Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26687285-20150905125650/@comment-25692211-20151011173815

I think it's fine putting dark and light scenes in the movie, but not if they're dissonant to each other.

For example, in the Lion King. Mufasa is dead, Scar has taken over the Pridelands and all hope is lost. This is one of the darkest moments in the film, but what's right after this? Why, a catchy song about forgetting responsibility and running away from all of life's problems.

And then there's the 1996 film the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Frollo begins to massacre innocent people and burns down all of Paris. How do the gargoyles react to this? Why, they sing a funny broadway musical number about why ugliness is okay.

A more recent example is AOU. Quicksilver is dead, Novi Grad has been destroyed, and Vision and Ultron discuss humanity's future. This is a quiet yet powerful scene with a much darker meaning than it seems, with a joke that is funny but doesn't distract from the rest of the scene. But what comes after this? Why, Captain America and Iron Man bickering about Mjolnir again.