Most of you who read this will already have decided whether you’re going to see this or not, so I’ll confine myself to saying that if you like superhero movies you should go and see this, and see it on a big screen with a good sound system. I thoroughly enjoyed this film, and while I had concerns when I saw who was directing it, I have to say that everything he did worked, and the first act flowed seamlessly into the last and set it off perfectly. One day they’ll do a bad one of these. Really.
If you want the wordy version of the review here we go!
I’ve got to tell you all that I had pretty strong doubts
going into this film. While Thor Ragnarök wasn’t by any means bad, it was tonally
uneven and the Guardians of the Galaxy bit felt grafted on, even forced. Given
that the films share the director, you’ll understand my concerns. However, I was
so utterly wrong to be concerned.
I and finding it quite hard to write a meaningful review and
keep it spoiler free, so I’ll confine myself to saying that like Thor Ragnarok
the film is indeed tonally uneven but in a good way. Many parts of the first act and a half are laugh
out loud funny, the interactions between the various characters are great, the
Guardians of the Galaxy part was, in its own way awesome, and Russel Crowe totally
stole every bit in which he appeared, especially in terms of his general
campiness.
However.
This all serves to lead into the final act and the contrast is all the more marked for what
gone on before, As the adversary Christian Bale was lacking only in that I don’t
think he got enough screen time, and the way his ‘stuff ‘was handled was just
visually and conceptually amazing, while the way it ended was better than I could
have hoped for.
While this film was literally a tale of gods and monsters,
in the end it was a human story, and was all the better for it. Go see this.
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