What if Thanos had the same style of dialogue as Steppenwolf?
Thanos, “Ah yes, now I have the space stone, which only adds to my infinity gauntlet which possesses the power stone from which I took from the planet Xander. Now I must search for the rest of the stones to complete all 6 stones and 2 plus the 4 I need will grant me my. . .”
Of course, I make it long winded and repetitive which is the expectations I have from a bad script.
Listening to Steppenwolf talk about allocating only 3 mother boxes was exhausting. And then the exposition dump happened again in pretty much every Snyderverse attached DCEU film including the latest-Black Adam.
Tertiary characters like Wonder Woman’s warrior tribe, the Amazonians in Justice League attempted to posture with, “We Amazons have no fear!” as opposed to the Dora Milaje doing their flexing by telling their opponents that they have no jurisdiction and then proceeding to handle business taking out John Walker and company.
In Man of Steel Zod is monologuing while Kal-El and him turn Metropolis into ruin. The performance from Zod has a dry, stale, repetitive, confused performance like almost every major character in the DCEU possess with Snyder at the helm. Normally Michael Shannon is a great actor who can make you feel his performance, but it is up to directors to have the skills to dictate the proximity of the viewer. Which means watching a concert vs being at a concert or seeing a couple argue in a cheesy soap opera and knowing the couple as your parents or close friends arguing. Essentially escalating the audience’s investment in the story’s characters in a way that is earned, not declared. Conversely, I don’t have the insight to know where the blame resides when watching these hollow spectacles of gross excess, but I imagine when there are rewrites from different writers, that’s where a lot of continuity, shortcuts and assumptions lead to a bad screen play.
Rian Johnson as a big movie film director has personality in his films that have some considerations needed from the audience.
First, is I’m not going to exposition dump by telling. I’m going to exposition dump when it is warranted like confronting the antagonist in the Knives Out movies and in flashbacks. This steel man’s his characters wants and motives in Glass Onion, Knives Out, Looper.
Second, he asks the audience that there are going to be character decisions not rational or logical decisions, so be prepared for some Deus ex machina and plot armor. His films also don’t want you to think too much about world building, rules, and continuity when it would be too contrived and complicated to exposition dump.
It’s nice in Looper that Bruce Willis concisely explains what his character would say to his past self. Just think of it as an honest average crypto investor’s elevator pitch for crypto. Here’s a hint; most crypto investors also don’t know the intricacies of the blockchain technology.
There is definitely a bit of suspension of disbelief when watching his films but that’s what makes them so entertaining. I like when directors make a film with a smart audience in mind, and I don’t mean pretentious critics, rather an audience that will leave the theater thanking him for working a little or even thanking him for challenging tired tropes in a series. *Cough STARWARS *Ahem The Last Jedi.
I get why people are upset at The Last Jedi. They are stun locked by both Johnson’s humor and plot points so much so that it confuses their anchored understanding of the Space Opera fairy tale. Having comedy juxtaposed to heavily emotional scenes is jarring. I don’t like when I notice how contrived a death fake out is in any film. Understandably, it leaves me upset that someone would prank me so cheaply. I want people to broaden their horizons on media that challenges you the viewer.
Now comedy is subjective. I liked the original Star Wars Trilogy. But for me there is something about bringing a new, young, challenging voice to a long-standing franchise. Though incredibly fresh, I’m sure will sour the palates of angry customers who were let down by their expectations not being met.