Jamie Bell recollects driving to the Hollywood home of producer Barbara Broccoli to fulfill Annette Bening, to see if he and the 4-time Oscar nominated actress shared that elusive thing: chemistry. Waititi, a New Zealand actor and filmmaker identified for such small, irreverent, indie charmers as What We Do within the Shadows, brings precisely the proper steadiness of meaty action and sauciness to Ragnarok, which, though massive, avoids the bloated, cartoon-noir ponderousness that has, until Marvel Girl, plagued movies from the film arm of Marvel’s rival, DC Comics.

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