However, for those fans of Moore's masterwork looking to point to this film as
the greatest superhero story ever told, it won't suffice — it's not this generation's Blade Runner.
Not exact matches
He crafted a
superhero story that goes through the standard motions of an origin
story while also managing to be a fun heist movie with
great performances by Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas.
It makes a
great origin
story for how kids get their
superhero powers!
-- Kirkus ReviewsIt's potty time for
superheroes, firefighters, ninjas, soldiers, and KIDS!Young ones will enjoy this funny, rhyming
story that teaches
great bathroom habits with the...
IndieWire's David Ehrlich gave the film a D +, writing in his review, «By turning Tarzan into just another
superhero, David Yates» blockbuster origin
story wastes one of literature's
great wild men.»
Similarly, for the past decade we've seen many
superhero movies that are
great for what they are, Iron Man for one, but it's become pretty apparent that they tend to follow similar arcs, especially when it's the origin
story.
Not only does it bring together
superheroes from other Marvel Comics movies like Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America and Thor, but it is a genuinely
great and fun movie made by a guy who understands the characters and how to craft a good
story.
By turning Tarzan into just another
superhero, David Yates» blockbuster origin
story wastes one of literature's
great wild men.
While Black Panther makes no
great leap forward from the tried and true (or tired and true, depending on your threshold for repetition)
superhero movie
story arc, what this category of films lack in plot originality, Black Panther makes up for in casting, art direction, costume design, and writing (the sharp yet casual one - liners calling out colonialism, white privilege, and the American superiority complex both zing and sting — as they should).
It was the fail
story of the Summer, with Twentieth Century Fox's tentpole
superhero blockbuster bombing so hard at the box office, it took out a five - mile stretch of Odeons in the
Greater Bexleyheath area.
My eighth graders begin the year creating science fiction based origin
stories for original
superhero characters as an introduction to a
greater advocacy unit.
Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man join Wolverine and Spider - Man for a massive
superhero showdown with some time - traveling supervillains, in a
story that ends with a
great science fiction twist.
With a
great story mode that brings all of the best
superheroes and worst villains DC Comics has to offer, and fighting mechanics that rival any fighting game out there right now I expect Injustice to be taking home the gold as fighting game of the year 2013.