Freed from
the origin story box, this second installment of the Wade Wilson franchise has its cake and eats it took, taking any number of shots at the superhero sub-genre (and modern blockbuster filmmaking in general) while still crafting a story that makes sense on its own terms and works as a character piece.
Not exact matches
How clever of the creators of Kung Fu Panda 2 to wrap their inevitable sequel to the 2008
box office hit in an
origin story.
It's another
origin story we're familiar with in the world of comic book heroes, but given the emphasis on magic and alternate dimensions, there are many other toys in the toy
box to play with to keep it all feeling like something new to the universe of big - screen superheroes.
But it isn't all good because Wonder Woman is also let down by the trappings of having to tell an
origin story, and there are moments when the film feels like a
box - ticking exercise in how to create a superhero
origin, especially during the final act when — shock!
Despite two entries, one commercially successful, the other a
box - office disappointment, and a fifteen - year fallow period, the rights owners behind the Tomb Raider series decided to bring it back, replacing one Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress, Angelina Jolie, with another, Alicia Vikander, giving Vikander's Lara Croft something Angelina Jolie's iteration never received, an
origin story.
Cable is set to make an appearance in the 2016
box office smash but Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have decided to cut his
origin story because it is so complicated.
Pan «s failure at the
box office is a reminder that the retelling of an
origin story is often a tricky expedition.
This category rocks because it recognizes two excellent films that should've gotten much more love: Ex Machina, Alex Garland's sci - fi puzzle
box starring Domhall Gleason, Oscar Isaac, and Alicia Vikander as an artificial - intelligence femme fatale; and Straight Outta Compton, the gangsta - rap
origin story that had the power to pop a cap in the #OscarsSoWhite narrative, had the A.M.P.A.S. voting body only answered its pager call.
DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. newest super hero
origin story, Wonder Woman, rocked the
box office this weekend with an estimated $ 100.5 million domestic gross.