Taika Waititi's new comedy is continuing a problem that's run through most of his recent films. By the time Waititi helmed Thor: Ragnarok, he already had an embarrassment of great movies and TV shows behind him. He had directed the critically lauded likes of horror comedy What We Do in the Shadows and dramedy Hunt for the Wilderpeople, in addition to writing and helming multiple episodes of Flight of the Conchords. His comic touch offered the reinvention the Thor movies desperately needed, and re-energized audience appreciation for Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder.

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