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Post by moviemouth on Sept 7, 2020 18:02:49 GMT
I enjoy superhero movies, but could stand a little variety. The problem is unoriginality in general. I just looked through all the big movies released in 2019 and almost every single one is a sequel or a remake. The movies that get the most attention are the remakes and sequels. It isn't even that there are too many superhero movies, it is that the superhero movies we are getting are just more of the same and all connected to the same franchise.
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Post by Vits on Sept 7, 2020 18:06:04 GMT
I’d like if someone made a different sort of superhero movie that crossed into different genre like horror or western. THE NEW MUTANTS is currently in theaters.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 7, 2020 18:31:16 GMT
I answered your question. What's the issue? It's such a condescending argument to say "Oh well most movies aren't superhero movies, so it's not a valid argument". Obviously not every single movie that comes out is a superhero movie, but no one can argue that they don't dominate the box office most discussion on modern cinema revolves around them. I'd say about 75% of the discussion on this board is about superhero movies. There are exactly 4 threads about superhero movies on the first and second page of Film General at the moment. 2 of them have nothing to do with current superhero movies either. One was me asking if Zorro is considered a superhero and the other is about Jack Nicholson in Batman (1989). The fourth is you asking if people are getting tired of superhero movies.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Sept 7, 2020 18:56:26 GMT
For me, i'm not tired of them. Cuz i only watch things in moderation.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 7, 2020 19:04:38 GMT
For me, i'm not tired of them. Cuz i only watch things in moderation. Me too. I have watched exactly one superhero movie so far this year. The Fantastic Four (1994).
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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 7, 2020 20:30:41 GMT
They're bound to come to an end eventually. DC movies keeps bombing/underperforming, and there's only so many super heroes outside of DC and Marvel to make money off of (still no Lobo movie?). The Marvel Universe movies make a lot of money, but that cash cow can only be milked for so long before it dries out.
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Post by Vits on Sept 7, 2020 20:39:49 GMT
DC movies keeps bombing/underperforming If you're talking about the D.C.E.U., that's only happened with 2 movies so far.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Sept 7, 2020 20:40:24 GMT
Not really. That's like asking if I'm tired of horror movies or romantic comedies. I like any genre as long as the movies are good.
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Post by Ass_E9 on Sept 7, 2020 20:58:49 GMT
I find myself less enthused now, yes, though I still have enjoyed the few that I watched.
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 7, 2020 21:05:14 GMT
I got bored with them by the time of Avengers 2.
It is a very limited genre in terms of generating suspense and Hollywood has a no-fun approach to things so they aren't even trying to make normal fantasy action films. They either make them too silly or too serious. You don't want to watch an Iron Man film where he is shlepping about his dad or the waterproof costume he has, you want things like him punching a robot helicopter in mid-flight or flying into a volcano, or fighting some bad guy who isn't an actor or having personal issues of his own.
Sometimes it is better to just have a bad guy who is bad without any ambiguity.
Westerns didn't have the same kind of recycling boredom problem as much since you may watch it for the cast and you know going in the characters aren't immortal--there's more suspense possible.
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Post by avocadojoe on Sept 7, 2020 21:21:58 GMT
Yes. I've never liked superhero movies. They're just not my cup of tea. The original "Superman" I like pretty well. It had charm and wonder and Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder paired up nicely.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 7, 2020 22:54:52 GMT
If history has shown anything though, it's that the super hero genre will eventually be replaced by the "next big thing". For a while Westerns were huge in Hollywood, but by the early 1970s they were waning in popularity. Maybe it was the Vietnam War or something, but the old romanticized cowboy heroes were becoming passe and younger audiences wanted something more modern and grittier (French Connection, Dirty Harry, Deathwish, Taxi Driver)
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Sept 8, 2020 4:49:54 GMT
Too much of a good thing is never good. I enjoy superhero movies but wouldn't watch too many in a row. The same applies to any genre really. It's good to vary what you watch.
Overall, I'm glad they release a couple of superhero movies each year. After all, most other genres get oodles of new addition each year. How many horror flicks get churned out in any given year? Or comedies?
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Post by ck100 on Sept 8, 2020 4:54:56 GMT
We get so many because of them partly being so commercial and ubiquitous.
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