in this movie, and yet it was one of the funniest superhero movies I’ve seen (genuinely funny not bad funny.) Besides laughing it does have a great story that will continue at least to the next Avengers film. I’m going to try and avoid spoilers, but just in case here is a warning. I DO NOT OWN THE PICTURE.
Thor (Chris Hemsworth) had been searching for the Infinity stones since the last time the audience saw him, Age of Ultron two years ago. However he returns to Asgard after learning his father Odin (Sir Anthony Hopkins is no longer there (if you may recall in Thor: Dark World his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is posing as Odin) and Ragnarok is coming, the end of Asgard. Thor as well learns of another threat to Asgard, Hela (Cate Blanchett) who let’s just say has a long history with Odin. Thor and Loki try to battle Hela, but they end up cast out into another world and Thor’s might hammer is destroyed by Hela. On this new world, run by the Grand Master (Jeff Goldblum) Loki quickly makes friends with him while Thor is forced into battle with his longtime friend The Hulk, aka Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo.) Determined to get back and stop Hela, Thor teams with Loki, Hulk, Heimdall (Idris Elba) and Scraper 142, a former Valkyrior (Tessa Thompson) to get off this world and back to Asgard. About as far as I can go without spoiling as this is still in theaters.
As I have stated before this is very funny and action packed film. I will admit some of the comedy bits had me saying “Ok we get it bigger issues going on right now come on.” Other than that I really enjoyed this film. I am glad we had a more light-hearted tone in this compared to the other Thor films, oh almost forgot they do have a cameo by Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) which if you saw that film at the end will explain the end scene as well as a few other actors you may recognize. For those curious as to how they will explain Natalie Portman’s Jane not being in it does for about a minute. I loved everything about this film, cannot wait to see more of Tessa Thompson actually I enjoyed her a lot, and I hope if you like superheroes you will see this movie.
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