Post by ThatGuy on Mar 6, 2017 21:14:53 GMT
It's not like a western where you had a zillion of them and yet many are compelling watches because of the actors or dialogue or just the fact that you were dealing with mortals so there is identification and suspense.
The superhero is such a limited genre in character range. The essence of the superhero is someone devoted to public service with no real self-interest. No one can really die for good, you know a remake or sequel is coming, and Wall Street people do not know what art is.
The most true comic book movie is someone running around in a ridiculously colorful costume doing feats of daring do.
But you do not get much of that. The 78 Superman was the closest to that sensibility. I would not count any superhero film where the characters do not wear the costumes so that rules out the X-men films.
The angst and neurosis and nihilism is really not classic ingredients of a superhero story. It should really be an adventure, not Leaving Las Vegas with mutants.