19. "RE: It’s fine. Wish these movies had any weight whatsoever." In response to In response to 14
>Hard to take a cancer subplot seriously when 80% of the movie >is nonstop bits. Endless montages and voiceovers, way too much >of Waititi’s character (and the non stop talking to the >hammer/axe bit, which I personally felt fell flat as a >pancake). The Bale intro carries actual weight and emotional >impact… and then the second the opening credits start, the >movie immediately bails from investing in its characters in >any serious, meaningful way. > >Some of the visuals are cool, but then they’re cancelled out >by soooo much incomprehensible CGI and the flattest green >screen work imaginable. Some of this looks beautiful, some of >it looks like a cheap TV show. I don’t know how much of this >was a rushed deadline, or how much of this is Marvel spreading >themselves incredibly thin. Whatever the case may be, these >movies increasingly feel like morsels of creativity stuck in 2 >hours of green screen cotton candy. > >I’ve liked some of the origin tales lately (Shang Chi and >Moon Knight chief among them), but these last few sequels are >all just instantly forgettable for me. The jokes are fine, but >they give me no reason to care. Even the death fakeouts (there >are multiple) have zero impact because we know they won’t >actually kill these characters for good— or even for a >couple movies (and they don’t). > >MVP is eeeeeasily Russell Crowe. By far the best joke-to-laugh >ratio.
I agree with pretty much everything you wrote. Although I enjoyed Russel Crowe’s scenes, it’s disappointing that they also decided to make the character a complete joke. Like so many other characters that Marvel refuses to take seriously. Marvel is letting guys like Taika Waititi and James Gunn make huge decisions for the direction of important Marvel characters. Quite disappointing. I get that these movies should offer a bit of levity, but the excessive joking distrqcts from the overall story.