It's now the highest - grossing
superhero film ever in North America, not accounting for inflation.
And the extended success of Batman on screen led to perhaps the best
superhero film ever, Christopher Nolan's «The Dark Knight.»
The Academy may be warming up to the superhero genre - Logan is now the first
superhero film ever to be nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar.
Logan receiving screenplay attention is especially rewarding, considering how that movie feels like the most mature
superhero film ever made.
In the next week, it's expected to pass «The Avengers» as the highest grossing
superhero film ever, not accounting for inflation.
Best Action Sequences in
any superhero film EVER!
With an A-plus rating from audiences on CinemaScore and a 97 % «fresh» rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, it currently stands as the most well - received
superhero film ever, Marvel or otherwise.
In its first weekend alone, Black Panther slashed its way through records worldwide, becoming both the highest rated
superhero film ever made and the top grossing movie directed by a black filmmaker.
This looks to be a thrilling origin story and will undoubtedly be the biggest
superhero film ever to feature a female lead.
Doctor Strange is staggering spectacular; a cerebral film to bask at and is now my favorite Marvel film and one of the best
superhero films ever made.
With such a great cast delivering sometimes brutally funny lines make this one of the best
superhero films ever.
Not exact matches
In fact, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a
superhero movie and the
film ended up as the highest - grossing movie
ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing
film domestically).
On a week where the recent Marvel
superhero film is also being released, Hacksaw Ridge is the real
superhero film; one about a deeply religious, family man, pacifist that saved numerous lives without
ever touching his rifle
Suicide Squad is not the darkest mainstream
superhero comic book movie
ever made, nor is it even the darkest live - action
film featuring Batman
ever made.
It's increasingly hard to remember a time when every
superhero film made wasn't made as part of a wider universe, as instalments in an
ever - growing web designed to bring the head - scrambling continuity of comics to the big screen.
Shaun isn't special ops, or a trained survivalist, or a
superhero bitten by a radioactive spider, and in a way, one doesn't
ever truly worry for her safety (she impressively scales a stone wall and a fance, while running around barefoot for a good chunk of the
film without stubbing her toe, too).
OK, obviously none of that happens, except for Wade blowing himself up — and if you've
ever read a comic book in your life, or seen a movie, or drawn breath, you know that a
superhero film doesn't start with the hero offing himself unless it plans to undo the damage as soon as possible.
Nobody has
ever seen anything like «Black Panther» — not just an entire civilization built from the metal stuff inside Captain America's shield, and not even just a massive
superhero movie populated almost entirely by black people, but also a Marvel
film that actually feels like it takes place in the real world.
This is the worst Superman
film by far, the worst
superhero film I have
ever seen, and one of the worst
films in general that I have
ever seen!
It is undeniably the most layered
superhero film to come along in years, arguably
ever.
After all, Marvel might have trademarked the title back in 2014, but there's been no other indication that a
film ever be in development.That didn't diminish Kendrick's enthusiasm for the part — few things would — and neither did her lack of knowledge about the
superhero, who's not quite as well known as some of her Marvel contemporaries.
Though it will never beat the BEST
SUPERHERO movie
EVER — Captain America: Winter Solider, the
film and Dr. Stephen Strange gives the MUC a feeling of rejuvenation which will hopefully continue with the upcoming releases of Black Panther and Captain Marvel.
Sure, MCU
films had done spectacularly well in the past, but who among the general movie - going public had
ever heard of a
superhero who shrinks to the size of an ant?
Ryan Coogler's Marvel movie is drawing in audiences at a pace only a few
films ever released can match, and within the next week it is likely to pass the domestic runs of some of last year's big
superhero hits like «Thor: Ragnarok,» «Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
With Black Panther - the first major
superhero movie of 2018 and potentially one of the biggest
ever - just days from theatrical release, we're revisiting our list of the Newsarama staff's most anticipated
films of the year.
Black Panther is now the highest - rated live - action
superhero movie
ever, and with a record - breaking box office weekend for its premiere, the
film is literally changing the game.
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.
Warner Bros. should be optimistic about the
film's performance, with box office analyst Jeff Bock telling THR that when you adjust for inflation, this is the highest - grossing DC
superhero property,
ever.
With Black Panther now the highest - rated live - action
superhero movie
ever, Kendrick Lamar «s connection with the historic
film is also cemented, thanks to his original soundtrack album — but he doesn't want to stop there.
This
film was never officially released but it's infamy as a rare
superhero movie from that era has made it a staple of comic book convention hall bootleg VHS / DVD tables nationwide
ever since it leaked under unknown circumstances.
When collectively compiled, it's clear that Black Panther is the perfect storm of long overdo representation for minorities on screen in
superhero films, clever side projects which both tangibly and intangibly increase exposure, and fan response which has made it there highest - rated
superhero movie
ever.
Black Panther, with domestic box office collection of 630.9 million dollars is now officially the biggest
superhero film in US
ever.
Trudel spent last week in Los Angeles and made an agreement with Fox's Joe Hartwick to host the next
film in the
ever - growing mutant
superhero franchise.
The 2018
superhero team - up
film - directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and based on a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely - is undoubtedly one of the biggest movies
ever to grace the silver screen.
Ever since the release of the first trailer of Avengers: Infinity War, diehard fans had been poring meticulously over every single frame and still from the movie, released via both official and unofficial channels, trying to figure out the main story beats of the
superhero ensemble
film.
«Black Panther» may have just topped $ 1 billion globally, but the year's highest - grossing
film has a larger target in its sights: Can the Marvel movie become the biggest
superhero release
ever?
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.
Perhaps it's the stress of doing the same kinds of stunts he performed 14 years ago, when he was but 32, though you would never guess it from his bulked - up physique; more likely, it's the exigencies of a cinematic universe grown
ever more used to the pessimistic worldview of post-Dark Knight
superhero films.
The movie is set to feature the biggest roster of
superheroes of any
film ever, so it's not surprising that her part isn't overly prominent.
As the 2018 Oscars nomination balloting concludes Friday, it bears noting that no true
superhero film - including 2008's acclaimed «The Dark Knight» - has
ever...
All it does show is that the goofy
superhero film probably isn't
ever going to work, even with a light - hearted character like Spider - Man and that the series» producers still don't really know what makes him tick, despite being one of the most iconic characters in the Marvel pantheon.
The deal makes Yan the first female Asian director
ever tapped to direct a
superhero film.
Arguably one of the best
superhero movies
ever, X2 did wonders to up the ante after the first X-Men
film, which Fox saw as a bit of a gamble.
We've got a lot to look forward to this year in the realm of
superhero films, not least of which is the upcoming Sucide Squad featuring the «worst heroes
ever».
But while summer spectacles have grown
ever larger in recent years, the monster movie — the original city - smashing genre — has mostly ceded the multiplexes to
superheroes and more apocalyptic disaster
films.
Yes, Affleck starred in what is widely considered one of the worst
films ever based on a comic book, 2003's «Daredevil,» which flopped critically (45 percent on the Tomatometer) and commercially ($ 102.5 million total domestically, which is usually what a blockbuster
superhero movie will make on its opening weekend alone).
Together these two
superheroes join the biggest roster of comic book characters
ever assembled in a live - action feature
film and both have an essential role to play.
Say what you will the R - rated
superhero flick — like for instance that it falls in line with many of the same familiar tropes it purports to mock — but the gleefully violent and «adult» - oriented box office smash opened the flood gates for more of its R - rated ilk, showing studios through the
ever influential power of green (not Green Lantern mind you), that audiences were more than receptive to «mature» content in their
superhero films.
After a near record - breaking opening weekend in China, Avengers: Infinity War is now the fifth - highest grossing movie of all time and the 11th highest - grossing
film of all time and the highest - grossing
superhero movie
ever with over $ 1.6 billion in global gross.
Not only was it a great
film that empowered women (both on - screen and off, with Patty Jenkins the first -
ever woman to direct a live - action, theatrically released comic book
superhero film) Wonder Woman was quite frankly the best
superhero movie of recent years and undoubtedly DC's saving grace from a sinking
film roster.