Sentences with phrase «superhero genres»

There is a fundamental tension between the horror and superhero genres.

I also like watching movies, I like the action and superhero genres the most but I do like others.

«I think it's beautiful because actually the superhero genre has always had a bunch of great [female] superheros,» Jenkins told Business Insider.

What it's about: Christopher Nolan's «The Dark Knight» gave newfound respect to the superhero genre, making it a dark and gritty morality drama instead of mere escapism.

Themes of faith and fatherhood animate this film, in which we observe the maturation of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, and of the superhero genre.

It was the first movie to really push the superhero genre onto an altogether more adult and sophisticated level, but it failed to find the audience it needed.

The end result is an uneven piece of work that's at its best in its opening hour, which is as thrilling and engrossing as anything the superhero genre has cranked out in recent years.

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.

Just like Clint Eastwood did to westerns, Logan changes the aspect and reality of the superhero genre to make a movie that could exist in our own timeline in today's world.

While it's hard to deny the ineffectiveness of both Peter Berg's directorial choices and the film's final half hour, Hancock primarily comes off as an engaging and thoroughly innovative spin on the superhero genre - with Will Smith's admittedly impressive performance certainly ranking high on the movie's list of positive attributes.

DC Universe Online is a title in its own way unique, not only because it is now one of the few MMORPGs available on consoles, but also because it is perhaps the only exponent of the superhero genre to have discrete character.

Mostly, the jokes and the recurrent attempts to tweak the superhero genre serve as a reminder that somebody else has already done it better.

With solid actors, good writing, vibrant costume work, a terrific score from Coogler - regular Ludwig Goransson (Central Intelligence, Stretch), humor that's delivered with refreshing subtlety, and Coogler's taut pacing that also takes the time to build up its scenarios, Black Panther succeeds at delivering an unlikely solo effort in the superhero genre, and leaves skeptics and those completely unaware of the characters within the comic books hungry for more.

If you're not, or if you're like me and are all out of the superhero genre all together, then don't waste your time & money (For the record, I only wasted my time).

In spite of his ambitions for global domination, Killmonger does something remarkable and perhaps unprecedented for the superhero genre — he wins the argument.

The future of blockbuster films such as these lie with directors like Coogler (and Patty Jenkins, and Taika Waititi), ones who are bringing much - needed new life and ideas to the superhero genre.

In the great tradition of the superhero genre, Black Panther suffers from too interesting an antagonist.

The movie doesn't reinvent the superhero genre so much as reclaim and reenergize it — archetypes, cliches, and all — for viewers hungry to dream in their own skin.

Believe it or not, this is a relatively recent problem for the superhero genre.

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.

It becomes a much better movie than the original «Deadpool,» not an action bloodbath with laughs, but a knowing spoof of the superhero genre.

Griff The Invisible explores the personal angle of vigilante justice, adding a unique spin to the superhero genre with heartfelt moments and relatability.

(This may well be the future of the entire superhero genre — see also: Spider - Man: Homecoming — which means that DC Comics and Warner Bros. will probably catch on in about five years.)

The comedy pokes appropriate fun at the superhero genre and is one of the freshest sitcoms to come along in a long time.

Instead it tries to contain its quirky attitude by subverting the superhero genre once more, adding to the list that includes Defendor and Super.

Those iconic words, heard in each episode of The Adventures Of Superman, established a clear precedent for the superhero genre.

Likewise, the current popularity of the superhero genre allows Birdman to be all the more relevant as social commentary - and allows it to land its punches with greater precision (see: the joke about Keaton's character refusing to do Birdman 4).

The director even goes so far as to incorporate imagery cues from the superhero genre (the Superman parallels are hard to miss) and on the whole, the movie has hints of a director who can do some fun things with a big canvas - even if he stills needs some practice with the brushstrokes.

Thor: The Dark World left me wondering why for all its popularity and box office hype the superhero genre so regularly fails to ignite the faintest trace of excitement and imagination in its narrative and storytelling.

While I don't think Spielberg is wrong that our interest in and need for various genres might be cyclical and will certainly change over time, I will never understand the need to analyze the staying power of the superhero genre, specifically.

The relationship between Hiro and Baymax is as touching as it is funny, bringing real heart to the superhero genre.

Tragically, the new project will not simply be a documentary in which Gad employs ever - more complex schemes to get Ridley to cough up some Star Wars spoilers; instead, Variety is describing it as a «subversive take on the superhero genre,» an idea that we can't help but note is almost as old as the superhero genre itself.

«Chronicle» also proved a breath of fresh air to the superhero genre, and announced the arrival of a trio of exciting new talents in Josh Trank, Max Landis and Dane DeHaan.

and «The Naked Gun» pictures had trained their sights on the superhero genre, the result might have looked a lot like this.

Because until those last 20 minutes, and in particular in the film's second act, Jenkins flirts with a bevy of ideas that feel fresh to the superhero genre, the most scintillating of which is that Diana could be wrong about how to save the world.

There's... rather a lot of death, this time out, and — the superhero genre being what it is — only most of it is permanent.

The Superhero genre has been booming lately and I can personally recommend Logan, Wonder Woman, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Certainly what the superhero genre needs right now is less reverence for its mythologies, and its narrative formulas; even if its atmosphere of death feels decidedly impermanent in the long term, Avengers: Infinity War proved that people are ready for a shift away from predictability and eager to be shocked, even if temporarily.

What separates «Black Panther» from the Batmans, Spidermans and Iron Mans of the creaky, big studio superhero genre is that it looks and, more important, feels nothing like the usual bloated franchise movie that takes no chances and plays by genre rules.

Writer - director Ryan Coogler (Creed, Fruitvale Station) doesn't just elevate the comic - book superhero genre with Black Panther, Marvel's 18th entry in its ever - expanding, 10 - year - old - and - counting cinematic universe...

Scarlett Johansson is continuing her current reign of the superhero genre by starring in Luc Besson's latest film, «Lucy».

Chronicle essentially looked like the «teen movie» take on the superhero genre, and it was excellent.

Those films not only gave us great action and original, relatable protagonists, they did so while maintaining an invigorating anarchic streak that allowed them to affectionately mock the homogenised, mythology - obsessed modern superhero genre without completely compromising their broader commercial prospects.

«I would say that the science fiction of it is a big thing that sets it apart from most of the other superhero genre films,» Trank says.

Yes, we're living in the age of height of the superhero genre but mistakes are still being made by major studios.

There's also the mixed messages the film relies on, tearing down the superhero genre conventions in the first half only to indulge in them in the second.

The director goes on to say that none of the other superhero movies are tackling this «potential,» saying that all of the upcoming superhero movies are insular to the superhero genre.

As a deconstruction of the superhero genre it doesn't quite achieve Watchmen or even Mystery Men status, but there are some technically well - choreographed fight scenes, some great dialogue and solid writing throughout.

The Tick is supposed to ridicule and parody the superhero genre, but unfortunately it fails to deliver on every level.

Moreover, I hate that modern pop culture is so literalminded as to place a high premium on plausibility, while I'm 99 % sure that knowing the Batsuit could stop bullets off camera, too, is not going to convert any of the haters, whose snotty disdain for the superhero genre is more a fashion statement than an issue of disbelief.