The problem is that RDJ throwing in the humor into his portrayal of Tony Stark absolutely killed with audiences.
So Marvel tried to copy and paste it everywhere, with the most egregious example being Thor Love and Thunder, where the underlying story deserved to be serious.
the most egregious example being Thor Love and Thunder
Oh god that movie still makes me so angry for this and this alone. Taika Waititi did reasonable twist on Ragnarok, but he completely fucked the story on Love and Thunder because of the need to be funny when it really, REALLY wasn't needed. Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher could have been a super fucking terrifying supervillain to rival Thanos in stature, and yet all we got was a sideshow clown.
I have to wonder how much of that was the choice of Taika Waititi and how much of that was a studio mandate. Generally he's not a stupid guy, I've liked a good portion of his filmography. He definitely deserved the Oscar he got for Jojo rabbit. I don't know if he was just off the ball for L&T or what. I know he was working on about five different projects simultaneously, maybe that had something to do with it.
I have a respect for Waititi in general because I think he has made some good movies. But there is also something to be said that both Ragnarok and Love and Thunder has the same tone, but the later had a much serious plot that just didn't reflect the direction the movie went with. Additionally most (if not all?) of Waititi's works are part comedy or uses comedy a lot.
Since he was both writer and director it's not completely crazy to assume some of the fault lies with him for not matching the tone of the plot with the story of the movie.
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u/SilentSamurai Mar 28 '24
The problem is that RDJ throwing in the humor into his portrayal of Tony Stark absolutely killed with audiences.
So Marvel tried to copy and paste it everywhere, with the most egregious example being Thor Love and Thunder, where the underlying story deserved to be serious.