You have perfectctly described what I have been trying to grasp for years. I’ve found myself liking less and less so many movies from the last ~20 years, but I just couldn’t put my finger on what specifically the reason was. I knew I didn’t like the writing, and especially didn’t like the humor (in particular how forced it felt), but I couldn’t determine quite why.
What I did know is that it felt like writers saw their audiences as big dumb idiots who can’t detect any nuance in writing, and need everything spelled out for them. It made many movies unwatchably unenjoyable, to the point that I have only seen… I think 5 of the MCU movies (a few of the early ones, a fee of the more recent ones).
I haven’t seen any of the Marvel stuff since Endgame, except for perhaps the deadpool movies. It went from fun, cheesy, and lighthearted to just depressing.
And the blatant product placement really got on my nerves as well. Fucking Audi.
Oh man, and BMW. They devoted a whole scene in the second Avengers movie to Black Widow riding one through the streets so she could contribute to the fight by grabbing Captain America’s shield.
It was portrayed as so epic, too. The way Hawkeye said “Give 'em hell!” You’d think she was about to deploy in an iron man suit or something and actually start kicking ass.
Nope, she’s just the maid. Gotta get that bike in the movie somehow!
You have perfectctly described what I have been trying to grasp for years. I’ve found myself liking less and less so many movies from the last ~20 years, but I just couldn’t put my finger on what specifically the reason was. I knew I didn’t like the writing, and especially didn’t like the humor (in particular how forced it felt), but I couldn’t determine quite why.
What I did know is that it felt like writers saw their audiences as big dumb idiots who can’t detect any nuance in writing, and need everything spelled out for them. It made many movies unwatchably unenjoyable, to the point that I have only seen… I think 5 of the MCU movies (a few of the early ones, a fee of the more recent ones).
Thank you for helping me to understand.
I haven’t seen any of the Marvel stuff since Endgame, except for perhaps the deadpool movies. It went from fun, cheesy, and lighthearted to just depressing.
And the blatant product placement really got on my nerves as well. Fucking Audi.
Oh man, and BMW. They devoted a whole scene in the second Avengers movie to Black Widow riding one through the streets so she could contribute to the fight by grabbing Captain America’s shield.
It was portrayed as so epic, too. The way Hawkeye said “Give 'em hell!” You’d think she was about to deploy in an iron man suit or something and actually start kicking ass.
Nope, she’s just the maid. Gotta get that bike in the movie somehow!