Post by Skaathar on Mar 6, 2017 18:40:59 GMT
I just finished watching Logan last night and while I greatly enjoyed it, I realized something: That if there were too many of these dark and gritty superhero movies, audiences would get tired of it very easily.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the movie was bad, far from it. I think these are the kind of movies that can win Oscars. However, it was also very emotionally draining. And considering how often we get superhero movies nowadays (like what, 1 every 2-3 months?), if majority of these movies were dark and gritty then the audiences would get tired of them pretty quickly. At the end of the day people still like to enjoy themselves. They'll appreciate a movie that breaks away from that but only when it's once every now and then.
Another downside is that it's very hard to hide mistakes when your movie is all about dark and realistic. When your movie is fun and enjoyable, people are likely to forgive your mistakes. When it's dark, well, then it's glaring. Logan was good enough to not have a lot of mistakes but movies like BvS, well, I theorize that had they been more enjoyable people would have been more forgiving.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the movie was bad, far from it. I think these are the kind of movies that can win Oscars. However, it was also very emotionally draining. And considering how often we get superhero movies nowadays (like what, 1 every 2-3 months?), if majority of these movies were dark and gritty then the audiences would get tired of them pretty quickly. At the end of the day people still like to enjoy themselves. They'll appreciate a movie that breaks away from that but only when it's once every now and then.
Another downside is that it's very hard to hide mistakes when your movie is all about dark and realistic. When your movie is fun and enjoyable, people are likely to forgive your mistakes. When it's dark, well, then it's glaring. Logan was good enough to not have a lot of mistakes but movies like BvS, well, I theorize that had they been more enjoyable people would have been more forgiving.