Sentences with phrase «film felt like a superhero»

I know The Avengers raised the bar to astronomical proportions for the next phase of Marvel universe movies, but with its goofy humor, weak plot, and unnecessary romance, to me the film felt like a superhero chick flick.

Not exact matches

But the array of PG - 13 superhero films that preceded and followed, and that all seemed hypnotized by their own ashy solemnity to one degree or another, made the original «Deadpool» feel like a necessary counterweight.

Nobody has ever seen anything like «Black Panther» — not just an entire civilization built from the metal stuff inside Captain America's shield, and not even just a massive superhero movie populated almost entirely by black people, but also a Marvel film that actually feels like it takes place in the real world.

There are more stylistic riffs, like the opening «documentary» Peter creates, that make an otherwise fairly safe superhero film feel fresh and not overly manicured.

It's taken a decade and 18 films, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally produced a superhero movie that feels like it was ripped from the pages of a comic book.

But it isn't all good because Wonder Woman is also let down by the trappings of having to tell an origin story, and there are moments when the film feels like a box - ticking exercise in how to create a superhero origin, especially during the final act when — shock!

With Martin Campbell's Green Lantern we are given a film that feels like a cheap carbon copy of superhero films of the yesteryear; offering elements of comic books movies we have all witnessed before while at the same time lacking in any form of originality.

It's reportedly a period piece set in the»80s, and it will feel more like «a gritty crime drama» than a traditional superhero film.

«A tightwire - act of a film that's ostensibly a superhero origin story while also feeling like it's about us mere mortals at the same time.»

Blessed with laughs, verve and a pardon from Batman v Superman's seriousness, this superhero film feels like a miracle.

This makes the film feel less like a superhero movie than like the fantastical cinema of Guillermo Del Toro or Bong Joon - Ho, romantic horror extremists who fill their films with grotesque comedy beats and heartfelt sociopolitics.

Although this isn't Hollywood's first attempt to turn a historically black superhero into the main event, headlining their own tentpole film — consider Wesley Snipes run as the vampire - hunter Blade, Halle Berry's turn as Catwoman, Will Smith's alcoholic anti-hero Hancock or even Shaquille O'Neal's turn as Steel — this feels like a first in part because of how much effort has been poured into its making and, more importantly, how readily it embraces its fundamental blackness, from its colorful African settings to its tribally - influenced makeup, hairstyle, and costumes to its predominately black cast and crew, a verifiable assemblage of talent that'll turn even the most skeptical of heads.

The character's introduction in Captain America: Civil War (more on that later) is built upon here as the film does a fantastic job of showing audiences Peter's teenage earnestness that it makes it feel more like a coming - of - age film than a superhero blockbuster.

I never felt like any of them suffered from being too long, which plagued Avengers: Age of Ultron and many other superhero films like DC Comics» Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Logan receiving screenplay attention is especially rewarding, considering how that movie feels like the most mature superhero film ever made.

«More than most superhero flicks, Black Panther feels like an ensemble piece — as if any character in this story might be the lead of their own, if only the film would shift its perspective a bit.

«As a comic book and superhero film fan myself, I feel like we've seen a lot at this point.

Black Panther may be Coogler's first superhero movie, but in truth, the heroes at the center of his films, including Oscar Grant, have always felt bigger than their real - life counterparts, if only because of Coogler's willingness to lean into treating them like the heroes of a movie.

The scope of the series» universe is, perhaps, necessary in this particular instance, because this film is about the consequences of a world in which superheroes have free rein to do whatever they see fit (Despite the title, the film stops feeling like another Captain America story fairly early).