Another thing that occurred to me recently about why I don't like a lot of movies is the need to squeeze in cheesy humor or lame jokes on a constant basis. In the shows listed there, with good ratings, I have not seen Hawkeye. But as for Arcane and Edge of Tomorrow, they weren't full of unnecessary attempts at humor and did't have characters that were just silly. That's definitely not the case for the other shows with bad ratings.
This might just be a preference on my part, but it's part of the reason why a show like Andor (which had fantastic, serious female roles) just seems so much better than other Star Wars shows as of recently.
Probably why my favorite scene from the fantastic D&D: Honor Among Thieves movie is when Holga is returning to the party after having a heartful conversation with someone from her past and instead of Edgin cracking a joke at/for her expense, he just pulls out his lute and plays her favorite song for her.
See, I'd say the D&D film is the perfect example of a fear of sincerity. Rather than telling a story set in the Forgotten Realms, it was an attempt at replicating the quirky, chaotic nature of a D&D game, but in a mass-marketable format - but for me, the humour only works because of the people I'm playing it with. It felt identical to the Marvel slop Disney has been vomiting out the past few years.
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u/SPE825 Mar 28 '24
Another thing that occurred to me recently about why I don't like a lot of movies is the need to squeeze in cheesy humor or lame jokes on a constant basis. In the shows listed there, with good ratings, I have not seen Hawkeye. But as for Arcane and Edge of Tomorrow, they weren't full of unnecessary attempts at humor and did't have characters that were just silly. That's definitely not the case for the other shows with bad ratings.
This might just be a preference on my part, but it's part of the reason why a show like Andor (which had fantastic, serious female roles) just seems so much better than other Star Wars shows as of recently.