13 Huge Mistakes That Are Killing The MCU

Comedy used to be one of the things this franchise did best... now it's one of its biggest problems.

In fairness, this hasn't been a particular problem in the shows and some of the post-Infinity War films have done comedy just fine, but those movies are the exceptions.

This issue started to become a particular problem at the tail-end of Phase 3. Captain Marvel came up with a beyond-hideous explanation for how Nick Fury lost his eye and turned this into a joke, while Far From Home was not only far too jokey to take seriously, but also treated the Blip as a comedic thing instead of the most devastating event in MCU history. Subsequent MCU projects have continued that unfortunate trend, too.

The Phase 4 films, aside from Shang-Chi and (surprisingly enough) the otherwise underwhelming Eternals, have all suffered from what one could call the 'Marvel Humour Problem' - comedy is deployed far too frequently and depletes the tension. To add insult to injury, a lot of said comedy is pretty terrible and isn't actually funny.

In particular, Thor: Love and Thunder has already gone down as a cautionary tale of how comedy can kill a movie.

Even the relatively few bright spots in Phase 4 have had similar issues, too. No Way Home had some tiresome jokes and WandaVision made the baffling decision to bring back the insufferable comic relief character Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings), who is literally the last character anyone wanted to return.