Most know that the film, besides being traditionally dark and brimming with context you don't usually
find in a superhero movie (unless it's named Condorman), sees Batman (Christian Bale, swearing he'll never wear the Cowl again after this installment) going head - to - head with leather - clad goggle - adorned feline, Selina Kyle / Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) and back - breaking human bulldozer Bane (Tom Hardy).
Not exact matches
What other filmmakers would start a major
superhero movie with a scene where a rich couple
find out their infant is deformed, lock him
in a cage, and throw him into the sewer?
Here we
in turn
find the
movie's co-stars Hart and Helms introducing the picture, as Hart argues, «Wearing a cape does not make him a
superhero.»
Audiences looking for wham bang action may
find Logan a little downbeat but there's more heart here than you'll
find in almost any other
superhero movie.»
The fun here is
in the little moments the actors
find, and
in the way that Waititi, within the massive machine that is a studio
superhero movie, brings out a looseness and playfulness
in the performances.
The interview also touches on the heist
movie feel of the Infinity War, Wakanda's ongoing presence
in the overall MCU narrative, and the
superhero team - ups ahead, including a Doctor Strange - Tony Stark pairing that Russo
finds «really interesting» and «compelling.»
Although the Zucker / Zucker / Abrahams style of parody very quickly wore out its welcome moving into the»90s, it was always nice to see Nielsen continuing to
find work, and he was able to return to form with supporting roles
in fairly recent
movies like Scary
Movie 3 and 4 and
Superhero Movie.
There isn't the excitement one
finds in similarly costly Marvel
superhero movies or the comparable Harry Potter franchise.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe was once accused of dishing up the same rinse - and - repeat origin story over and over again — and while Feige will protest (and has) that each Marvel
movie has had its own individual flavor (Thor was a stab at Shakespeare; The Winter Soldier riffs on 70s paranoia thrillers), the franchise has been
finding more solid footing
in its endeavor to remix all of popular film history through the lens of
superheroes.
While some critics might be a bit miffed by «comic book
movies» and
in their criticism, the MCU
movies have
found their «golden ticket» formula of success with public (i.e a mixture of heart, humor, and blockbuster
superhero nuances), raking
in millions upon millions at the worldwide box office with each new release.
In an age defined by franchise dreams and $ 200 million
superhero movies, indie filmmakers (and blockbuster - weary fans, frankly) are increasingly desperate to
find cinema's new hero.
With the success of these
movies (both
in its fandom with Marvel fans and
in causal moviegoers), the MCU (as a whole) has continued to grow and expanded, especially when Disney acquisitioned Marvel to bring the
superhero world into the «House of Mouse»,
finding each new installment
in their sequential Phases sagas to try to had another layer to the overall complexity to this cinematic world as well as being
superhero entertainment to viewers everywhere.
While many have dinged Justice League for being less - than as a
superhero movie, especially
in its ensemble execution, the fact is that it's brought more dollars to the Thanksgiving frame than Warner Bros» Fantastic Beasts And Where To
Find Them a year ago: Last weekend the box office was at $ 200.3 M, +27 % higher than a year ago.
to the
Movies finds our egocentric, wildly satirical Super Heroes
in their first feature film extravaganza — a fresh, gleefully clever, kid - appropriately crass and tongue -
in - cheek play on the
superhero genre, complete with musical numbers.»
Extravagant special effects are taken for granted
in superhero movies, but Ant - Man has enough imagination to make them seem both fun and necessary, whether it's during a scene where the shrunken Lang
finds himself dodging Lucite heels on a dance floor or
in a psychedelic, space - folding sequence set
in the Microverse, the dimension of the sub-atomically small.
Alton might have super powers, but this is far from a
superhero movie; it's about fatherhood,
finding one's place
in the world and faith.
Captain America is the next
superhero movie in the pipeline for Marvel Studios, and now that they have
found a director
in Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park 3, The Wolfman) and set a June start date, they are working to locate a leading man, which is no easy task.
Basically, all you need to know is that there is a disparate collection of
superheroes known as the Avengers that have fought together
in two previous
movies (2012's The Avengers and 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron) and have since mostly gone their separate ways, but now
find themselves faced with their most dangerous nemesis: athe hulking, squared - jawed, purple - skinned interstellar behemoth Thanos (Josh Brolin) who is trying to assemble all of the so - called Infinity Stones, which if ever brought together would give him nearly unlimited power.
Okay, so Reynolds has been
in a lot of comic book
movies but only because before last year's Deadpool he never
found a
superhero role that suited him like the notorious Merc with the Mouth, right?
The presumptuously titled Captain Underpants: The First Epic
Movie, based on Dav Pilkey's first four children's books
in the Captain Underpants series (all of which have amusingly lengthy titles themselves), pokes a lot of fun at the concept of
superheroes, the concept of action
movies and the very cinematic medium
in which it's
found itself.
In the
movie's most misguided scene (That's saying a lot), Chris threatens to rape one of the
superheroes but
finds that he's physically unable to do so, which at once exploits and makes light of rape.
2017 was the year of fanboys and wonder women, as the former grew almost deafening
in their zeal (permitting no dissent on the unquestioned genius of the DC, Marvel, Star Wars and Apes franchises, even when the
movies themselves disappointed), while the latter
found a common voice and courageous platform to take on the honchos
in showbiz, politics and many other fields who had the nerve to ignore that famous
superhero adage, «With great power comes great responsibility.»
But director Josh Trank's debut feature doesn't run into any of those problems, and it's exactly because the script and acting are so good that he's able to utilize the low - budget gimmick to his benefit, delivering a fresh take on
found - footage and
superhero movies in the process.