Post by Salzmank on Dec 29, 2017 2:43:22 GMT
@nxnwrocks
Yes, yes, and yes (from someone who likes superhero flicks when they’re fun and light).
Why? I’m not exactly sure myself. I dunno, they align with the zeitgeist at the moment? But wherefore that zeitgeist, then? Perhaps a bigger question than we have room for.
To be sure, there are some very good superhero movies; two of them, Wonder Woman and Spider Man: Homecoming, came out just this year. But in light of all the lousy ones? Yeah, the genre deserves a break—and to come back all the stronger in the future.
The usual riposte is about the number of westerns in the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s—an argument that I do not find all that persuasive, as they were (1) spread out over a long period of time, (2) often b-movies, (3) in the best, a-movie cases, directed by fine, personal-style directors like Ford, (4) usually of fine quality, (5) appealing to a wide audience, not just comic-book fans, (6) not parts of goddam “shared universes,” (7) able to ring multiples changes on the formula, and (8) not self-referential, a quality that eventually becomes decadent.
Apologies about the rant. Getting it out of my system, I suppose…
Yes, yes, and yes (from someone who likes superhero flicks when they’re fun and light).
Why? I’m not exactly sure myself. I dunno, they align with the zeitgeist at the moment? But wherefore that zeitgeist, then? Perhaps a bigger question than we have room for.
To be sure, there are some very good superhero movies; two of them, Wonder Woman and Spider Man: Homecoming, came out just this year. But in light of all the lousy ones? Yeah, the genre deserves a break—and to come back all the stronger in the future.
The usual riposte is about the number of westerns in the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s—an argument that I do not find all that persuasive, as they were (1) spread out over a long period of time, (2) often b-movies, (3) in the best, a-movie cases, directed by fine, personal-style directors like Ford, (4) usually of fine quality, (5) appealing to a wide audience, not just comic-book fans, (6) not parts of goddam “shared universes,” (7) able to ring multiples changes on the formula, and (8) not self-referential, a quality that eventually becomes decadent.
Apologies about the rant. Getting it out of my system, I suppose…