Thor: Ragnarok

Seventeen films and Marvel has once again proven itself to be able to both craft huge blockbuster films and well told stories without ever feeling old and worn out. With Taika Waititi in the director's chair of Thor: Ragnarok, he surpasses even James Gunn in making a strange and fun movie that isn't afraid to go all out as a comic book based film. In Ragnarok, Thor has to fight against her sister, Hela, the goddess of death who wants to take over Asgard and conquer all of the universe with an undead army. Trying to fight her the first time, Hela manages to destroy Mjolnir and sends Thor and Loki to another planet wherein Thor is forced to fight in a gladiatorial match against the Hulk and manages to convince him, Loki, and former Asgardian warrior Valkyrie to come back to Asgard and fight against Hela and her forces. Focusing more on comedy than the previous two Thor films, this MCU installment is balls to the wall fun. Cate Blanchett makes for an awesome villain and Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster is a great secondary antagonist in all his fun, campy glory. Waititi himself plays an alien through motion capture and is absolute fun, though at times can try a bit too hard in being comedic. While Anthony Hopkins returns as Odin and does a great job in portraying him one last time, his death scene itself felt very anticlimactic. While I do love the scenes taking place in Sakaar, even I feel that it's a bit too coincidental that Thor happens to land where both Loki, Hulk, and Valkyrie eventually are. One aspect I absolutely loved is the use of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song at the beginning and end of the film during huge fighting sequences. The chemistry between Thor and both Hulk and then Bruce Banner makes for a really great buddy movie. Thor's revelation that he never needed the hammer and he always had his own lightning powers while awesome to watch feels like it was rushed a bit. Great acting, fun and well told story with some flaws, amazing visuals inspired by the comics, and comedy that most of the time works but sometimes feels like there's too much is why Thor: Ragnarok is so memorable. Over all: 100%
2017 top lists so far:
1. Baby Driver
2. It
3. Thor: Ragnarok
4. Wonder Woman
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
6. Logan
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming
8. Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman
9. Blade Runner 2049
10. Dunkirk
11. War for the Planet of the Apes
12. Alien: Covenant
13. John Wick: Chapter 2
14. The Lego Batman Movie
15. Saban's Power Rangers
16. The Foreigner
17. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
18. Kong: Skull Island
19. Split
20. Kingsman: The Golden Circle
21. The Fate of the Furious
22. Beauty and the Beast 2017
23. Transformers: The Last Knight