Hemsworth’s latest Thor outing is pure pantomime

It’s riotous entertainment, but don’t expect high drama. Although Taika Waititi includes all the monsters, fight sequence, and CGI mayhem that any fan could desire, there’s never a moment of suspense.

John McDonald

Jul 8, 2022 – 4.51pm

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The Thunder God went for a ride/ Upon his favourite filly/I’m Thor! He cried/The horse replied/You forgot your thaddle, thilly!

This little rhyme has remained lodged in my mind from the day I read it in a Marvel comic, when I was still in primary school. This was decades before the Marvel Comics universe became a cinematic juggernaut, but even in those days, the Mighty Thor seems to have cut a slightly ridiculous figure.