Sentences with phrase «superhero origin»

But a certain superhero origin story, based on books that grade school kids have cherished for two decades, now assumes that title.

And it's all a modern - day superhero origin story.

Angela Robinson's fascinating and surprisingly sweet - natured film is a different sort of superhero origin story, and an appropriate bookend to this summer's «Wonder Woman.»

Everything changed this year, when Patty Jenkins» Wonder Woman received widespread critical acclaim and overwhelming audience support, becoming one of the best - reviewed superhero movies of all time and the highest - grossing superhero origin movie in history.

As for the actual superhero story: Ant - Man is pretty much a generic and formulaic Marvel superhero origin tale, with three acts and the usual story developments that leave little to surprise.

Flashbacks in superhero origin stories hold less impact now than they did in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins or Sam Raimi's Spider - Man.

The film became the top - grossing superhero origin movie of all time, along with the most profitable superhero movie to be helmed by a female director.

Even with the sheer number of superhero origin films over the last couple of decades, it's rare and refreshing to see so much detail given to who these characters are as people, until you realise that you're quickly running out of movie.

An exact application of the Marvel Superhero Origin Story Template.

The experienced cast, funny dialogue and subversion of the typical superhero origin story is making Deadpool one of the most anticipated films of 2016.

If you like superhero origin stories, you just hit the jackpot.

Doctor Strange is a kaleidoscopic adventure that aims to present the standard superhero origin story in new light, or at least different colors.

Most superhero origin stories take their sweet time getting their hero into the costume, and this Marvel film also had to build up to that third - act heist.

In a loving spoof of classic superhero origin stories, Hank is exposed to toxic radiation, visits a mystic, and is bitten by an animal used for science experiments before simply working hard at becoming a good fighter.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women: Based on the bold and illuminating true superhero origin story depicting the creation of the beloved comic book character Wonder Woman in 1941 by Dr. William Moulton Marston.

Superman is the most influential, if not definitive comic book superhero origin story we'll ever see.

Man of Steel is an unconventional superhero origins films as the focus is not on the discovery and mastery of super-powers, although those scenes are included, but the focus instead is on the character's psychological development.

If Marvel had any guts, they would've called this movie Thanos and made it like a straightforward superhero origin story in the mold of Iron Man or Thor or Ant - Man or any of the others.

There is no other correct answer for who should be getting the most votes, because what Harper has done over the past month or so is more superhero origin story than it is baseball.

A lousy script, unfocused direction, incoherent editing, shockingly terrible special effects — and, probably, panicked studio executives — have left its four talented stars muddling through a dull superhero origin story with zero payoff.

Black Panther proves how representation can rejuvenate even the oldest superhero origin arcs, allowing Marvel a victory that still feels every bit a Ryan Coogler film.

Wonder Woman could have been a gauzy superhero origin story, but instead, it's steeped in war and loss, and the impact of Steve Trevor's death at the end is both well - earned and heartbreaking.

Last year's brilliant superhero origin story is unorthodox, rude, crude and works from start to finish.

The goal is to show you who is to blame for the crappiness of so many superhero origin movies — you — and to punish you for allowing movies like The Lone Ranger to exist.

In their watershed sci - fi epic The Matrix, Lana Wachowski and Andy Wachowski blended their innovative techniques and meticulous, fussy visuals with a singular, unsettling superhero origin story.

Though plagued with yet another weak love interest and ineffectual villain (despite great actors like Mads Mikkelsen doing great work), Doctor Strange upends the traditional superhero origin story format with inventive and outlandish visual trickery.

So it's kind of an Enter the Dragon-esque, kung fu superhero origin story with an inner city setting.

«It's more relevant now than ever,» said director Mimi Leder, who described the film as «a real life superhero origin story.»

Aside from its sociologically significant distinguishing factor, it's a pretty standard formula superhero origin movie.

What we got in «Ghost Rider» was an unoriginal superhero origin story made worse because of its miscast star, having a whiny brat for the villain and wasting the idea of having Sam Elliott as a second Ghost Rider.

Her name is Michelle Robinson; the mixed - race gentleman who's trying to woo her goes by the handle Barack Hussein Obama, and what you're essentially watching is a dual superhero origin story.

Presented almost as a sombre superhero origin story, Darkest Hour then details how Churchill won round his enemies — and there were quite a few — by standing up to Adolf Hitler and refusing to appease him with the various emasculating peace deals that his rivals had been touting.

We are supposed to take for granted that such an extremely befuddling series of events could possibly happen, as if we should be used to farfetched superhero origins enough to gloss over the fact that Catwoman's modus operandi doesn't make a great deal of sense.

On opening night May 4th, star Gugu Mbatha - Raw (Concussion) and producer Jordan Horowitz (La La Land) will be in attendance for their film Fast Color, a rub on a grounded superhero origin story of sorts.

The result is an uneven mishmash that, nevertheless, confidently set the template for solo superhero origin stories.

Establishing the tone and visual aesthetic for the MCU, director Jon Favreau created arguably the best superhero origin movie ever from a C - list character.

Starring Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman and a magical sewing machine, the queasily racist, body - switching superhero origin story with overtones of rape and incest is a movie so wildly, bafflingly wrong - headed that when I describe it to people they think I'm high.

In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Justin Chang wrote, «Director Patty Jenkins and her collaborators have taken the well - worn superhero origin story and invested it with a rich, sometimes revelatory depth of feeling.»

Despite a messy third act that stumbles slightly, Wonder Woman is a stirring, hope - filled superhero origin story with great performances within that, hopefully, course - corrects the DCEU and paves the way for more female - directed, female - led tentpoles across the industry.

Just when you've gotten comfortable with the satisfying superhero origin story at work, director / co-writer Coogler, co-star Jordan and the stellar ensemble start thinking much bigger.

This is stock superhero origin fluff, tropes that we've been subjected to ad nauseam, and the fact that it's Superman instead of some second - tier nobody doesn't alleviate the boredom.

If that's the case, you've either groaned at the thought of yet another found footage movie or winced at the idea of yet another gritty superhero origins story.

Sean Gilman: What have come out are an endless supply of the same blockbuster product Hollywood's been taunting us with for almost a decade now: bloated superhero origin stories, dark reboots of Valuable Intellectual Properties and the lazily half - written, half movies that pass for comedies, exploiting the likability of SNL alums and Anna Kendrick and making even the weirdest vulgarities seem utterly banal.

Though being a formulaic Marvel superhero origin tale, Ant - Man gets a boost from a good ensemble cast and an overall tone of fun and creativity from director Peyton Reed.

Last year, with sales of $ 821 million, Wonder Woman became the highest grossing superhero origin film of all time.

Wonder Woman set records as the highest - grossing superhero origin film ever, as well as the highest - grossing film to be directed by a woman, Patty Jenkins.

It's really just like any other superhero origin story film we've seen, man or woman.