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They have tackled serious subjects, for sure, but not all of them well. Personally, I liked Iron Man 3 for what it is, which is one of Marvel's Again silly movies that is full of one-liners and cheekiness. Compare Iron Man 3's PTSD storyline with Daredevil's conflict to kill or not kill in the Netflix TV series, which is handled better to you? I think most people would agree on it.

The point I'm trying to make is, these films shouldn't go Man of Steel and just take all the humor and color out of their content, that would be the other side of an extreme and cause just as many issues in storytelling. But think of the X-Men movies by 2-th Century Fox, they have some funny moments and light hearted scenes, but they still know how to be serious and darker when it benefits the storyline. That's one of the things that makes those movies so good, I don't see why MCU films can't follow that style.

It seems like now a days Marvel and DC are overthinking this whole "dark or light" tone, neither extreme for either side is good! Look at when Marvel has taken that same tone with their movies, Captain America 2. Then see what happened when they did their silly tone Iron Man 2. Don't get me wrong, Guardians and Ant-Man actually did well from there non-serious tones, but a lot of Marvel films won't, case in point, Black Panther and Doctor Strange. XD