This article contains spoilers forIn Bruges,Children Of Men, andHamlet.
Youll laugh, youll cry, itll change your life.
A lack of comic and moving scenes is, therefore, not considered a selling point.
Its the ability to deploy lightness where necessary.
It uses humour as often as it needs, mainly for small character beats.
That in itself isnt intrinsically bad, and doesnt preclude humour anyway as demonstrated above.
It was not a film without jokes.
YetSuicide Squadwas rumoured to be undergoing reshoots to add more jokes as a result ofBatman V Superman.
Why is a lack of jokes a big deal for some people?
Why should a film outside of the comedy genre have to consider comedy?
EvenBatman V Supermantried using this technique.
Comedy does not automatically negate seriousness, far from it.
Its not merely the domain of alternative rock bands either, Coldplay used to use it a lot too.
The reverse is also true.
Its a way of providing a dynamic contrast between scenes, increasing the intensity by managing tonal shifts.
These examples arent from blockbusters, but they do demonstrate what can be achieved by combining comedy with drama.
Its the kind of line you’ve got the option to imagine Heath Ledgers Joker delivering.
They say and do terrible things, and yet despite this they remain likeable, or at least interesting.
Even if you dont find their jokes funny, they do important plot and character work.
Consider the Hulk, though, inThe Avengers.
Theres no change, theres less shock, its potentially just numbing.
A sense of fun, of lightness is safer.
