Sentences with phrase «superhero origin story with»

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

Even «Iron Man» (which stuck Robert Downey, Jr. in a cave for 45 minutes) was a superhero origin story with WAY more action.

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.

Not exact matches

He crafted a superhero story that goes through the standard motions of an origin story while also managing to be a fun heist movie with great performances by Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas.

With an origin story borrowed from Superman, an elaborate lair borrowed from Batman, and a skin complexion borrowed from a robin's egg, Megamind - the title character of DreamWorks Animation's smart, snappy superhero send - up - is a villain to love.

The storyline - which follows alcoholic superhero John Hancock (Smith) as he reluctantly allows a struggling public - relations expert (Jason Bateman's Ray) to mold him into a traditionally heroic figure - has essentially been crafted to act as an origin story for the central character, yet screenwriters Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan brilliantly ensure that Hancock rarely apes the conventions and tropes that one has come to expect with such a tale (ie one doesn't entirely realize that they're watching an origin story until everything's been said and done).

With his origin story out of the way, Deadpool and his alter ego Wade Wilson, played again by Ryan Reynolds, are trying to figure out what they want from this superhero - normal guy dynamic.

Fantastic Four wasn't received as an interesting if unsuccessful attempt to do something different with a superhero origin story.

The movie touches on the main superhero - movie beats that we expect: the origin story, the demonstration of powers, the final battle with the equally...

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.

Like pretty much any superhero origin story, the setup was better than the payoff, which, like far too many movies about the origin of a superhero, pitted the newly formed hero against a generic villain with an even more generic plan, as if that's some kind of required challenge for these heroes to have to face each and every time — even if we're just getting to know them.

The story in a nutshell is like most superhero origins — an exposure to radiation mutates five people so they end up with superpowers.

Dracula Untold temporarily flirts with the child - like glee you find in all superhero origin stories when the protagonist first discovers their powers, but the novelty of developing sharply heightened senses and the ability to miraculously heal has long worn off.

Arguably one of the weirder properties under the Marvel banner, «Doctor Strange» marries its inventive visuals — from the colorful, kaleidoscopic imagery to the physics - bending action sequences — with the usual superhero story beats to deliver the best solo origin movie since «Iron Man.»

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.

Joining the ranks of other B - list characters like Ant - Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy, «Doctor Strange» marries its inventive visuals with the usual superhero story beats to deliver the best solo origin movie since director Jon Favreau kicked off the MCU with «Iron Man.»

Where other superhero movies pore over their characters» origin stories, in Suicide Squad only Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn — who gets all of the best lines — and Will Smith's Deadshot, an assassin with heart — are fleshed out in 3D.

Just shy of 10 years since Jon Favreau reinvented the superhero genre with Iron Man, Ryan Coogler has done it again with an origin story of his own.

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.

It's essentially a superhero origin story opening the same weekend as another (Dr. Strange)-- both films dealing with faith and the consequences of betraying said faith.

Here we go yet again with another Marvel superhero origin story.

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.»

With some stand out fight sequences — especially in the third act — and the promise of a future team up between Ant - Man and the Wasp, Ant - Man works so well because it brings the superhero story to the micro scale (heh), all the while playing with a familiar origin story forWith some stand out fight sequences — especially in the third act — and the promise of a future team up between Ant - Man and the Wasp, Ant - Man works so well because it brings the superhero story to the micro scale (heh), all the while playing with a familiar origin story forwith a familiar origin story format.

In 1973, in what may be the first instance of a comic book superhero losing a battle to save a loved one (outside of an origin story), Peter Parker's girlfriend Gwen Stacy died as Spidey tried to save her during a battle with the Green Goblin.

Another new origin story from Marvel, this time introducing us to Scott Lang as Ant - Man, a superhero who can shrink in size and communicate with ants.

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.

The first Deadpool was mostly very good, but veered perhaps a bit too close to the superhero conventions it was parodying by boiling the plot down to an archetypical hero origin story, except with more dick jokes.

Given the saturation of superhero cinema at the moment, it's a little surprising to see another origin story on the screen, particularly when audiences are generally at least a little familiar with who the Fantastic Four are.

In the guise of a superhero origin story, it tells a smart, inventive tale about young science geeks who grapple with issues around the responsible use of technology.

A refreshing spin on the superhero origin story, Chronicle was one of the surprise hits of the year, banking $ 126m from a budget of just $ 15m; a sequel has already been announced (although Fox are apparently unhappy with Max Landis» script), and its success has paved the way for Josh Trank to try his hand at a big budget superhero blockbuster with Fox's Fantastic Four reboot.

This film is a superhero origin story and even though there is potential with these characters and this world to do many more stories, they really wanted to put everything into this movie without thinking about possible future films.

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.

Strip «Robin Hood» of the pretense and you get a paint - by - numbers «origin» superhero story, resplendent with hissable villains, intense battle sequences, convoluted subplots and a hero with repressed childhood memories.

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