Sentences with phrase «generic superhero movie»

You can tell that the studio intervened here, in an attempt to turn the film into a generic superhero movie at the last minute.

While Hollywood hides behind generic superhero movies that only pretend to speak to social issues, Donald Glover puts his body, soul, and voice on the line.

Not exact matches

The entertainment behemoth, now owned by Disney, has realized that its superhero movie leads don't always have to be played by generic, well - muscled white men who are indistinguishable from one another.

Like pretty much any superhero origin story, the setup was better than the payoff, which, like far too many movies about the origin of a superhero, pitted the newly formed hero against a generic villain with an even more generic plan, as if that's some kind of required challenge for these heroes to have to face each and every time — even if we're just getting to know them.

This time, the movie has no idea what makes Stark / Iron Man unique in a world where superheroes — and their issues and generic plots — are a nickel a half - dozen.

It truly speaks to the generic, predictable nature of most current superhero movies that Avengers: Age of Ultron wasn't even particularly well received.

It had some of the typical flaws of most superhero movies - clunky dialogue, thinly sketched villains (although the big bad was a surprise, to me at least), and an overly long and generic climactic battle sequence - but these were easily outweighed by everything that was awesome about it.