Sentences with phrase «than superheroes»

By being more than a superhero movie, it reminds us of what it's worse than.
«They had to be more than superheroes,» he says.
It also works really well as a period piece rather than a superhero movie.
Ultimately, this looks like it takes itself far more seriously than that superhero flick.
But the fairy tale ending to her high school track and field story is much closer to reality than any superhero or legend that she creates in her mind.
You could do worse than a superhero movie that's merely hilarious.
Tye Sheridan has teased the upcoming «X-Men: Dark Phoenix» is more of a drama rather than a superhero film.
T'Challa's first feature dominated more than the superhero genre, however, as the film outperformed even Star Wars: The Last Jedi domestically in its debut.
The character's introduction in Captain America: Civil War (more on that later) is built upon here as the film does a fantastic job of showing audiences Peter's teenage earnestness that it makes it feel more like a coming - of - age film than a superhero blockbuster.
Moreover, the CGI is better than any superhero film I've ever seen — there is one character I thought was real but was, in fact, complete CGI.
Captain America: Civil War appeals to me more strongly than any superhero movie of the last decade.
As a rule, these movies basically work, most of them, even if they sometimes feel more like a product, launched, than a superhero world, imagined.
In his defence, The Winter Soldier is a vastly different beast to many other MCU films, mainly being a spy thriller than a superhero movie.
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».
We can expect further details on what other additions will be included as the release date draws nearer but for now it's just nice to know there will be more to look forward to this summer than superhero popcorn flicks and swimming pools.
We can expect further details on what other additions will be included as the release date draws nearer but for now it's just nice to know there will be more to look forward to this summer than superhero popcorn flicks and swimming pools.
«By nature comedies offer something different than the superhero movies and blockbusters,» Rentrak senior analyst Paul Dergarabedian told TheWrap.
This issue is an emotional and tense roller - coaster that's more drama than superhero action.
More of a «coming of age» story than a superhero origin story per se, Black Panther is the most freestanding Marvel film since Iron Man.
Creators Jaime Hernandez talks about why he thinks real life makes for a more interesting comic than superheroes, why he likes female characters, and the challenge of making them age.
The movie is helmed by Taika Waititi, a New Zealand director more known for low - budget deadpan comedic movies like What We Do In the Shadows than superhero blockbusters, but everything we've seen from the movie so far looks incredible, so Marvel might just know what they're doing.
Nothing suits a real «hero» better than superhero packaging.
The upshot: Mirror neurons may be more sidekicks than superheroes, but they're propelling neuroscience in promising new directions.
Others, like the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) are more like super-spies than superheroes, black - ops specialists with highly developed fighting skills but no special powers.
More a grand fantasy with martial arts overtones than a superhero battle royal.
Even when «Black Panther» does have to focus on its fictional world, it does so in a way that more directly applies to the political present than any superhero movie before it.
But you might want to check out Disobedience — a gorgeously acted, written and directed spellbinder set so far outside the Marvel universe that it thinks the problems of real people are far more compelling than a superhero mash - up.
«So it's probably going to feel like it's more about the political unrest than the superhero, initially.»
As opposed to X-Men: Days Of Future Past's cheeky, sneakered videogamer mutant (as played by Evan Peters), Taylor - Johnson's Quicksilver is serious and embittered while Olsen's Scarlet Witch plays more like a J - horror girl ghost than a superhero.
While audiences are still cowed by Disney's all - powerful money - printing Infinity Gauntlet, an understated Hungarian narrative is quietly raising some far more provocative ideas than any superhero massacre ever could.
«Black Panther» is on pace to sell more advanced tickets than any superhero film in Fandango's 18 - year history.
In Hollywood, the only thing more ubiquitous than superhero movies are complaints about superhero movies: that they are interchangeable and far too numerous.
«The creation of «Black Panther» represents the turn from seeing black people as victims to them having agency, and who has more agency than a superhero
It's more about a conflicted man trying to figure out his place in the world than a superhero skig fest.
It looks more like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest than a superhero movie, and that's exactly what we love about it.
Mangold treats the material as a road trip / modern Western film more than a superhero picture, and the results feel personal and edgy.
That movie gets a little of a bad rap, but this go - around, their efforts do feel fresh and original in an R - rated comedy genre that too can feel more staid than the superhero one.
At such moments, Lamar is something grander than a superhero: heroically human.
Robert Downey Jr. is still a lot of fun as Tony «I am Iron Man» Stark, who's more superstar than superhero and who never seems to have heard the saying that «with great power comes great responsibility».
Friday, 12:15 — 1PM Location: 1A14 IMAGE COMICS: I IS FOR INFINITE Comics are much bigger than superheroes.
The UK comic 2000AD has been around since 1977, and it wasn't easy to find in the U.S. until just a few years ago, but it presents a bit less of a challenge than superheroes.
Then look no further than superheroes - for - hire, The Captain and Star!
Once Whedon gets the cast in the same room and gives them the chance to interact as people rather than superheroes, the movie blossoms in a strangely wonderful way, one where it's easy to wish that they would keep talking, rather than ramping up for the butt - kicking that is just around the corner.
Because that's true, «Captain America: Civil War» appeals to me more strongly than any superhero movie of the last decade.
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.
We have movies to offer young people other than superhero movies.
It's so different than the superhero movies to date, it departs so far from that,» says the actor.
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