When the credits rolled I remember thinking "What was that?" in shock. I had thought Iron Man 3 would safely be MCU worst offering, but Thor 3 became the new bottom of the barrel.
I think the biggest flaw rests on the director and the tone, mainly the unfunny nature of the script. It wasn't just that the jokes didn't land, it was that they were all painfully anti humor. I have a nephew and when he was younger he'd find something funny like an obnoxious sound from a rubber chicken. He'd laugh squeezing it for hours and I had to take it away because it was never funny to start and it became grating and annoying quickly. That is what this felt like watching Thor 3. This is the only Marvel movie ever I didn't laugh once watching. It is a movie embarrassed by itself similar to comic book movies 20 years ago that would joke about their subject matter "you expect yellow spandex?"
Moving on the story is a mess with two main lines creating weaker narrative as opposed to focusing on one. It could have worked to have Hulk 2 featuring Thor on the arena planet be a "Planet Hulk" movie and then later do a "Ragnarok" movie where Hulk comes back with Thor. Instead we kill off Odin, Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg and one of my favorite characters in Sif is just mind wiped from everyone. The lack of concern with slaughtering the whole supporting cast shows the contempt in this film. Unfortunately we get Korg and Valkyrie, characters with no redeeming qualities that I hated within minutes of meeting them both "little rock paper scissors joke there" ugh... Capped with what could have been the most emotionally impactful scene in Thor undercut by riffing humor. To give an idea of how bad this movie is, it got me to dislike a Jeff Goldblum character because everyone is doing a bit, so as opposed to standing out as odd he just becomes a part of the white noise of ametuer improv comedy. No one felt like a person, they were all actors goofing off, so why should I care about any of this?
Thor 3 - 1/10 - Among the worst super hero movies I've seen with Elektra, Batman and Robin, Ghost Rider, and Catwoman.
Last edited by Nymeria - on 20 April 2018