NO HAMMER. NO PROBLEM.

After being imprisoned by a fire demon, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) learns that Asgard is about to be destroyed and the one responsible will be his sister, Odin’s firstborn, Hela (Cate Blanchett).

The third film in the franchise has Thor and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) colliding on a faraway planet and then teaming up to save Asgard; this is what they were up to while Captain America and Tony Stark battled it out in Captain America: Civil War (2016).

A completely bonkers Marvel film in 3D, the funniest one to date, with great tongue-in-cheek performances by Hemsworth, Ruffalo and especially Jeff Goldblum as the most Goldblum-esque of supervillains. Admirably colorful attempt to shake up the formula.

2017-U.S. 130 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed by Taika Waititi. Screenplay: Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost. Music: Mark Mothersbaugh. Cast: Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Cate Blanchett (Hela), Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins… Taika Waititi, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Benedict Cumberbatch. Cameos: Sam Neill, Luke Hemsworth, Matt Damon, Stan Lee. 

Trivia: Followed by Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). 

Last word: “I am always pleasantly surprised that they let me do these weird jokes. It’s almost like all of the elements individually are so ludicrous – the giant wolf and the zombie army and the fire demon – the idea of sticking all of those things together in one film shouldn’t work but it does. Once again, it was like asking a bunch of six year olds what they wanted in a movie and then just being like, ‘Okay. Greenlit.’” (Waititi, The Hollywood Reporter)