If Americans are suffering from a bad case
of superhero fatigue, they have a funny way of showing it.
While box - office receipts state otherwise, many cinemagoers have complained
of superhero fatigue, but 2017 did give us a handful of invigorating and rejuvenative superheroes (if this list were a smidge longer it would also include James Mangold's Logan, which here we relegate to our Honorable Mentions postscript section), and we fucking finally got to catch up with Diana, princess of the Amazons in a fist - pumping action film that wasn't camp, wasn't prosaic, and wasn't a parade of chauvinist conceits, either.
With the constant threat
of superhero fatigue, it's interesting to see how various actors feel about the genre, especially if they've already dabbled in superheroics.
Not exact matches
People let themselves think they're having
superhero movie
fatigue because there are many
of them made nowadays, but as I said, it doesn't matter if people have powers.
The initial success
of Age
of Ultron proves that
Superhero Fatigue is a myth and these people are idiots.
In an interview with The Associated Press for his upcoming movie Bridge
of Spies, Steven Spielberg joined the ranks
of directors predicting eventual
superhero fatigue:
So every time you see some snobby critic giving Age
of Ultron a bad review and blaming it on
Superhero Fatigue, just laugh in their face as there's no such thing.
From giving an anti-
Superhero movie Best Picture to trying to tell the public they're sick
of the genre, Hollywood believes that by crafting a fake «
Superhero Fatigue» narrative people will stop going to see movies they like and will instead see boring Oscar - bait films.
Oprah's high profile and relentless promo work made a major difference, but «The Butler» plainly capitalized on audiences»
fatigue with a summer full
of action fare, sequels and
superheroes.
I'm currently oscillating back and forth between being really tired
of superhero films and feeling excited about the prospect
of new ones, but I think mostly that «
superhero fatigue» is starting to set in.
I confess to
superhero fatigue but this diversity fest is refreshing - it takes on race and gender, it's quite serious, both in terms
of politics and lack
of humour, but it is well made by director Ryan Coogler, has lots
of action and heart and my teen companions, perhaps best qualified to opine, absolutely loved it.
And truly, such massive
superhero fatigue has set in by now between all the various Batman and Superman and Avengers movies that the prospect
of spending two - plus hours with these mutants inspired a shrug and a bit
of dread.
Whereas some are experiencing the inevitable «
superhero fatigue,» I find I may have accidentally banished myself to the realm
of superhero indifference.
It's all crammed around the need to [create] a new team
of warriors confusingly called X-Force... If
Superhero fatigue is ever going to set in (which seems alternatively inevitable and unlikely), it's going to be here.
The maddening pace and density
of all this material can be exhausting for the viewer suffering from «
superhero fatigue».
Speaking about the abundance
of superhero movies, Colbert wondered when the
fatigue would start.
After combing through the listings
of franchise -
fatigued superheroes now clogging big screens everywhere, I've come up with a list
of well - made, challenging, and engrossing films for folks as sick
of vacuous action adventure as I am.
Plus, Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song» could not be better placed when it's time to watch Thor kick ass and take names in the big climax.THE FLICK FLACK: Sure, RAGNAROK is a movie that could be easily dismissed as a CGI - overload, battle - heavy no - brainer that blends with the noise
of Marvel movies for those experiencing
superhero - movie
fatigue — and have no humor.