I would also argue that, after "Hulk" and "The Incredible Hulk" movie, they realized that a Bruce Banner that was a quiet introvert- you know, someone who was actually Bruce Banner- just wasn't popular- yeah because, generally, quiet introverts are not the popular lives of the party- so they switched him out for a funny, likeable wisecracking quiet introvert who is nothing like the Bruce Banner of the comics because even Bruce Banner must be constantly cracking jokes. And just to prove them right, people talk about how great this Banner is (the furthest from the comic character) and how horrible the "Hulk" version of Banner was (y'know, the one who, physique aside, was the closest to the comic book character).
Power with Girl is better.
For me, the key is whether the movie works without the scene. You remove all references to the dead boy from Ultron, and not one line of dialog, or one new scene, is necessary for the movie to still make as much sense as it already does. Tony keeps trying to do the right thing, and ultimately always does the wrong thing. That's the nature of the character.
He doesn't need Alfre to make the choice he makes.
I think you fundamentally miss the point of that scene. This is a linchpin point in the film for the audience that perfectly symbolizes the heart of the upcoming struggle and the overlying debate throughout that film. Additionally, by that vague standard, half the scenes in most MCU films could be removed for the movie to "work."
The J-man
Pretty much all the jokes in Ragnarok.
The scene in AOU where Rhodey tries to tell his superhero story and gets clowned by the team. Like what was the point of that just to make him look like a dweeb.
I get what they are going for, I just don't think it works well. I suspect there was more to this storyline that was edited out, leaving what remains pretty pointless. Like I said, if you remove all references to this from the movie, the whole thing works just as well. There's no head-scratching "huh? What did I miss" moment as a result.
Crazy Selvig in TDW
There were better, less time consuming ways, to show that Loki being in his brain messed him up a bit.
But going with the "crazy naked man" just resulted in eating screen time that was better spent on fleshing out Malekith.
Especially since it was all cured in 2 seconds.
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Crazy Selvig was great. The scene where he looks as though he's teaching class but he's in the asylum is funny stuff.
I don't think the film was particularly interested in Malekith's personality. He's more a relentless force of nature trying to revert creation back to its default state. I think they could have made him a bit more charismatic, but I'm okay with the direction they went. It's not really about him so much as the problems he creates. Loki makes up for his lack of personality.
I just re-watched TDW recently and liked it better the second time around. I don't know, I think going in the first time I was too wrapped up in expectations based off Walt Simonson's work and the Casket of Winters story arc. But I just enjoyed it for what it was, and man, it's a fun film because of bits like Selvig's insanity (and the intern having an intern). Most of the jokes land. And the emotional bits are great, too, like Loki's relationship with Frigga.