Sentences with phrase «times in comic book movies»

I admire the lack of pretension and running time in a comic book movie, especially after dealing with the bloat that is Spiderman 3.

Not exact matches

Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America have all been introduced in their own movies and are now joining up with their fellow Avengers in one of the biggest comic book movies of all time.

At a time when the thought of another comic book movie being released is akin to punching oneself in the face, along comes Scott Pilgrim Vs the World to redefine what a mere comic book adaptation can be.

The best comic - book movie in a long time, though based on no comic, Lucy is a film that mates classic Besson with Quentin Tarantino in a go at the mystical, world - solving vision found in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.

Here's two new movie stills featuring Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Bruce Willis in the upcoming film based on the comic book «Red» by director Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife) and starring Bruce Willis (Kane & Lynch, The Expendables), Morgan Freeman (Batman 3), Mary - Louise Parker (Weeds), Helen Mirren (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah book «Red» by director Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife) and starring Bruce Willis (Kane & Lynch, The Expendables), Morgan Freeman (Batman 3), Mary - Louise Parker (Weeds), Helen Mirren (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah Hex)

And despite several other comic book movies having released since that time, Derrickson still considers Snyder's 2009 film to be a masterpiece in filmmaking, especially for the comic book movie genre.

Rumored plot details emerged recently, suggesting the movie will be the Ocean's 11 of comic book movies, with Gambit embroiled in heists over two periods of time.

In the next few years Comic book adaptations became big business becoming some of the highest grossing motion pictures of all time but to tell you the truth my peeps I have felt increasingly Jaded with the influx of every super character and their Granny getting a movie!

With Martin Campbell's Green Lantern we are given a film that feels like a cheap carbon copy of superhero films of the yesteryear; offering elements of comic books movies we have all witnessed before while at the same time lacking in any form of originality.

Some fans have been waiting a long time to see Bucky follow in the footsteps of his comic book counterpart and pick up the Captain America shield, and this would be a perfect opportunity for the once - Winter Soldier to step into the shoes of Captain America for Marvel's next phase of movies.

Only time will tell, but it should be interesting to see Evans in a straight drama, as we've got a feeling that, despite all the comic book movies and sci - fi stuff he keeps showing up in, that's where his heart lies.

As he told me when we sat down recently at Craig's restaurant, this time it is different as he and Hugh Jackman's Wolverine aka Logan are taking these characters in a very different kind of direction in a film that more resembles a classic Western like Shane than the Marvel comic book movies from which those characters emerged.

Disney's Big Hero 6 computer - animated movie marks the first time a Marvel comic has been adapted by Disney Animation Studios since Disney bought the famous comic book publisher in 2009 for $ 4 billion.

Even balancing a jarring, time - hopping narrative, the film manages to work as a stellar action movie of the time, while serving as a solid comic book adaptation in its own right.

I remember seeing this movie when it first came out and, though I haven't watched it in quite some time, I remember it being a perfectly good comic book movie.

That certainly didn't help his perception of the film at the time, but over the course of six years, it eventually became clear that there's at least some merit in the less than well - received comic book movie.

After the heaviness of Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2 arrives just in time to pants the comic book movie genre.

It's based on a fairly obscure comic book by Kaja Blackley called «Dark Town», and reportedly not very faithfully adapted, as the tone changed from dark and serious in the print form to light and mirthful by the time the movie finally appeared on screens.

In these comic book movies, all the symbolism is bold face but Mangold is clearly having a pretty good time finding the extra dimensions in the flattened genre landscapIn these comic book movies, all the symbolism is bold face but Mangold is clearly having a pretty good time finding the extra dimensions in the flattened genre landscapin the flattened genre landscape.

More problematically, even on a comic - book movie level, there is no credible sense of danger like there is in the «Batman» movies directed by Christopher Nolan (who takes a producing credit this time).

It seems all but inevitable that Marvel's latest will become the most lucrative comic - book movie ever made by the end of this weekend, finally slaying the cumulative domestic box office of Joss Whedon «s affable Avengers and taking its rightful place in the top five highest grossing movies of all time domestically.

This is the first time that a comic book film has been nominated in the adapted screenplay category, giving further credence to the notion that Logan is more than just your average superhero movie.

Despite striking out in Origins and also appearing as Green Lantern in one of the worst comic book movies ever made, Reynolds seems fairly game this time around.

He and Goldberg usually have three or four projects in development at any given time — a supremely un-wake-and-bake-friendly workload that currently includes a comic - book adaptation for AMC (Preacher) and a Christmas movie co-starring Caplan and Joseph Gordon - Levitt.

In fact, this is not Pfeiffer's first time getting into the comic book movie world.

There's a new trend emerging in studio comedies where humorous set pieces are treated almost like action sequences in comic book movies — they come early and often and there's never much time to let the characters breath and develop in between the wild hijinks that blow up the big screen.

I mean, I think that the comics, as a fan of the comics, growing up with the comics, Doctor Strange was a, you know, product of the»60s and was big breath of fresh air into the world of comics at that time, and as a fan watching movies I felt ready for some new, daring, weird left turns, you know, in the world of comic books and the MCU.