I know this might sound like an odd question at the beginning of a year where so many superhero movies are coming out but...does anyone else get the feeling that we have gone past the peak of the superhero movie...uh...goodness? (for lack of a better word)
so here's my reasoning, in the year 2008 a little film came out called the dark knight, you might have heard of it. many have said that it is the best superhero movie ever made due to brilliant direction, acting, effects etc. but here's the problem, and many are right.
see since then we have had several good superhero movies: ironman 2, kickass, watchmen etc but none have recieved the attension they deserved (except kickass but that was more due to the 8 year old swearing and killing people than because it was a good movie) due to comparison to the dark knight.
the problem is the superhero movies coming don't seem to be anything special after the years of superhero movies that have proceeded them. thor and captain america have the advantage of being ambiguous to those of us who aren't into commics and may lack mainstream appeal, which in turn could damage the upcoming avengers movie as only ironman has had a good movie out of all the characters in the avengers.
this could all be wrong ofcorse, thor and cap. may be great films but with the green hornet, spiderman 3,the hulk films and the superman films being ,shall we say, less than good i cant say i have much hope for the future of superhero movies.
so here's my reasoning, in the year 2008 a little film came out called the dark knight, you might have heard of it. many have said that it is the best superhero movie ever made due to brilliant direction, acting, effects etc. but here's the problem, and many are right.
see since then we have had several good superhero movies: ironman 2, kickass, watchmen etc but none have recieved the attension they deserved (except kickass but that was more due to the 8 year old swearing and killing people than because it was a good movie) due to comparison to the dark knight.
the problem is the superhero movies coming don't seem to be anything special after the years of superhero movies that have proceeded them. thor and captain america have the advantage of being ambiguous to those of us who aren't into commics and may lack mainstream appeal, which in turn could damage the upcoming avengers movie as only ironman has had a good movie out of all the characters in the avengers.
this could all be wrong ofcorse, thor and cap. may be great films but with the green hornet, spiderman 3,the hulk films and the superman films being ,shall we say, less than good i cant say i have much hope for the future of superhero movies.