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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 338799" data-attributes="member: 23">Agreed. It&#039;s become a soulless production line. Phase Four has had the occasional moment of greatness, but I&#039;d say there have been more misses than hits for me. It&#039;s nothing like earlier Phases where every film - even if it didn&#039;t speak to me as much as others -&nbsp; felt important.Ragnarok was towards the bottom end of my rankings of the MCU. I think at that point in the release timeline it took the very lowest place. I hated the humour which seemed to mock the very character.&nbsp; Mark Ruffalo&#039;s Bruce/Hulk has rarely-to-never worked for me anyway, and as for Chris Hemsworth...Yes. I really liked the portrayal in his first few films, but Thor&#039;s has become more and more of a cardboard caricature. He plays him like Zapp Branigan, as this send up of masculinity, there to be laughed at by the audience. Any nuance is lost and there&#039;s no nobility or dignity to the character at all.&nbsp; I&#039;ll be actively avoiding Love &amp; Thunder, and it&#039;s the film that swung it for me when deciding to let my D+ subscription lapse a couple of months ago. <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0208.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="lol&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 338799, member: 23"] Agreed. It's become a soulless production line. Phase Four has had the occasional moment of greatness, but I'd say there have been more misses than hits for me. It's nothing like earlier Phases where every film - even if it didn't speak to me as much as others - felt important. [I]Ragnarok[/I] was towards the bottom end of my rankings of the MCU. I think at that point in the release timeline it took the very lowest place. I hated the humour which seemed to mock the very character. Mark Ruffalo's Bruce/Hulk has rarely-to-never worked for me anyway, and as for Chris Hemsworth... Yes. I really liked the portrayal in his first few films, but Thor's has become more and more of a cardboard caricature. He plays him like Zapp Branigan, as this send up of masculinity, there to be laughed [I]at[/I] by the audience. Any nuance is lost and there's no nobility or dignity to the character at all. I'll be actively avoiding [I]Love & Thunder[/I], and it's the film that swung it for me when deciding to let my D+ subscription lapse a couple of months ago. :lol: [/QUOTE]

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