Our biggest superhero film Peeves
For all speeches on the fatigue of superheroes and formula films – and I am not necessarily disagreeing with all this – superhero movies remain incredibly popular and I am always among my favorite films to watch and Rewatch. Action! Bombast! Pathetic tries to transform it into a serious genre for serious adults instead of recognizing that it is all silly! Aren’t superhero movies great?!
Or, some of them are. Others … Well, they can’t all be Winter soldier Or Lego Batman.
Based on my own experiences and very passionate comments from my colleague Riot Writers, here are the trophies of superhero film that we could make. There will be spoilers, but most of the films I’m talking about have at least several years, so I hope I don’t spoil anyone.
James Gunn, Kevin Feige – Take notes!
Where did women go?
The superhero films have undoubtedly improved to give women a role beyond the manipulable girlfriend, the sexy villain and the dead mom. Unfortunately, they also hang on to the obsolete idea that women can best serve the intrigue by dying so that the male hero has something to get angry. Which includes Vanessa Carlysle in Deadpool 2Rachel Dawes The black knightand aunt can in No time at home. Because if there is one thing that Spider-Man has missed all these years, it is a parental figure who is dead to flow.
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Even if a film does not literally kill a female character, it can do everything possible to put it aside. Back in the Dark Knight trilogy, Jim Gordon’s son attracts much more attention than his daughter, even if this girl is slightly famous And slightly important at the Batman franchise. What was his name? Brenda? Barbie? I am sure I will eventually remember. Earlier than Nolan anyway.
Bland romance
So many superhero films (and just films) feel the need to close a heterosexual romance somewhere, even if the intrigue could move perfectly (or even better) without it.
Obviously, everyone’s threshold for what constitutes a “useless” or “poorly developed” romance is different, and I suspect that mine is lower than most. However, if there is a romance that fans who are not me think they are nonsense, it is Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter Civil war.
Unlike Steve and Peggy’s relationship The first AvengerWho was a knot of the film, Steve and Sharon seemed to kiss mainly because of the fact that his rear ash had already kissed him, which is not enough to hang a romance and also a little bizarre.
Of course, the real reason why it happened is probably because they came out in the comics, which brings me to the final black bane …
Who is even this guy?
A superhero film will never be an individual remake of a comic strip. It is simply not possible, that it is for practical reasons, because something about comics did not age well, because they are different media, or because filmmakers have a different vision. There is nothing intrinsically in order to change the source material, but it must be done in a way that makes sense and as much as possible the original spirit and intention.
For example:
Have a black man play with perry white Steel man? No problem there. Having “Boy Scout” Superman Killing thousands of people? Problems! Big problems!
Make a film that focuses on the villain instead of the hero? Cool. Debrising an established and loved villain in favor of an original character so far? What did you think, Catwoman??
Refine the design of a character For practical reasons? Fairly fair. Giving the public a giant and boring cloud for thirty seconds at the end of a film that spent all the time of execution to promise one of the most notable and most distinct bad guys of your business? Give us Galactus and his stupid hat, Rise of the Silver Surfer!
And there, you have it, the secret formula to make a good superhero film: respect your characters and respect their relationships. Who knew it was so easy?
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