11. They Rarely Do Romance Well
Marvel StudiosLook at the vast majority of blockbuster movies released today, and you'll see that they're almost duty-bound to include a romance, as if the explosions and high-drama is completely invalidated if there's not some sexual tension and smooching to balance things out. While, say, Christopher Nolan's Batman movies and Marc Webb's Spider-Man films made us believe in their romances because they were integrally tied into the story and benefited from strong casting, for the most part, comic book movie romances are just pretty limp. The test case is certainly that of Thor and Jane Foster. This thread was so loosely sewn in the first Thor movie that it may as well have not existed: it was laughably contrived and not at all believable, and while a greater effort was made with it in Thor: The Dark World, we still didn't really care at all about the romance. Even if we felt like Jane was actually in danger, did we care? We'd much rather see Thor romance someone he has actual chemistry with, like Sif. Other examples include Wolverine's roll in the hay with Mariko Yashida (The Wolverine) and the shoehorned Lois & Clark kiss (Man of Steel). We don't need all this kissy-kissy nonsense: if it's organic to the story, then fine, but don't just throw it in for the sake of it!