When does comedy fit?

If any of you humans seen Guardians of the Galaxy, you all know it was a really good movie. The film had plenty of moments that made everyone laugh.....hysterically. This was a great example of a pretty balanced movie, full of solid situation humor. However, DC doesn't see it that way. DC Universe is banning their films from making any level of jokes or any attempts to be funny. Most people are blaming Green Lantern for this blunder. Now I'll be the first to defend Green Lantern, however, I'll be making a video for that. Keep a look out. However, I think DC is trying hard to not be like Marvel, and that's why they are doing it. I personally believe a level of comic relief is pretty healthy, depending on the film. There are things involved that can make being funny a bad idea.

Bad Writing:
Yes, a bad joke can and has been written. We've seen it on award shows, on monologues and in the movies. If a joke is written horribly, no actor, no matter how good they are can make it sound good. Not even Morgan Freeman, and he makes everything sound good.

Bad Timing:
Once again, it doesn't matter how good the joke is. If the delivery wasn't done correctly, it could sound pretty bad. You'll being using excuses like, "It sounded better the other day." And stuff like that. However, in a movie, it can be quite unforgiving.....even after several takes, bad timing is bad timing.

Bad Jokes:
Sometimes a bad joke is just......a bad joke. It may sound good at first to a handful of people, but to others it sounds awful. A joke hits everyone differently. Sometimes it goes well, other times it goes completely bad. It happens to the best of us, comedians will admit it, there are some duds.

Forcing It:
There are a lot of situations in a movie, or even in real life being funny just doesn't work. In those situations, if you force funny it could make matters even worse. It makes anyone look desperate and just a little sad.

Track Record:
DC has plenty of films where comedy worked. From Christopher Reeves and Gene Hackman in the Richard Donner Superman, to Michael Caine and Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight Trilogy. It doesn't haven't to be gut splitting or crying for it to be funny. Even Man of Steel had a small moment that made you chuckle. I'll tell you this, in all the DC films, if the corners of your mouth didn't rise at some point, you're lying.