I have seen this happen sometimes with some anime that is of a serious tone and then they just destroy it with the overuse of the storytelling device known as the comic relief. Not only was it overdone but it was almost slapsticky. Something that you would see in one of those Zucker films like Airplane! or Not Another Teen Movie . You know, those films that all they do is make fun of other films. It really ruined the tone of the movie. I am not saying that you do not need any comic relief at all. I think it plays a vital role is gluing a film together. But when it is overdone then that means you are using too much glue, [to stick (no pun intended) to my analogy] and that means you have a poorly constructed script.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - 4 outta 10 stars
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Réponse de countzero99
le 13 mai 2018 à 21h26
Yeah, because, you know, the Star Wars movies are very serious.
Jawas
30% of Han's dialog
Every other scene with R2D2
Ewoks
Nerf Herders
Giant Space Worms
Basically all background details they added for the Special Editions
And in the pequels
JarJar
"Love banter"
Even more silly R2D2 hijinks
The conveyor belt fight scene on Geonosis
Nooooooooooooooo
It probably has more humor than The Force Awakens but I think it's far from overused. Luke and Rey especially balance the slapsticky stuff with a lot of serous and dramatic scenes.
The scenes with the Resistance contain almost no humor and no comic relief characters.
I only had issues with the Casino scenes. Those should have been handled differently or even cut entirely.
Réponse de movie_nazi
le 13 mai 2018 à 23h19
It wasn't a specific character. Every scene that had a serious tone was ruined with a joke.
Réponse de bluersun
le 14 mai 2018 à 03h13
As much as I love Ade Edmondson, his character (an Imperial Officer) put the nail in the coffin of the opening scene with his smirkey "I believe he is ahem (verbal air-quotes) tooling with you, sir" a forced comedy scene that was painfully unfunny and set the tone for the comical elements to come...
Réponse de movie_nazi
le 14 mai 2018 à 12h11
Ha ha! Jar Jar Finn! Yeah, you can say he is a clown of sorts. But it seemed like every time the film was taking a serious tone they just had to throw in a joke. Rey "reaching out", the lightsaber smacking her in the head in the throne room, etc. It was like the film couldn't make up its mind what mood it wanted you in. It was very bi-polar.