Part of the tone problem is that every movie these days has to be a “four-quadrant” movie (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-quadrant_movie https://en.wiki

Part of the tone problem is that every movie these days has to be a “four-quadrant” movie (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-quadrant_movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-quadrant_movie), with something in it to appeal to everyone, young and old, male and female. So your high-octane action movie has to stop periodically to present some weepy melodrama, and your incisive character study has to set some room aside for fart jokes.