Sentences with phrase «than a superhero film»

This sequel is more religious thriller than superhero film, though the directing duo of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (whose other credits include Gamer and the maligned Jonah Hex screenplay) make it look like a car commercial, with their jerky handheld digital video, odd angles, and hollow showiness.

Elwes told Deadline that «it's really difficult right now to get financing for anything other than superhero films» and that Movie Collective offers an alternative way to finance «quality films».

Not exact matches

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

The «Batman» television show (1966 - 1968) cast a long, pop art - infused, camp shadow over the property and, after the big budget failures of a series of superhero films in the 1980s (some more campy than others) such as Howard the Duck (1986), WB apparently had cold feet.

Iron Man 2 continues the superhero film trend of being a sequel that is better than its predecessor and although it contains none of the self - reflexivity of Watchmen or Kick - Ass, the darkness of Christopher Nolan's Batman films or the inventiveness of the Hellboy films, Iron Man 2 is fun, unchallenging and inoffensive entertainment.

The film's chief villain, the angry and revenge - minded Killmonger, is a different sort of bad guy than what we're accustomed to getting in superhero movies.

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.

As the better Marvel films have shown, you need a lot more than zippy repartee to make a superhero film feel heartfelt and thematically resonant.

Then, as told partly in flashback as Arthur (Harrelson) is being interviewed by a court - appointed psychiatrist (the underrated Sandra Oh), the safe distance that gives the audience derails the pace and the film becomes more serious than it ought to, no matter the subject matter and this results in it becoming every «realistic» work that looks down on the idea of either a superhero or the genre.

We've all seen enough superhero films and more often than not, they function on the same template.

It's less tightly constructed than the film before, but it's still a superhero movie of rare craft and heft, rightly returning the focus to its hero after a Joker - centric installment and wrapping up his story in a definitive and satisfying manner.

It also received highly positive reviews with some critics lauding it for doing the near - impossible task of compressing more than a dozen superheroes in a film that while feeling overstuffed never overwhelms moviegoers with exposition.

After a little more than half a month of its release, Disney and Marvel's epic superhero film Avengers: Infinity War has become the fifth highest worldwide earner in the history of cinema.

New Mutants is directed by Josh Boone and written by Boone and Knate Lee, and is positioned as more of a horror movie than a superhero movie, as evidenced by the film's initial trailer.

As the title implies, the focus of this hour - long live - action series is not on the larger than life costumed superheroes who turned The Avengers into the third highest - grossing film of all time, but the employees of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, the government agency of espionage and law enforcement that has worked with and sometimes against the likes of Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and the Hulk.

Clocking in just under two hours, the Deadpool sequel runs shorter than most big - budget superhero films, with Leitch estimating twelve minutes were edited out of his initial «director's cut.»

Blade, to the fresh eye, free of the fandom surrounding the character, comes across as the kind of film that is probably closer to a B Movie in the action genre than a superhero flick, as it is branded to be.

Because there are more superheroes in Cap's supposedly solo film than in all of Age of Ultron.

Zombieland's Ruben Fleischer has directed the film, which is rumoured to be receiving an R - rating in the US, rather than the typical PG - 13 rating received by most superhero films.

The timing seems right for Monáe's latest epic: Superhero film Black Panther — which is full of Afrofuturist themes — has grossed more than $ 1 billion in the worldwide box office.

We're close to the action in this film, often shot from low to the ground, more like a «Bourne» film than a superhero movie, and the focus is more on fight choreography than editing.

Some may think of Ant - Man as one of Marvel's (ahem) smaller films, but Paul Rudd's superhero debut was well - received, and earned more than $ 519 million worldwide.

Unfortunately, while initial reactions were incredibly positive - comparing the film to Marvel's very own flagship film The Avengers - the critics have been less than impressed by Zack Snyder's superhero brawler.

Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based film.

The film broke a ticket - presales record for superhero movies, and at press time it was tracking toward a $ 165 million opening — better than every Marvel nonsequel except The Avengers and possibly enough to crack the top 10 movie opening weekends of all time.

Indeed, relaying the tale with a standard narrative approach would have relegated the film to the realms of yet another superhero movie, rather than a spirited take on the tried and tested genre.

I'm in the belief that the city is a perfect fit for the production and could easily help boost the quality of the production, even if they are claiming the budget is smaller than the rest of the superhero films being made.

At its armored core, Ant - Man is less a superhero film than it is a heist / comedy minus Eddie Murphy or George Clooney, plus a supra - heroic millimeter - sized Rudd.

At the same time, Civil War is arguably a better Marvel Cinematic Universe crossover «event» than either of the first two Avengers films, when it comes to delivering balanced amounts of standalone plot development, universe - building, and superhero - based spectacle.

It is a unique film that was planned more than 10 years ago, and which brings together a variety of superheroes from all corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe into one film.

Typically, the best of these (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3) have explored more serious terrain than their preceding films, offering more sober glimpses at the consequences of superhero antics.

The overwhelming flop for «Fantastic Four» is a rare humbling for a Marvel superhero film, which often gross more than $ 20 million in just one night.

It's reportedly a period piece set in the»80s, and it will feel more like «a gritty crime drama» than a traditional superhero film.

Highly entertaining and responsible for giving Ryan Reynolds his true star making moment we've all been waiting for, Deadpool is a quick - fire burst of fresh air in a world of kid friendly superhero films that upon closer inspection isn't much more than a fun time out at the movies.

Biggest opening for a non-team-up superhero movie: Superhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big scresuperhero movie: Superhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screSuperhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screen debut.

The movie's villains aren't nefarious masterminds or hardened thugs, but scared, emotionally damaged teenagers, while Talley himself is less unbreakable superhero than the kind of vulnerable everyman Willis (who also produced the film) played to such good effect in the original Die Hard.

But other than the mockumentary Comic Book: The Movie (2004) and, arguably, Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), there haven't been many films that are actually about superhero movies and their place in modern culture.

So it's sort of a relief to be able to report that Reynolds is finally coming into his own in Deadpool, which has the singular virtue of being funnier than we've been led to believe a superhero film can be.

Shyamalan's best film, both cleverer and less twist - dependent than «The Sixth Sense», if there were any justice more people would make effects - free superhero stories like this one, and then even snooty critics could admit to liking them.

Jim Carrey, who donned a Kick - Ass costume for Conan O'Brien's stage show more than two years before being cast in the sequel to the brutal 2010 superhero comedy, has suddenly distanced himself from the film because of its violent content.

The film has become the go - to punching bag for people wanting to disparage superhero movies for being too leaden and joyless, and for no good reason other than the movie happens to be 100 percent leaden and joyless.

That doesn't mean that these films are any less entertaining than the other superhero films we've seen this year, but they are a different breed of superhero movie, so viewers should remember that before going in.

The conflict at the film's center is a familiar standoff between good and evil (or «love and war»), and the romantic aspects occasionally become quite saccharine, but the fusion of mythological elements, period settings, comedy, and standard superhero action makes for an entertaining experience that's more than the sum of its parts.

«For a superhero movie, the nuance with which the film presents this horrible scenario is refreshing,» wrote Sullivan, who praised the film for presenting «a villain in a more nuanced, complex (and arguably even sympathetic) way than most comic book movies do.»

The previous films in the DC Comics Extended Universe series (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad) have left both critics and comic - book fans increasingly disappointed in the franchise's output; as a result, Wonder Woman, which is receiving its release ahead of the first Justice League movie (set to premiere this November), has been saddled with the burden of recovering DC's tainted reputation in the eyes of viewers, while also representing the first major female - fronted superhero flick in more than a decade.

Avengers: Infinity War also received highly positive reviews with some critics lauding it for accomplishing the near - impossible task of compressing more than a dozen superheroes in a film that while feeling overstuffed never overwhelms moviegoers with exposition.

Created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen (the same team mostly responsible for Dr. Horrible's Sing - Along Blog and Dollhouse), Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. serves as a concurrent link between the various Marvel superhero projects, the Avengers films and its own space in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rather than being a straight sequel to Whedon's 2012 film.

All of which makes Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures» Superman reboot, «Man of Steel,» both a rejoinder to and a confirmation of the associations audiences have with his work — eschewing much of the muscular style that he applied to «300,» «Watchmen» and «Sucker Punch» in lieu of a more streamlined visual sense, Snyder attempts to build rather than deconstruct superhero mythology in what proves to be his most straightforward film to date.

Now, Bell has opened up on the failure of the superhero reboot, and admitted that he was less than impressed with the way that the film eventually turned out.

In one of the most highly - anticipated action films (or movies of ANY genre, to be honest) in years, Marvel Sudios, in conjunction with Paramount Pictures, has produced another superhero winner, and making the total worth more than the sum of its parts.