Sentences with phrase «more superhero films»
What Thor also introduces is a risk - taking strategy that I wish more superhero films would seek to replicate.
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While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.
The «Batman» television show (1966 - 1968) cast a long, pop art - infused, camp shadow over the property and, after the big budget failures of a series of superhero films in the 1980s (some more campy than others) such as Howard the Duck (1986), WB apparently had cold feet.
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It's an action - adventure origin myth which plays less like a conventional superhero film and more like a radical Brigadoon or a delirious adventure by Jules Verne or Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The sequel to 2008's surprise superhero hit film Iron Man, based on the Marvel comics, pretty much serves up more of the same.
It takes ba ** s to come right after Avengers: Infinity War, one of the biggest superhero movies of all time and sh ** on its star power by presenting a film that's more entertaining, engaging, relatable and immersive (without relying on 3D).
Mangold, a replacement for original director Darren Aronofsky, is new to the superhero genre, and hasn't directed a film since the disappointing 2010 action - comedy Knight and Day, but his approach to The Wolverine (it sounds more like a samurai film than anything else) suggests it should at least be an improvement over X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
As the better Marvel films have shown, you need a lot more than zippy repartee to make a superhero film feel heartfelt and thematically resonant.
While that means the usual assortment of superhero films (including, this week, the rather promising Captain America: Civil War), this May will also bring an atypically strong crop of indie and foreign releases, including new films from Whit Stillman, Jacques Audiard, Yorgos Lanthimos, Rebecca Miller, and more.
Then, as told partly in flashback as Arthur (Harrelson) is being interviewed by a court - appointed psychiatrist (the underrated Sandra Oh), the safe distance that gives the audience derails the pace and the film becomes more serious than it ought to, no matter the subject matter and this results in it becoming every «realistic» work that looks down on the idea of either a superhero or the genre.
We've all seen enough superhero films and more often than not, they function on the same template.
I think the main reason that many people were really skeptical about the film was probably due to how a superhero film probably wouldn't do as well as it could or wouldn't be as serious as it could be since it takes place in the 40s during WWII and sine Captain america, was more of a piece for its time when it was made, so people felt that the Nazi shtick would probably get old after a while, especially since it had been done in so many films and video games prior.
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Sure, she could have had a bit more to do, but no other film has built up the idea of the female member becoming her own superhero in the same way, and none have made you want it so badly.
We can thank God at least that Dunst mercifully was able to extricate herself from her superhero films after only three, while Johansson probably has many, many more she's scheduled to do.
Regardless of how this film fares, I hope he decides to make more movies that don't require him to be encased in a superhero suit.
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 also received highly positive reviews with some critics lauding it for doing the near - impossible task of compressing more than a dozen superheroes in a film that while feeling overstuffed never overwhelms moviegoers with exposition.
After a little more than half a month of its release, Disney and Marvel's epic superhero film Avengers: Infinity War has become the fifth highest worldwide earner in the history of cinema.
New Mutants is directed by Josh Boone and written by Boone and Knate Lee, and is positioned as more of a horror movie than a superhero movie, as evidenced by the film's initial trailer.
Still, even Blade's success wasn't enough to get more top - tier black superheroes films on the big screen.
But Lee's real genius is taking what everyone expected to be one more summer superhero action film and turning it into the summer's best love story, the romance of Eric Bana, who plays Banner, and Betty Ross, portrayed by Oscar - winner Jennifer Connelly.
Braff's voiceover narration tells a story (one we will hear twice more over the course of the film, as if repetition can substitute for actual connection) about Aidan and his brother pretending to be superheroes as children, and realizing that maybe they weren't heroes: maybe they were just regular guys.
This sequel is more religious thriller than superhero film, though the directing duo of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (whose other credits include Gamer and the maligned Jonah Hex screenplay) make it look like a car commercial, with their jerky handheld digital video, odd angles, and hollow showiness.
The rumors of an X-Men film shooting in 2017 may've been unfounded; «iZombie» tackles superhero tropes in «Cape Town» episode and more.
Because there are more superheroes in Cap's supposedly solo film than in all of Age of Ultron.
But, last year on the Atlanta set of the highly anticipated superhero film, we learned there's much, much more going on.
Also clear: Ryan Coogler's new superhero film is going to be a visual bounty, offering up a stylish look that mixes a comic book love of bright, primary colors with more traditional African designs.
If I may speak for my colleagues at Mutant Reviewers here, one of the reasons why we took so long in reviewing The Dark Knight wasn't that we didn't enjoy it (I think it was more or less universally liked) or that there wasn't enough to say — just that this was a monumental superhero movie that may just stand at the top of the pack of the decade, and that is a huge thought to tackle when you want to give the film justice.
Amidst those early signs of viewer interest (Blade), franchise launches (X-Men), moments of director / source material synergy (Raimi's Spider - Man) and 18 or so MCU films, Deadpool is recognizable as a triumph of perseverance and (baby) hand - in - glove casting, as well as proof that R - rated superheroing is viable at the box office (which in turn smoothed the way for more serious takes like Logan).
With so much on the line - and a full decade of movies leading up to its story - Avengers: Infinity War is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated superhero movies of all time (though we're anticipating one other 2018 film even more).
Hollywood seemingly had something for superhero fans of all ages and tastes in 2017, from critically acclaimed films like Logan and Wonder Woman to more raucous crowd - pleasers such as Spider - Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
The film currently holds a 98 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes (it was at 100 percent for a while), but even more impressively, the Marvel film holds the title for the highest rated live - action superhero movie ever.
The timing seems right for Monáe's latest epic: Superhero film Black Panther — which is full of Afrofuturist themes — has grossed more than $ 1 billion in the worldwide box office.
We're close to the action in this film, often shot from low to the ground, more like a «Bourne» film than a superhero movie, and the focus is more on fight choreography than editing.
Some may think of Ant - Man as one of Marvel's (ahem) smaller films, but Paul Rudd's superhero debut was well - received, and earned more than $ 519 million worldwide.
It's kind of a coin - flip about which one we're excited for more: Ryan Coogler's upcoming superhero throwdown, Black Panther, or Kendrick Lamar's long - anticipated soundtrack for the film.
It's not nearly as family friendly a tale as the superhero film, but this might be the more interesting take.
Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based film.
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.
Where The Amazing Spider - Man 2 suffers is that it falls into the doldrums of superhero films and never seeks to be anything more.
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«But Hope is infinitely more capable of actually being a superhero in the beginning of this film, and we learn sort of, that's ultimately when Hank reveals for the first time, to the audience and even the first time to Hope, what actually happened in the past, and why he's so nervous about putting on that suit.»
There are hints of a darker, more interesting film in there (Ultorn's stunning entrance during the party scene which filled with atmosphere, dread and foreboding), but is quickly abandoned in favour for the usual superhero fanfare were any sense of drama or peril quickly evaporates.
It is a unique film that was planned more than 10 years ago, and which brings together a variety of superheroes from all corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe into one film.
Typically, the best of these (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3) have explored more serious terrain than their preceding films, offering more sober glimpses at the consequences of superhero antics.
That Signs is easily the most derivative of Shyamalan's films doesn't seem to be of much of a concern for the director, as the chronic sloppiness of his alien MacGuffin this time around (his ghost and superhero MacGuffins are handled with far more consistency and respect in his previous work) seems to point to Shyamalan's desire for us to focus on his messianic zeal to convey his manifest message.
The romantic subplot grates, but hey, every superhero needs a love interest (with the possible exception of Castratoman) and the film could have done with being a bit more compact.
The overwhelming flop for «Fantastic Four» is a rare humbling for a Marvel superhero film, which often gross more than $ 20 million in just one night.