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Veknoid_Outcast said: Oh man, don't get me started! I'm getting tired of Marvel undercutting emotional moments with a joke. I think this goes back to Whedon and The Avengers, which is essentially a comedy. Since then it's gotten worse and worse. Here is a prime example.
Strange has finally accepted his role as a hero, physically and mentally. The music swells and...they play it for a laugh. Ragnarok has two such moments that drive me nuts. The first is when Bruce makes the decision to transform into the Hulk to save the day, even though he knows he may never turn back. He leaps out of the ship, planning to transform mid-air and...they play it for a laugh as he lands in a pile as Bruce, un-transformed. The second is the ending. The penultimate scene with Thor and Loki is so meaningful. I love the line "I'm here." It says so much. Instead of ending the film on that note, they cut to the bridge and riff for a few more minutes. It's like the MCU is afraid to be serious. |
I actually still haven't watched Ragnarok yet for exactly this reason. I'm sure it's a very entertaining movie, but the inherent contradictory nature of it is incredibly off putting to me. The movie is called Ragnarok.....as the trailer so aptly opens with, "the end of all things." Sounds like serious business. Oh and look, Thor gets his hammer smashed, Asgard gets pretty much obliterated (as far as I can tell), things are damn bleak here huh? Cut a few scenes later into the trailer, and you'd think they were advertising a whole different movie......Thor is making jokes, laughing about literally everything important to him, glitter fireworks are going off, we got a Guardian's style soundtrack blaring, and I'm sitting there like ".......huh?"
I mean, again, I'm sure it's a quality movie. I don't wanna take anything away from it, in terms of it providing exactly the entertainment factor they're going for, but damn man......if "the end of all things" can't even be remotely serious, wtf can? Why are you trying so hard to make everything hilarious? I love humor man, I really do, and I appreciate having moments of levity even in serious stories and all that, but at some point enough is enough. Everything can't be a punchline.
