Thor: Ragnorok Film Review

Finished watching Thor: Ragnorok, starring director Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, Clancy Brown, Karl Urban, Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo, Jeff Goldblum and Tessa Thompson. The film opens with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) meeting with Surtur (Clancy Brown) who he ends up fighting along with the fire demon's own army before returning to Asgard, where Thor finds out that Skurge (Karl Urban) has replaced Heimdall (Idris Elba) as the person in charge of the bifrost bridge while Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has been impersonating Odin (Anthony Hopkins) for the last few years. This leads to Thor taking his brother to Earth where they find Odin who warns them of Hela (Cate Blanchett) who finds them and follows Thor and Loki back to Asgard only for the two brothers to find themselves on the planet Sakaar when they're thrown off course. Overall this was an amazing film as it continues Marvel's Cinematic Universe with a hilarious addition that is funny throughout thanks to the amazing amount of comedy being used to great effect. The film also does a great job in giving Thor and Loki some great development with their character and the relationship the two have as being forced to work together to stop Hela leads to the two to rekindle their relationship. While Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) gets some great development as well thanks to the fact that he's not turned back to Bruce Banner since the events of Age of Ultron helps to show how far he's been able to grow while living on Sakaar. The new additions to the MCU of the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) and Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) brings great amount of interactions to the main cast while also opening new avenues for the franchise to go, especially with Korg (Taika Waititi) who is one of the best breakout characters of the MCU yet. 9.5/10.