Sentences with phrase «most superhero stories»

I think most superhero stories have already been done a million times.

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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.

By the time the movie ends, it has become his story in a way that most superhero movies would never dare even to consider.

I don't envy the difficult decisions the Russos had to make about the heroes and storylines to spotlight, but I'm also not convinced that giving us a Thanos origin story and relying on that Marvel superhero shorthand to fill in the gaps was the most efficient way.

Given the origin stories of most of these characters — rooted as they are in the deaths of loved ones, often through the heroes» inaction, real or imagined, it's not a far reach to say that superhero comics are trapped in a process of repetition automatism (or «repetition compulsion»).

Sadly, most baby boomers will consider themselves too mature to ever sit for a cartoon, much less one featuring a bunch of superheroes, while younger viewers who readily eat up such features will not quite be in tune with the many old - school styles in the art or political implications of the back story.

Much like Christopher Nolan was able to do with resurrecting the ice - cold popularity of Batman in Batman Begins, Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2) brings a sense of respect and emphasis on character motivations to the forefront of the story, resulting in a complexity and maturity befitting the world's most popular and beloved superhero.

The consensus of Tomatometer reads, «Black Panther elevates superhero cinema to thrilling new heights while telling one of the MCU's most absorbing stories — and introducing some of its most fully realized characters.»

His story, one of an ingrained birthright, legacy and royalty is a stark difference for how we tend to treat most black superheroes — and black superhero movies.

Much like Guardians of the Galaxy the movie hints at stories that go beyond the typical superhero status quo, and while there are plenty of little hints as to how Strange's escapades fit into the bigger story, for the most part the filmmakers do a fine job of keeping things enjoyably self - contained.

• Most scenes in modern blockbusters — superhero movies, comic book stories, FX - driven tentpoles, etc. — feel both perfunctory and dead on arrival.

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).

The film is something of an origins story for one of the most famous female superheroes.

The story in a nutshell is like most superhero origins — an exposure to radiation mutates five people so they end up with superpowers.

I can't see how anyone could be dissatisfied with this movie I preferred it to the other two as I think it captured batman perfectly bane was perfect how anyone can disagree after batman and robin is beyond me??? Cat women was perfect there was no poor casting IMO character development was fine story was fine and beautifully shot soundtrack stunning all involved made an absolute masterpiece even tho I guessed most plotpoints in advance they still felt like a surprise to me I don't see the point in any other superhero franchise making any more movies as bb tdk and tdkr will never be surpassed

The consensus says, «Black Panther elevates superhero cinema to thrilling new heights while telling one of the MCU's most absorbing stories — and introducing some of its most fully realized characters.»

This movie also did a better job than most of telling a superhero story that focused on origins but was still compelling.

With Wonder Woman back in the cultural zeitgeist (if the most famous female superhero ever really left it), writer / director Angela Robinson's film serves as a superhero origin story in a more literal and more literary - criticism meaning of the phrase.

Despite some minor alterations to his origin and the emphasis on a love story — a surprisingly touching one, Deadpool stuck the superhero landing as one of the most accurate portrayals of a comic book character in film.

Superhero stories are, for the most part, permanently stuck in their second act.

«X-Men: DOFP» features one of the smartest and most layered stories that you'll find in a superhero picture.

Instead, most of the time Black Panther delivers a masterful new take on the superhero origin story, fresh in its perspective and energetic in its plotting.

Doctor Strange's first cinematic debut, however, gives viewers a quickly paced origin story that feels as familiar as most contemporary superhero stories, where the viewer tags along to see how a man adapts to become something extraordinary, but in every other aspect the film provides relentless spectacle and levity.

The consensus reads, «Black Panther elevates superhero cinema to thrilling new heights while telling one of the MCU's most absorbing stories — and introducing some of its most fully realized characters.»

Black Panther This Ryan Coogler film, about a young African king (Chadwick Boseman) with special powers, breaks the pattern of most Marvel superhero movies, with its leisurely opening, story - driven plotting and general aura of seriousness.

It's too smart for its own good, presenting a superhero origin story without allowing any of its characters to ever once even whisper the word (a lot like «The Walking Dead» making everyone look like assholes by avoiding the term «zombie») and spending too much time letting its teen titans drop names like Schopenhauer before making it clear that the character who most embraces the philosopher's theories of aesthetics and self - abnegation ultimately takes up the mantle of one of Schopenhauer's offshoots, Nietzsche.

«More than most superhero flicks, Black Panther feels like an ensemble piece — as if any character in this story might be the lead of their own, if only the film would shift its perspective a bit.

For most superhero movies, the love story is usually nothing more than a subplot or something to add emotional stakes, but in Wonder Woman, it's key to the growth of both characters.

This year's superhero comedy Deadpool was one of the most unexpected success stories in years.

More of a «coming of age» story than a superhero origin story per se, Black Panther is the most freestanding Marvel film since Iron Man.

I thought that was the most modern version of a superhero or superheroine story I had ever heard.

Players embark on a level - based story in which they take control of some of the most popular superheroes, villains, and antiheroes from DC's comic books.

But even as fans flipped out watching Marvel's most beloved superhero become a ruthless villain, the story took its course.

The fighting game genre fits the tone and pacing of superhero comics perfectly, and I will go a step further and say that Injustice 2 is the most interested I have been in a superhero story in years.

Similarly unrepresentative, and occupying most of the first floor's large remainder, are Kelley's Kandor series, begun in 1999: large sculptures of Superman's shrunken home planet, which, the story goes, the superhero keeps in a glass jar hooked up to atmosphere stabilizers.