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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Relative to a film, it's not so much about having the characters try to deal with their situations through humor or serious moments so much as whether the film itself stops the dramatic moment with a joke. One of them preserves the drama and serious nature of the situation, the other undercuts it. It's not like having bathos is always bad but you should be careful about how you do it.
For me:
Action: The Winter Soldier (10), Civil War (9.5), and GOTG Vol 2. (9.25).
Story: The Winter Soldier (9.75), Black Panther (9.5), and The First Avenger (9).
Villain: Erik Killmonger (9.75), Loki (9.5), and Adrian Toombs/The Vulture (9.4).
Music: Black Panther (9.5), GOTG Vol 2. (9.4), and GOTG (9.25).
Ensemble Cast: Black Panther (9.8), The Winter Soldier (9.5), Iron Man (9.4).
edited 22nd Apr '18 10:15:51 AM by Punisher286
For me (some of those a switchable, it was hard enough to come up with a top three)
Action: The Winter Soldier, Civil War, and GOTG
Story: The Winter Soldier, Civil War, and The First Avenger (What can I say, I love the Cap franchise...but this was truly the hardest category. Honorable mention to Got G Vol 2, which has by far the best dying scene)
Villain: Loki (9.5), Ego and Adrian Toombs/The Vulture (Honorable mention to Hydra in general and Zemo).
Music:
Best use of songs: GOTG Vol 2., and GOTG, Ragnarök
Best score: The Winter Soldier, Black Panther, The First Avenger - honorable mention to Ironman and bot Got G movies
Best Original Song: The First Avenger (come on, it is hilarious).
edited 22nd Apr '18 10:19:44 AM by Swanpride
My top 5 (in no particular order) would be Killmonger, Ego, Alexander Pierce, The Vulture and Loki.
Honorable mention to Arnim "FIRST CORRECTION: I AM SWISS." Zola.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Zemo would be directly below that top 5 for me.
@Swanpride: Zola actually is Swiss in the comics so it's also a Shown Their Work nod.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."For all those people still hoping for the symbiote
, Tom Holland says Disney and Marvel haven't even discussed it.
Meh, for me zemo Is kinda overated and Is plan makes no Sense.
Now ego....for me Gotg 2 Is pretty good in blancing Tone. When he said "and that is why it put that tumor on her" it Was like "ohhh you planet size son of..."
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Good.
I don't hate the Symbiote and Brock, but lets give him a break until they're ready to do it right.
One Strip! One Strip!![]()
That's probably one of my least favourite moments in GOTG, since if Ego hadn't said that his plan would have worked. So Peter doesn't win because deep down he's a good person or because he has a new family in the form of the team. He wins because Ego grabbed the villain ball and started motorboating it.
Ego pointing out to Peter about his mother's death is actually something I quite like. Gives Peter closure about Meredith's demise and it suits Ego's character pretty well, because it's clear he says that in a careless way, as if he doesn't really realize the weight of what he has done. It's basically Ego's signifying character trait: He's unable to see things outside of his own perspective (he is named Ego) so he's a tad careless regarding that information.
It's much like Ronan the Accuser in the first film being distracted by Peter's dance-off and losing time making a speech rather than just killing everyone because Ronan is a raging drama queen.
edited 22nd Apr '18 11:03:45 AM by Gaon
"All you Fascists bound to lose."I rank Aldritch Killian from Iron Man 3 as below Malekith but they're very close as far as bland and underdeveloped go.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."

Korg talking about how Asgard still has good foundations and they can rebuild, only for it to immediately blow up: that was a good mix of humor into a serious moment.
Korg following that up with something like "never mind" was pushing the humor aspect too far.