Films like Thor: Ragnarok.
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) reads as Cosy, breathless, measured action / superhero, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a dense, packed storytelling.

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Keeps the running vein of humour and the stubborn streak of hope; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Keeps the running vein of humour and the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a gentle temperature.
These are Thor: Ragnarok’s neighbours — where are yours?
Pick the mood of the night and we pull a film that fits it, on the same twelve axes. Then everyone on the couch gets something to watch for.
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