Superhero Films: Will They Ever Take Off?
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The fun thing with SS is that there isn't a single plot point in the entire film that makes one iota of sense. Every time you say eh? what? or why? while watching, the film just bitch-slaps you with something even more stupid than the stupid thing you were just thinking about.
Spock would have an aneurysm
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Suicide Squad is the ultimate turn your brain off, summer blockbuster.
Ignore the dialogue, eat your popcorn and enjoy the spectacle.
As a film, it's terrible. -
It's not even good as a blockbuster, it's just dire. The first third is a glorified set of trailers, the middle third is... mud men? The end is... I forget.
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ChopperByrne wrote:Suicide Squad is the ultimate turn your brain off, summer blockbuster. Ignore the dialogue, eat your popcorn and enjoy the spectacle. As a film, it's terrible.
I'll go with that. It's an MTV movie really - lots of imagery that is catchy to an extent and things sort of hang together enough to get to the next scene/ music video but its all style and substance.SFV - reddave360 -
ChopperByrne wrote:Suicide Squad is the ultimate turn your brain off, summer blockbuster.
Ignore the dialogue, eat your popcorn and enjoy the spectacle.
As a film, it's terrible.
That post does a lot to undo the perception that several better, more interesting blockbusters have done to mean you can have both nonsense and spectacle.
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The 'turn your brain off and enjoy' defence of terrible movies never works for me. Films don't have to make you think, but they will make you feel something, even despite themselves. If you want me to be anything other than bored, then it has to work at a basic level.
Although I haven't seen SS or JL. I'm up for car crash blockbusters but they're each about 5 hours a piece. -
Justice League is only 2 hours. It's a long 2 hours though.
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monkey wrote:The 'turn your brain off and enjoy' defence of terrible movies never works for me. Films don't have to make you think, but they will make you feel something, even despite themselves. If you want me to be anything other than bored, then it has to work at a basic level.
Although I haven't seen SS or JL. I'm up for car crash blockbusters but they're each about 5 hours a piece.
The thing that grabs me most with it is this sort of anti intellectual subtext - essentially, you don't like it because you're thinking too hard about it -
I've been watch a bunch of Lidsay Ellis recently, she primarily covers Disney stuff and has an incredible knowledge of the studio's inner workings through the Disney Renaissance. You'd think there'd be nothing to glean from a 40 minute video about why Hercules was a bit of a let down, it's just a silly kids film after all, but yikes there's a lot to unpack.
She has an ongoing series called The Whole Plate where she tackles the big schools of film theory using only the Bay Transformers. -
Great art style, lousy film. I'd check out some of those videos if you can link them.rateyourmusic: https://rateyourmusic.com/~Olimite -
Logan was good but I can't be fucked seeing all the intertwined marvel films any more."Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness." ― Terry Pratchett
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Olimite wrote:Great art style, lousy film. I'd check out some of those videos if you can link them.
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Logan’s not really intertwined, it’s Fox rather than Marvel Studios so it’s only intertwined with the other X-Men/Deadpool films.
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Tempy wrote:In the box office I should have said
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Yossarian wrote:Logan’s not really intertwined, it’s Fox rather than Marvel Studios so it’s only intertwined with the other X-Men/Deadpool films. Except that Disney has now bought Fox.
Well yeah, the appeal of Logan is that it's not intertwined. I meant to make it clear that's what I prefer. Although apparently it has some nice nod to a heart in hand prophecy in an earlier film I missed entirely.
In my view it's the highest point of any superhero film. Eclipses the best nolan batman films (ie the first two) by virtue of Logan being a more subdued, personal story."Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness." ― Terry Pratchett -
Diluted Dante wrote:Tempy wrote:In the box office I should have said
You're removed from The List.
Put me back on, i've never seen the film, just the cartoon show
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Sounds like that just gets you onto a new list.
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I think Logan was 'nearly great'. Interesting concept, good performances and action, but they didn't quite nail it for me.Vela wrote:
Well yeah, the appeal of Logan is that it's not intertwined. I meant to make it clear that's what I prefer. Although apparently it has some nice nod to a heart in hand prophecy in an earlier film I missed entirely. In my view it's the highest point of any superhero film. Eclipses the best nolan batman films (ie the first two) by virtue of Logan being a more subdued, personal story.Yossarian wrote:Logan’s not really intertwined, it’s Fox rather than Marvel Studios so it’s only intertwined with the other X-Men/Deadpool films. Except that Disney has now bought Fox."Like i said, context is missing."
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It was no Green Lantern that’s for sure.
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RamSteelwood wrote:
I think Logan was 'nearly great'. Interesting concept, good performances and action, but they didn't quite nail it for me.Vela wrote:
Well yeah, the appeal of Logan is that it's not intertwined. I meant to make it clear that's what I prefer. Although apparently it has some nice nod to a heart in hand prophecy in an earlier film I missed entirely. In my view it's the highest point of any superhero film. Eclipses the best nolan batman films (ie the first two) by virtue of Logan being a more subdued, personal story.Yossarian wrote:Logan’s not really intertwined, it’s Fox rather than Marvel Studios so it’s only intertwined with the other X-Men/Deadpool films. Except that Disney has now bought Fox.
That's where I fell. It was so close. My wife seemed to really go for it though. Still the most interesting superhero thing in yonks. -
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Send messageWeak bad guys and a so-so final act made Logan a bit meh for me. Certainly nothing to worry Nolan’s trilogy.retroking1981: Fuck this place I'm off to the pub. -
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Send messagebad_hair_day wrote:Weak bad guys and a so-so final act made Logan a bit meh for me. Certainly nothing to worry Nolan’s trilogy.
Yeah. Apart from Nolan's Dark Knights, my favourite superhero films are Watchmen and Thor (I've not rewatched either). -
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