The "dark and gritty superhero" formula is not sustainable

The "dark and gritty superhero" formula is not sustainable Mar 6, 2017 23:13:16 GMT

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Post by Skaathar on Mar 6, 2017 23:13:16 GMT

Mar 6, 2017 21:50:21 GMT @zackbop said:

Mar 6, 2017 20:38:41 GMT brownstones said:

it's not the dark and grittiness that is and issue, it's any tone that becomes an issue when there is a lack of variety. if we only had the mcu films, people would eventually grow tired of the tone, if we only had dark and gritty films people would grow tired of that as well.

what you want is a proper equilibrium, but what normally happens is studios chase trends causing more of a pendulum effect.

and the main reason why the mcu has done well, is not because of their tone, it's because of their films in general, they fluctuate from decent to good. Nolan's trilogy wasn't cheerful, but it did extremely well.

simply put quality supersedes tone, but tone is quickly blamed if a film does poorly, which is well.........dumb. BvS's issue wasn't tone (some disagree) but it was flat out script issues.

This is correct. Outside of actually testing out the whole shared movie universe concept, Marvel isn't really trying anything groundbreaking (as far as individual movies go). They stay in the pocket. They have a particular tone and four-quadrant formula that they want to execute in every movie, and then they hire people who are competent enough to carry out that vision.

The problem with BvS is that the theatrical cut was a mess. And when you couple a messy script with an overly serious tone, you open yourself to ruthless criticism. Had they played things a little more safe (in terms of tone), I think the criticism wouldn't have been as harsh. But it still would have been there. The TC is not a great movie.

We've gone through this dance before Dennis. I've already pointed out to you numerous times how the MCU takes far more risks than any other comicbook movie company out there. It also has nothing to do with this thread's topic.