Post by Prime etc. on Oct 9, 2020 2:38:20 GMT
That has nothing to do with showing human beings in a more realistic light though. Most movies aren't fantasy films.
People seem to have become more emotionally fucked up in the latter part of the 20th century and there are many reasons for this. The greatest art reflects and comments on life, society and existence imo
I don't think it's a zeitgeist thing (although that is a subject for discussion, especially in earlier decades like the late 60s).
In Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (my favorite film to highlight for this) we are introduced to a white Christian guy strapped to the mast of a ship and he spends the entire movie either a prisoner or making mistakes. Errol Flynn he ain't. He gets mortally wounded, frees a mermaid (who he caused the capture of due to his mistake), and then gets dragged underwater--does he die? Who cares.
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Meanwhile, who is the mover and shaker in the story?
Jack Sparrow? Nope.
Barbarosa?
Nope.
It's the Obama-type Spanish aristocrat who shows up at the end and destroys the fountain-real take charge guy.
I am not saying every movie should be like this trailer shows, but there's way too much focus in the sickly failure end of the room.
And it has nothing to do with gender politics.
Here's one with the woman as the heroic character.
Superhero stories would be a lot better if they went in this direction again. They celebrate the nerd.