The first two Thor flicks had their share of comedy, but they didn't come with the incessant glibness of Ragnarok. (dvdmg.com)
That he occasionally veers into comic book glibness with one - liners undermines none of the intensity; on the contrary, these moments provide a release that is absolutely necessary to keeping the audience from succumbing to The Joker's febrile madness. (ign.com)
But if the filmmakers sometimes indulge in easy mockery of the South and its people, they also deliberately subvert such glibness through their brilliant and entirely sincere use of American folk music. (nytimes.com)