I’m at the point where if you give me one Marvel movie, you’ve given me all Marvel movies, but maybe Marvel is also at the point where they’re actually hiring filmmakers and letting them assert their voice in their productions; Thor: Ragnarok, a Taika Waititi joint, is really, really good, and not just in comparison to other superhero movies!
Because I like Taika and because I like the movie, and also because I really, really hate one specific line of dialogue in Avengers: Age of Ultron, I dove into Thor: Ragnarok‘s sense of humor at The Hollywood Reporter to show my appreciation for how the film skewers Joss Whedon badness and also the general pomp of Marvel heroism. Go read it!