Thor: Ragnarok
9/10
Another highly anticipated Marvel instalment for the year and one that will be on everyone's radar after the trailer. This trailer showed Thor in a new light. We have seen him as someone who couldn't become accustomed to the Earth's ways of life, someone without humour and a lot or seriousness. This time, the trailer had Guardians feel to it. It relied on music, humour and colourful, slow-motion scenes. I was really looking forward to seeing this so decided to treat myself to a trip to the IMAX cinema, simply to take it all in. With this be God like or more along the lines of a mere peasant compared to the rest of the universe?
This movie is set a couple of years after Ultron has tried to have his way with Earth. Thor is seen chained up and dangling above a pit, before being dropped down, still in chains. Before the drop, he addresses, what I thought was the audience, but turned out to be a skeleton in his cage. He explains that he had failed in his quest for the infinity stones and Jane had also broken up with him. He now hangs in the presence of Surtur, who states that it his destiny to bring about Ragnarok and the complete destruction of Thor's home, Asgard. He uses his hammer to break free, kill minions and Surtur, before taking his crown and heading home, in the end, to Asgard. He returns, finding that the reason he was slow in getting through the Bifrost gate was down to the new sentry, Skurge. Skurge is played by Karl Urban, whose character had been trying to charm three ladies with his miscellaneous items from many worlds. He tells Thor that he replaced Heimdell due to Odin accusing him of being a traitor. Heimdell has fled and he is now in charge. We already know that Loki has replaced Odin and disguised himself as his adoptive father. The scene that follows is brilliant, Odin, who is actually Loki, is laying on a bed, watching a theatrical performance on how Loki died, which was in Thor 2. It involves Matt Damon playing Loki on stage, Thor is played by Chris Hemsworth's real-life brother, Liam and Sam Neill is playing Odin. I only noticed Damon at first and then the others came to light. Thor knows something is up and throws his hammer into the distance, knowing it will return, but holds Loki in front of him, giving him the option to turn back or be killed. He forces his brother to help him find their father with the help of Dr. Strange back on Earth and they finally find Odin in Norway, coming to terms that he is going to die. With his death, his oldest child, Hela shall be released from her prison that he was holding her in. She, with her father, had taken over the nine realms, but been locked away when her blood lust became too much. Her history had been stricken from all records. She appears, once Odin has floated off into the clouds and instantly confronts the brothers. Hela is played by Cate Blanchett and is extremely attractive wearing all black, with long black hair. Thor sends his hammer loose but she grabs it and shatters it to a million pieces. The brothers try to flee through the Bitfrost and she pursues them, forcing them out into space to die. She carries on to Asgard and kills is main army and the Warriors Three, with little effort. She resurrects the ancient dead, who once fought by her side, along with a giant wolf called Fenris. She then faces Skurge, who quickly joins her forces as her executioner. She plans on using the Bitfrost to expand her empire. Heimdell has had other plans and steals the sword that control the Bridge and hides al of the surviving citizens away.
Out in space, Thor has survived and crash lands on Sakaar, a planet that is full of garbage and surrounded by wormholes in space. He ends up being surrounded and captured by a drunken bounty hunter called Scrapper 142. Then, is taken to be presented as a new gladiator for the Grandmaster, played by Jeff Goldblum. There is instant dry humour, as Goldblum is usually linked too. Loki is seen drinking in the great hall and has already gotten into favour with the Grandmaster. Thor has his head shaved, by the one and only Stan Lee, who makes his usual small cameo, before being thrown into a dungeon where he befriends a rock creature called Korg, who will soon become my favourite character in this movie. Korg is actually being voiced by the director of the movie Taika Waititi. He too, is full of dry wit and one liners, whilst unknowingly being funny. He explains that everyone who has been up against the champion, has been ripped to pieces. They build up this champion as something massive and I would be very intrigued by that this champion looks like and indeed who it would be. That's if the trailer hadn't already spoiled the fact that the hulk with be the warrior. Inside the arena, Thor is overjoyed to see his team mate from the Avengers, but Hulk doesn't seem best pleased and the two begin an epic battle, which includes Thor trying to use Black Widows technique, but it doesn't work and he too gets slammed into the ground as Loki once was. In the viewing platform, Loki is loving this, but is hiding the fact that he knows his own brother. As Thor finally gets the upper-hand, the Grandmaster shocks him, not wanting his champion to be defeated.
Back on Asgard, Hela has the remaining people, that Heimdell is trying to save, ordering her executioner to kill a random, until someone speaks up about where the sword is. Although he hesitates, h goes for the kill, but at the last minute, someone speaks up and the hunt is on. Thor is now in the Hulks room, where he stays until he goes training with the scrapper. Thor is left in the room though as there is an invisible wall, stopping him from leaving. Once the Hulk returns with Scrapper, he realises that he knows her as one of the Asgardians all female fighters. Her name is Valkyrie and she once faced Hela, before being the only one left alive and fleeing. Thor jumps out of Hulk's window after seeing the Quinjet that Hulk flew at the end of the Ultron movie, causing Hulk to follow him and set off the computer systems, playing Natasha's last message to him and turning him back into Banner for the first time in two years. Thor finally has means to escape and tries to recruit Valkyrie, who at first refuses, but soon changes her mind after and encounter with Loki, leaves him using his powers to make her remember her hidden memories of the Hela encounter. She shows her good will by chaining up Loki and handing him over to Thor. Banner is also there but she doesn't know who he is, only knowing who Thor is. Once the four decide it is time to leave, Thor and Loki head to steal a ship, to which Loki, as normal, tries to betray his brother but this time Thor anticipated it and already had a plan in place, using the shocker that the Grandmaster had used on him. Loki is left to twitch on the floor as the three escape the planet. Not without a few encounters first.
The have escaped through the greatly named, 'Devil's Anus' portal and arrived at Asgard, just as Hela is about to destroy the remaining population. They are on the Bifrost bridge, trying to escape. In front of them is the giant wolf and behind, Hela and her army. The ship, containing our three heroes, lands just in time to start a violent battle where Thor quickly gets overpowered and even loses an eye. He is doubting himself without his hammer, before having visions of his father, who tells him that the hammer simply channelled his powers, as he is actually the God of Thunder. He also tells him that Asgard can be anywhere, as long as the people survive. He now realises what he is about, sending a massive lightning bolt through Hela, as the other two are trying to hold of Hela's armies. Banner has now turned into the Hulk once more. Loki has been picked up back on Sakaar, by the escaping Korg and his friends, who have also arrived at Asgard to join the fight. Skurge is seen feeling cowardly and hides himself in a cloak to get onto Korg's ship with the other citizens. The guilt gets too much though and he sacrifices himself to let the ship escape. Thor has now linked up with Valkyrie and Thor, knowing that Hela will appear again after growing stronger from the power of Asgard and the God of Thunder quickly realises that he cannot stop Ragnarok, but instead must let it take place and move Asgard itself. He sends Loki down to the vault to throw Surtur's skull into a flame and bring about his rebirth. As he is down there, we see him walk past the tesseract, which implies his chance of stealing it once again. Surtur emerges, a massive figure and easily kills Hela, as everyone else escapes, just before Asgard is completely destroyed in the distance. Although Thor is clearly upset about the end of his home, he knows he has still saved many of his people. He finally meets his destiny at the end of the movie, sitting on the Throne of the ship, which is actually the captain's chair, where is first order is to take everyone to Earth.
The film ends with Loki explain to Thor that the decision to go to Earth may not be a good one for him after what has happened with Loki in the past. This discussion carries on, as the brothers look out of the window to a gigantic ship, which I believe is Thanos, pulling up alongside. The final post-credits scene, is the Grandmaster crawling out of his crashed ship after the early chase scene on Sakaar. He is confronted by some scavengers, who are his former slaves and he congratulates them on their revolt, conceding that it was a draw.
This could be up there with one of my favourite films to
come out in 2017. It is definitely my favourite Marvel film from his year and I
think that goes down to the comedy involved, along with the filming techniques,
use of music and action scenes. If I start with the negatives, that'll be a
little easier. The humour could be seen as a little too much by some de hard
fans and at first, I was a little bit confused by the amount of humour. Thor
was always seen as a serious character in the other movies and someone who
didn't understand humour, sarcasm and the way humans react to situations. This
movie though, Thor seemed very much along the human lines in this movie, making
the jokes and his mannerisms where on a new level. Another problem would be the
use of the Hulk. The film could have been a 10 out of 10 if they hadn't have
revealed that he was in the film so much within the trailer. They showed how
much he spoke and that he was the champion, yet in the movie, they decided to
build this 'champion' up so much without mentioning who it was until the end.
Truly was a missed trick with that one. To be fair, those were smaller problems
within a massively successful film. I found myself laughing, in and out of each
scene and then transported into a more serious storyline from time to time. We
all knew the casting, as we have seen them before, but Hela was a new comer to
the movies and she didn't disappoint either. The landscapes and new planet were
both great additions too. There was plenty of slow motion scenes and fight
scene that contrasted so well at times with the quicker chase scenes, that made
this movie a breath of fresh air and a completely different angle from the
other Thor movies. There was no real love story, instead we were treated to the
more regular characters from the franchise. I cannot recommend seeing this
instalment enough and every time the music hits in this movie, you'll find
yourself with a smirk on your face.
Another highly anticipated Marvel instalment for the year and one that will be on everyone's radar after the trailer. This trailer showed Thor in a new light. We have seen him as someone who couldn't become accustomed to the Earth's ways of life, someone without humour and a lot or seriousness. This time, the trailer had Guardians feel to it. It relied on music, humour and colourful, slow-motion scenes. I was really looking forward to seeing this so decided to treat myself to a trip to the IMAX cinema, simply to take it all in. With this be God like or more along the lines of a mere peasant compared to the rest of the universe?
This movie is set a couple of years after Ultron has tried to have his way with Earth. Thor is seen chained up and dangling above a pit, before being dropped down, still in chains. Before the drop, he addresses, what I thought was the audience, but turned out to be a skeleton in his cage. He explains that he had failed in his quest for the infinity stones and Jane had also broken up with him. He now hangs in the presence of Surtur, who states that it his destiny to bring about Ragnarok and the complete destruction of Thor's home, Asgard. He uses his hammer to break free, kill minions and Surtur, before taking his crown and heading home, in the end, to Asgard. He returns, finding that the reason he was slow in getting through the Bifrost gate was down to the new sentry, Skurge. Skurge is played by Karl Urban, whose character had been trying to charm three ladies with his miscellaneous items from many worlds. He tells Thor that he replaced Heimdell due to Odin accusing him of being a traitor. Heimdell has fled and he is now in charge. We already know that Loki has replaced Odin and disguised himself as his adoptive father. The scene that follows is brilliant, Odin, who is actually Loki, is laying on a bed, watching a theatrical performance on how Loki died, which was in Thor 2. It involves Matt Damon playing Loki on stage, Thor is played by Chris Hemsworth's real-life brother, Liam and Sam Neill is playing Odin. I only noticed Damon at first and then the others came to light. Thor knows something is up and throws his hammer into the distance, knowing it will return, but holds Loki in front of him, giving him the option to turn back or be killed. He forces his brother to help him find their father with the help of Dr. Strange back on Earth and they finally find Odin in Norway, coming to terms that he is going to die. With his death, his oldest child, Hela shall be released from her prison that he was holding her in. She, with her father, had taken over the nine realms, but been locked away when her blood lust became too much. Her history had been stricken from all records. She appears, once Odin has floated off into the clouds and instantly confronts the brothers. Hela is played by Cate Blanchett and is extremely attractive wearing all black, with long black hair. Thor sends his hammer loose but she grabs it and shatters it to a million pieces. The brothers try to flee through the Bitfrost and she pursues them, forcing them out into space to die. She carries on to Asgard and kills is main army and the Warriors Three, with little effort. She resurrects the ancient dead, who once fought by her side, along with a giant wolf called Fenris. She then faces Skurge, who quickly joins her forces as her executioner. She plans on using the Bitfrost to expand her empire. Heimdell has had other plans and steals the sword that control the Bridge and hides al of the surviving citizens away.
Out in space, Thor has survived and crash lands on Sakaar, a planet that is full of garbage and surrounded by wormholes in space. He ends up being surrounded and captured by a drunken bounty hunter called Scrapper 142. Then, is taken to be presented as a new gladiator for the Grandmaster, played by Jeff Goldblum. There is instant dry humour, as Goldblum is usually linked too. Loki is seen drinking in the great hall and has already gotten into favour with the Grandmaster. Thor has his head shaved, by the one and only Stan Lee, who makes his usual small cameo, before being thrown into a dungeon where he befriends a rock creature called Korg, who will soon become my favourite character in this movie. Korg is actually being voiced by the director of the movie Taika Waititi. He too, is full of dry wit and one liners, whilst unknowingly being funny. He explains that everyone who has been up against the champion, has been ripped to pieces. They build up this champion as something massive and I would be very intrigued by that this champion looks like and indeed who it would be. That's if the trailer hadn't already spoiled the fact that the hulk with be the warrior. Inside the arena, Thor is overjoyed to see his team mate from the Avengers, but Hulk doesn't seem best pleased and the two begin an epic battle, which includes Thor trying to use Black Widows technique, but it doesn't work and he too gets slammed into the ground as Loki once was. In the viewing platform, Loki is loving this, but is hiding the fact that he knows his own brother. As Thor finally gets the upper-hand, the Grandmaster shocks him, not wanting his champion to be defeated.
Back on Asgard, Hela has the remaining people, that Heimdell is trying to save, ordering her executioner to kill a random, until someone speaks up about where the sword is. Although he hesitates, h goes for the kill, but at the last minute, someone speaks up and the hunt is on. Thor is now in the Hulks room, where he stays until he goes training with the scrapper. Thor is left in the room though as there is an invisible wall, stopping him from leaving. Once the Hulk returns with Scrapper, he realises that he knows her as one of the Asgardians all female fighters. Her name is Valkyrie and she once faced Hela, before being the only one left alive and fleeing. Thor jumps out of Hulk's window after seeing the Quinjet that Hulk flew at the end of the Ultron movie, causing Hulk to follow him and set off the computer systems, playing Natasha's last message to him and turning him back into Banner for the first time in two years. Thor finally has means to escape and tries to recruit Valkyrie, who at first refuses, but soon changes her mind after and encounter with Loki, leaves him using his powers to make her remember her hidden memories of the Hela encounter. She shows her good will by chaining up Loki and handing him over to Thor. Banner is also there but she doesn't know who he is, only knowing who Thor is. Once the four decide it is time to leave, Thor and Loki head to steal a ship, to which Loki, as normal, tries to betray his brother but this time Thor anticipated it and already had a plan in place, using the shocker that the Grandmaster had used on him. Loki is left to twitch on the floor as the three escape the planet. Not without a few encounters first.
The have escaped through the greatly named, 'Devil's Anus' portal and arrived at Asgard, just as Hela is about to destroy the remaining population. They are on the Bifrost bridge, trying to escape. In front of them is the giant wolf and behind, Hela and her army. The ship, containing our three heroes, lands just in time to start a violent battle where Thor quickly gets overpowered and even loses an eye. He is doubting himself without his hammer, before having visions of his father, who tells him that the hammer simply channelled his powers, as he is actually the God of Thunder. He also tells him that Asgard can be anywhere, as long as the people survive. He now realises what he is about, sending a massive lightning bolt through Hela, as the other two are trying to hold of Hela's armies. Banner has now turned into the Hulk once more. Loki has been picked up back on Sakaar, by the escaping Korg and his friends, who have also arrived at Asgard to join the fight. Skurge is seen feeling cowardly and hides himself in a cloak to get onto Korg's ship with the other citizens. The guilt gets too much though and he sacrifices himself to let the ship escape. Thor has now linked up with Valkyrie and Thor, knowing that Hela will appear again after growing stronger from the power of Asgard and the God of Thunder quickly realises that he cannot stop Ragnarok, but instead must let it take place and move Asgard itself. He sends Loki down to the vault to throw Surtur's skull into a flame and bring about his rebirth. As he is down there, we see him walk past the tesseract, which implies his chance of stealing it once again. Surtur emerges, a massive figure and easily kills Hela, as everyone else escapes, just before Asgard is completely destroyed in the distance. Although Thor is clearly upset about the end of his home, he knows he has still saved many of his people. He finally meets his destiny at the end of the movie, sitting on the Throne of the ship, which is actually the captain's chair, where is first order is to take everyone to Earth.
The film ends with Loki explain to Thor that the decision to go to Earth may not be a good one for him after what has happened with Loki in the past. This discussion carries on, as the brothers look out of the window to a gigantic ship, which I believe is Thanos, pulling up alongside. The final post-credits scene, is the Grandmaster crawling out of his crashed ship after the early chase scene on Sakaar. He is confronted by some scavengers, who are his former slaves and he congratulates them on their revolt, conceding that it was a draw.
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