Waititi's self-puncturing humor is a defining facet here, for better or for worse. It's smart to push Thor into more of a GUARDIANS-type squad, and in this dork's opinion, Hemsworth out-Chrises Pratt in the Jack Burton department. The Marvel narrative machine chugs along.

Also, let's start talking about Paycheck Goldblum. This isn't a knock on the guy. At least this is a brief conduit to indulge in dangerous weirdness and pick up some change.