When
superhero movies end, the mid-credits or post-credits scenes can be awesome or awful!
Not exact matches
Near the
end of the
movie, 10 of the film's
superheroes vanish into thin air after Thanos gathers together all of the Infinity stones.
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).
Play silks have been one of the most open -
ended play things in our home from
superhero or king's capes to rivers and merman's tails, they make beautiful backdrops to puppet shows (and more currently stop motion lego
movies), they're used as ambient window coverings and are often the main structure of creative forts.
After all at the
end of the day, isn't a
superhero movie supposed to be about men and women in tights having fun, saving the world kicking a whole lot of ass doing so?
At the
end of the day, that's what any good
superhero movie should accomplish.
By the time the
movie ends, it has become his story in a way that most
superhero movies would never dare even to consider.
Michael Jackson's «Bad,» blasted near the
end of «Megamind,» the witty 3 - D animated deconstruction of
superhero movies from DreamWorks Animation, encapsulates the paradoxes of a story in which evil morphs into good and vice versa.
Had it held to the strength of its convictions — and it is immensely obvious why it did not — it might have been the best
ending of any
superhero movie to date.
In the
end,
superhero movies, in general, are hard to make these days, especially when many audience members seem to be growing weary of them.
But another
superhero movie was a smash hit in 2008: Iron Man, the beginning of Marvel's entire cinematic universe and a
movie about a man who realizes that his power has been used toward evil
ends, so he decides to start using it toward good ones.
That doesn't mean the
movie escapes the intersectional nature of this universe of
movies: There's a cameo from one
superhero (kind of a favor, since Thor appeared after the
end credits of that hero's solo film), and the Hulk, as well as his scientist counterpart Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), has a supporting role.
Wonder Woman is going to
end the year as the best and most relevant
superhero movie of the year, and Gal Gadot's star - making performance is worth experiencing and re-experiencing all over again.
Burton's Batman
ended up being 1989's biggest hit and planted the seeds for the
superhero movie renaissance we're all currently experiencing.
Now opening around the world at the
end of April, this Marvel
movie is being billed as the game - changer, one of the most epic
superhero movies yet, with everyone fighting everyone, and everyone fighting Thanos.
If Marvel wanted the Infinity Wars
movies to be the
superhero movies to
end all
superhero movies (I suspect it does), then it would sit the Russos down and tell them that they have to pick one of either Alan Silvestri, Brian Tyler, or Danny Elfman (my preference would be Elfman) to score the two
movies.
The latest film, Black Panther,
ended up being one of the most successful
Superhero Debut
movie of all time and generated record box office gross worldwide surpassing even Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
You'd be forgiven for thinking Avengers: Infinity War was the be-all and
end - all of Marvel Studios»
movie plans - it's hard to look past a
superhero crossover epic that big - but now that the film has been out for a while, I'm hear to tell you that there's actually plenty of new Marvel
movies coming soon.
A superhuman villain aims to
end the human race, yeah thanks Ultron, I mean Loki, I mean Thanos, I mean... Oh and a team of
superheroes will stand in the villain's way when no one else can, yeah thanks Avengers, I mean Justice League, I mean... I realize this isn't the fault of this storyline that other «teams» have come along in the
movies, but despite these other super groups, First Class and DOFP still managed to stand apart and really shine.
Who knows, though, since Captain Marvel is the focus of a lot of MCU - related speculation at the moment; not only will it be the franchise's first female - led
superhero movie, but it also got a massive Hail Mary pass from last month's blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, which asked fans to sit through, roughly, 7,000,000 minutes of
end credits in order to get the merest peek at her logo.
Working unobtrusively but consistently in a decadent Hollywood that's doubled down on sci - fi / fantasy /
superhero franchise tentpoles as the
end - all - be-all of action
movies, Jaume Collet - Serra has been diligently and often ingeniously pursuing another filmmaking model, that of the mid-range budget standalone genre picture.
The slide began with David O. Russell's weak biopic Joy, then wallowed in all that can be wrong with a
superhero movie in X-Men: Apocalypse before hurtling through space with the underwhelming Passengers, and
ending with the flaming disaster (though bold and compelling) mother!
I would imagine Avengers: Infinity War doesn't
end Marvel's
superhero movie venture just the Thanos arc.
This dark, grizzled thriller is a violent punch to the face of
superhero movie convention - and a moving
end to Hugh Jackman's run as Wolverine.
Fans will already know, but I will remind them, to stick around until the
end of the credits for a neat little
superhero movie tease.
You may recall that the original Iron Man
ended with a press conference in which Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) bucked the tradition of comic - book
movies past and openly declared his
superhero identity.
But the year -
end hosannas directed at Argo have been out of proportion to its achievement, mainly because it's the type of sophisticated, adult - oriented entertainment that Hollywood should be putting out routinely, if it weren't so wrapped up in sequels and
superhero movies.
As a Batman fan who's read the comics and really grew up with the character as my favorite
superhero of all time, Nolan's vision has been spectacular to watch and this film is the perfect
end to what will be considered one of the best
movie trilogies of all time.
(We'll leave the business of spoiling the
endings of other
superhero movies to the film itself and just say that he's angling for the big leagues.)
Not only is it the
end of a series, it serves as the sequel to The Dark Knight (TDK), which is considered one of the best
superhero movies ever made.
Deadpool 2's
end credits scenes use equal parts time - travel and humor to address missteps from Ryan Reynolds»
superhero movie career.
I've already made peace w / the inevitable, overlong & boring battle scene at the
end, which is obligatory to every
superhero movie, even the good ones.
Logan is the
end of the
superhero movie.
Among the films leaving at the
end of May are John Wick: Chapter 2 with Keanu Reeves, Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino,
superhero movies X-Men: Apocalypse and the 2003 Daredevil, and William Friedkin's The Exorcist.
If the early buzz on «Black Panther»
ends up mirroring the reviews, then Marvel is bound to have one of its biggest critical hits with the Ryan Coogler - directed
superhero movie.
The Avengers / Justice League / Suicide Squad - mocking team - up results in the films most inspired set - piece — involving a disastrous parachute jump and a blink - and - you'll miss it cameo from certain Hollywood A-lister — but its hilarity is sullied come the
end of the
movie by the realisation that this is also the film's own insidious way of setting up another team - based
superhero spin - off franchise.
In
superhero movies the average stakes are the
end of the world.
Marvel's upcoming Avengers films may be shaping up to be the
superhero movies to
end all
superhero movies, but it looks like all that actor - wrangling has seen the Russo brothers reach their limit.
The first Kick - Ass
movie ended on the usual
superhero note: it set things up for a sequel.
At the very tail
end of the weekend, filmmaker David Ayer unveiled his first look at most of the costumed cast of Suicide Squad, his DC
superhero / anti - hero / villain
movie that's scheduled to follow Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice next year.
Something of a small miracle, «The Way Way Back» is such a refreshing, smartly enjoyable reprieve from the summer
movie season's barrage of
superhero fare and big - budget blockbusters that you feel blue when it must come to an
end.
And, in a climatic battle, even time itself is a battlefield — as a fight scene becomes an ironic antidote to the constant scenes of destruction that drag on at the
ends of
superhero movies.
Most
superhero movies build up to the climactic battle where the
superhero must defeat the bad guy in the
end, and there's plenty of that in Thor: Ragnarok, but it's pure fun in the process.
Incredibles 2 picks up straight after the
end of the first
movie and will focus more on Helen Parr (otherwise known as Elastigirl) going to work while Bob, her husband and fellow
superhero Mr Incredible, stays at home looking after their three kids.
However, the problem is that screenwriter Craig Mazin has something of a track record, when it comes to crafting comedies that can not sustain their high - concepts and
end up repeating the same (unfunny) jokes over and over (see: Scary
Movie 4,
Superhero Movie, The Hangover Part II).
Where many recent
superhero movies have risked overstaying their welcome, «Fantastic Four,» at 100 minutes, actually feels a tad rushed at the
end, with a hasty climax that nevertheless produces some solid moments — at least a few of which, given the slow pace initially, probably should have come at least a half - hour sooner.
Superhero movie fans know the drill: you stay seated until the very
end of the credits.
«Solace,» which also
ends up being derivative of a Jack Kevorkian biopic, does a lot of huffing and puffing with respect to debating euthanasia, but in its ultimate heart of hearts it's a loud
superhero movie: «War of the Psychics.»
«Avengers: Infinity War»: Less of a film franchise than it is a long - form final exam after some 14
movies of homework, this hydra - headed
superhero blockbuster had one truly redeeming quality for those who have not spent the last several years absorbing its story on their way to the multiplex: It was, at least, an
ending.
But most of all, this film shows how the evolution of
superhero movies, which has taken us to such great heights, may actually be leading to a dead
end.