So the Thor trilogy is over, the story has come full circle, and the final installment completes the story of Thor, Loki, and Odin himself.
Unfortunately, unlike Ironman and Captain America, the Asgard film trilogy doesn't have such a supporting theme that the vast majority of the films were made by the same director. The first volume was made by English director Kenneth Branagh, who managed to bring character depth and Greek tragedy to the world of comics. The second installment was directed by Alan Taylor, who is best known as the director of several episodes of Game of Thrones and, of course, as the director of the last very unsuccessful Terminator.
The third and probably final installment was directed by Taika Waititi, who hasn't had that many famous films before, but whose filmography is sufficient for his age.
This time around, Thor is mostly about comedy, as fans have verified (Ghostbusters(s)), the actor who plays Thor (Chris Hemsworth) has enough comedic talent to pull off his movie. He's ably seconded by Banner/Hulk (in most cases, the digital – Mark Ruffalo). Loki, who I've praised in previous installments (and Avengers), doesn't have as much comedic talent. I mustn't forget Cate Blanchett, who nails her villainess, Hela.
So we've had praise for the cast, now a bit about the director, for whom this is the first really big movie. He's starting to criticize Disney, who is starting to turn movies into comedies for the masses. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 started that, and the third Thor continues it and moves on. Every once in a while there is a joke that rings out, very well, the actors are well instructed to deliver the lines correctly, and even the director's take on the space alien Korg is very funny in its own right.
Let's not forget the cameos, such as Matt Damon, Sam Neill and, of course, the very funny, how else, conversation between Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Thor himself.
I was unfortunately expecting a not-so-funny movie, as it turned out. It's mainly about the tragedy of the kingdom of Asgard as Ragnarok, a very dark time, comes about. If it hadn't been so funny and the film had become more serious, I'm sure the whole film would have benefited from it.
As you can see, humor isn't everything. It would have liked more depth to the characters, we have plenty of them throughout the film and it's a shame that a trilogy that started out as an ancient tragedy ends up as a comedy full of colour.
Unfortunately, I didn't like the third installment that much. Gradually, the film becomes more and more a comedy for the masses, no character psychology, just funny lines and action to have fun with.
I will definitely wait for the third Avengers, which should feature all the important characters from Ironman to Rocket.
The film also features 2 subtitle scenes. I didn't get the connection with the first one (maybe only for comic book fans) and the second one was pretty lame again.
Thor 3 is unfortunately even a little bit worse than Guardians of the Galaxy 2, so I only give it 65%.
Thank you Karoline Koblížková for proofreading the article
Original edition of this article October 24, 2017 – Kritiky.cz
