Marvel Cinematic Universe - Actor to Character

... it's odd to me, though, that you say you liked Guardians of the Galaxy so much and at the same time got turned off on the entire rest of the MCU because you saw some witty banter. Guardians probably has more goofing off during actions scenes than any other MCU film. so.. huh?

Anyway if you like RDJ... there's a full six hours of his character on screen if you watch all of these movies. Maybe they'll grow on you.

Maybe jmellor doesn't dislike witty banter during action scene but just one very specific trope? that of the action heroes who are perfectly cool under pressure even while the world explodes around them? I can understand that.

But then I was reflecting on this and the larger progressive arc of the MCU. And in a way, though they probably weren't planning this from the beginning it almost seems like they were if you watch all of these movies in series, it actually works to enhance the tension and payoff in Infinity War and Endgame. In Avengers, and especially Age of Ultron, I would agree the Avengers seem to completely outclass the antagonists in the film. Loki confronts Hulk and is immediately flattened. Ultron at one point attempts to take on all the Avengers, gets nearly obliterated, tries to quip and is punched into the horizon. Hydra's best plan of attack is to surrender.

Thanos comes along in Infinity War and in his first five minutes of screen time he has defeated Thor and in fact his entire race, killed the chief antagonist of the first Avengers film with his bare hands, and put the Hulk on his back. It's clear the stakes have been raised significantly, and you don't see any heroes in that movie acting as though this is a routine or insignificant threat. The events of the last two Avengers films would not have felt so big, nor the villain of those films as intimidating, if not for all the stories that came before building up to them. It was really masterfully done.

Agree about Mighty Thor. That's what she introduces herself as in Love and Thunder. Right before she shouts "If you can't say Mighty Thor... Doctor Jane FOSTER!! (emphasis hers)