The reviews are all over the place with this film. People who adore serious yet poorly written Marvel movies (Avengers, etc.) tend to hate this. People with a great sense of humour love it. This review supports the latter and gives full credit to Taika Waititi, that special talent able to turn genres a bit on their side. Honourable mention goes to Thor, Jeff Goldblum's character, Korg, the insect guy, and Loki.
That said, the movie could not escape the usual humdrum superhero banality of a storyline, and eventually left humour behind in Act 3 for a villain showdown with all the usual Marvel mayhem studio execs eat up. The only consolation is that Cate Blanchett still looks pretty good despite growing horns. At any rate, that's the trade off for good movie-making in the Marvel universe. That gives this a 7 instead of higher. Still, would watch again.
That said, the movie could not escape the usual humdrum superhero banality of a storyline, and eventually left humour behind in Act 3 for a villain showdown with all the usual Marvel mayhem studio execs eat up. The only consolation is that Cate Blanchett still looks pretty good despite growing horns. At any rate, that's the trade off for good movie-making in the Marvel universe. That gives this a 7 instead of higher. Still, would watch again.