Sentences with phrase «more than superheroes»

«They had to be more than superheroes,» he says.

The newest Marvel movie is about more than a superhero's journey.

Much more than superhero movies themselves, Reynolds, Leitch and the rest of the team are going after the business of superhero movies, the contractual stipulations that leave certain characters outside of certain movies despite what fans want to see.

T'Challa's first feature dominated more than the superhero genre, however, as the film outperformed even Star Wars: The Last Jedi domestically in its debut.

Not exact matches

Of course, it was more than looks that helped her get the part of the former superhero turned private - eye.

The model for other studios to follow here would seem to be to, first, test your potential audience with more than just a vague idea and then deliver a product that is both true to its source material while also offering something beyond what viewers have already come to expect from typical superheroes (in this case, that would be the comedy, sex, and violence).

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.

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«Black Panther» is more than just a global blockbuster superhero movie — it has become a cultural force.

Last week, Ryan Reynolds» hard - edged superhero movie Deadpool had the biggest opening weekend for an R - Rated movie in American box office history, and brought in more than $ 260 million globally.

When didacticism is added, children may find the values associated with the superheroes to be no more credible than the powers, particularly when the values urged on children are only given lip service in the real adult world.

Straying from the standard, modern superhero formula it helped to pioneer in 2002, Homecoming is more teen comedy than it is a «good vs. evil» tale, highlighting a distinctive setting in Queens as the battleground for crushes, parties and yes, actual super villains — this one played by Michael Keaton in a scene - stealing performance.

Just because there's people out there that like to believe in Jesus as being some kind of superhero here to save people and forget the fact that he was a man with specific teaching to follow, doesn't mean that you have free reign to criticize because some of us, many more than you might want to give credit to, don't act in a ridiculous manner as portrayed in articles here.

There is no other correct answer for who should be getting the most votes, because what Harper has done over the past month or so is more superhero origin story than it is baseball.

The only thing more powerful than being an official was being a comic - book superhero — but an official didn't have to deal with kryptonite.

Clothing Specialization: Unlike other brands, The Children's Place has Disney and superhero - licensed clothes that may catch your little boy and girl's attention more than other parents.

«Moms who get help will be better equipped to help their babies, which is infinitely more valuable than trying to be some superhero mom who does it all herself,» says O'Laughlin.

It's about more than making and serving meals — school nutrition is a balancing act; strict nutrition guidelines, challenging budgets, making meals the students will love, and navigating student allergies — these are just a few of the daily considerations of your «average» school nutrition superhero!

BTW, voting's also going on in the Superheroes for DC mayoral race today; I ain't officially taking sides [cough] Wonder Woman [/ cough], but go exercise your Democratic rights — it'll sure count more than most votes do in DC.

The upshot: Mirror neurons may be more sidekicks than superheroes, but they're propelling neuroscience in promising new directions.

Indeed, when you hear what it can do, the gut sounds more like a superhero than an internal organ: with a surface area the size of a basketball court, it secretes acid strong enough to burn your skin!

With muscle - bound superheroes and action movie stars seemingly everywhere we look these days, it's no wonder that the world appears to once again be muscle mad, with more and more people now lifting weights in an attempt bulk up and beef up than there have been in years.

There sure are other heroes more illustrious than He - Man in the superhero universe, but none so visibly strong muscled.

The slim gold belt goes perfectly with the Ana Khouri cuffs that are more superhero chic than wonder woman-esque.

Which I guess are more supervillain than superhero.

If you think, like I do, that the world needs more female superheroes than you will love Play Belly Dancer Dress Up online on.

What makes that other movie stronger is its firm commitment to being something more than just a safe pop satire about superheroes.

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.

DC and Warner Bros. have put their hat in the superhero ring with this tepid follow up to MAN OF STEEL (2006), again penned by David Goyer who seems to hate moviegoers more than he hates critics.

More suspense and mystery than action in this superhero showdown.

Still, for older kids and the adults that accompany them, this script offers an engaging twist to the superhero genre and more rounded characters than most animations.

Now, Megamind is left to plunder the city, but he soon finds his life is empty without a nemesis, so he attempts to create a new superhero rival, only to find that the new superhero is, in fact, more evil than Megamind.

Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 is a funny and spectacular fighting game: a huge mix of explosions, superheroes and terrifying villains, more sparkling than ever in this PS4 version.

Watching a superhero isn't supposed to be a drag but it seems like the cast of «Pawn Stars» have more exciting lives than the crime - busting, trench club using, knight of justice.

The rejection of the either / or divide extends to Killmonger, whose emotional, fraught back story gives the movie more heft and real - world friction than any of Marvel's other superhero blowouts.

The story itself is hard to recall, in large part because it was one of the least impressive aspects of a production that was more interested in offering a Mad Magazine - type superhero movie than meekly regurgitating the genre's tropes.

There are the subplots involving more superhero characters than have ever been onscreen at one time — each one with a fanbase that needs tending.

We've had more than enough superhero movies set in New York or fictionalized versions of other American cities, more than enough action movies set in London or Los Angeles, more than enough fantasies that draw on European mythologies.

As our superheroes diversify, audiences have rejoiced in feeling more included and empowered than ever before.

Thanos (Josh Brolin) is giant - sized, far larger than any of the superheroes massed against him, and far more powerful.

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.

Such bits do more to dismantle the clichés and contrivances of superhero stories than any of Deadpool's one - liners and fourth - wall - breaking comments.

Many people like to think that blockbuster and / or superhero movies are little more than fluff, an excuse to tap into a ready - made fan base and have some cool action scenes and colourful costumes to grab a large demographic market.

Roaring through 160 minutes of action, humor, character development, epic evil and moving nobility, it is darker and edgier, yet lighter and more stirring than anything offered in another superhero franchise.

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.

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.

Anyways, picking up where Iron Man left off, Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) now outed as the armored superhero, is living the high life with more paparazzi, parties and willing women (I contemplated using the «p» word there) to contend with than the most famous of celebrities.

We've all seen enough superhero films and more often than not, they function on the same template.

As a rule, these movies basically work, most of them, even if they sometimes feel more like a product, launched, than a superhero world, imagined.

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.