Continuing my rant started here…

‘The Flash’ and Other Mediocre Movies Won’t Stop Superhero Fatigue - Variety

I’m stunned that the moviegoing public has stomached 15 years[1] of what amounts to eternal-copyright-renewing stuntman showreels, masks and leotards gimp suits, epilepsy-inducing editing and yet more unconvincing 3-D animation…y’know?…instead of, say, interesting concepts translated to scripts and good acting. Then again, there are no less than five (so far) Transformers movies and the Star Wars juggernaut continues on so what do I know?

While we’re at it, as if the first version of Justice League wasn’t a big enough stinker, they had to release a four-hour “Director’s Cut” to address…well, I’m not quite sure…redoing the bad 3D with different bad 3D? According to my friend and yours, Wikipedia…

critics praised Snyder’s direction, visual style, action sequences, performances, improved characterizations, musical score, and balance of emotional weight and humor

Huh! Excepting action sequences, I hadn’t noticed any of those in either version. It’s a ▋▋▋▋▋▋▋ superhero movie, not Citizen Kane! In any case, Mr. Snyder, I want my four hours back.

  1. According to Wikipedia, the Marvel Cinematic Universe started with the first Iron Man movie (2008). So I guess we’re not counting the three Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies…nor the three X-Men movies…nor the three Blade movies…nor the moneymaking turds Hulk and Daredevil. That, kids, is what’s known as cherry-picking. Ugh, why am I feeling all shaky and nauseated? ↩︎

  • King Mongoose@lemmy.filmOPMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes, I’m aware of the whole Marvel Studios/Disney MCU/non-MCU demarcation thang but thank you nevertheless.

    There’s a problem of trying to make “safe” movies and keeping a PG-13 rating when the stakes necessary to challenge a lead character with superpowers necessitate death and destruction on a large scale.

    You mean like Toho Studios’ Godzilla? Didn’t seem to be a problem for them since 1954, before there was a rating system in place, and they kept the American releases G or PG. Anyway, that “problem” isn’t mine. That problem belongs to the studios (Disney or WB Discovery) churning out these franchise movies.