CA2: $10.2m Thursday Night (beats Thor2's $7.1m) | $100m+ coming?

[Kvikk Lunsj]

True but superhero movies have still not tapped unexplored territory like YA (Spidey is the only thing that has come remotely close), feminism (keep being afraid of getting cooties from that WW flick, WB. How is that working out for you so far?), social themes  (this was where Fox dropped the ball BIG TIME with the X-Men), family themed (this was where Fox dropped the ball BIG TIME again with the X-Men AND Fantastic Four) and gangster/noir/gritty street (Fox is great at dropping the ball. This time with Daredevil).

 

So basically the superhero genre can overlap with any other genre, as long as writers are creative and the studios have balls to back their scripts. 

 

Plus, "Action genre" also has a sense of sameness to it too.

every genre and sub genre can. Every adapotion for a book, video games, real life event, comic books can have multiplier genre. 

[Spidey Freak]

Green Lantern wasn't very fun.

 

In DC's head it was, so instead of wisening up, they stupidly came to the egregious conclusion that fun = fail. I blame hacks like Goyer for enabling that stupidity. 

[grey ghost]

Corporate filmmaking. Very successful.

 

 

You want artistic blockbusters?

 

How often can you make a successful franchise from those?

 

Inception and Gravity were one shots.

 

Hollywood lives off of franchises.

[Sam]

Different weekend. Still the same craps.

 

 

But that's the beauty of this forum. Love you guys!

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I should ban both of you.

FIne there also two more types of movies. Man traveling the desert and people living in another galaxy far far away. 

[Dementeleus]

Come on now Tele. Don't be bitter about that club 

 

I've made my peace with that.

[Dementeleus]

Hollywood lives off of franchises.

 

Yep, and it's a lousy strategy (in terms of making good and interesting movies). From a business perspective, it's great! (for now)

[fmpro]

Different weekend. Still the same craps. But that's the beauty of this forum. Love you guys!

We should all have a group hug one day

[Jawa]

I've always thought it would be funny if a studio picked one of its lesser superhero properties and just decided, "Yeah, we're going to make this epic superhero into a raunchy comedy." I'd love that. I think it almost happened with Jack Black as Green Lantern.

[Spidey Freak]

every genre and sub genre can. Every adapotion for a book, video games, real life event, comic books can have multiplier genre. 

 

Yup. So it doesn't make the superhero genre any worse or any better than the rest.

[Donald]

Wow!This is a crazy thread!Anyway i prefer dark and brooding over fun!thats just me!Only marvel film i liked was thor 1

[ban1o]

True but superhero movies have still not tapped unexplored territory like YA (Spidey is the only thing that has come remotely close), feminism (keep being afraid of getting cooties from that WW flick, WB. How is that working out for you so far?), social themes  (this was where Fox dropped the ball BIG TIME with the X-Men), family themed (this was where Fox dropped the ball BIG TIME again with the X-Men AND Fantastic Four) and gangster/noir/gritty street (Fox is great at dropping the ball. This time with Daredevil).

 

So basically the superhero genre can overlap with any other genre, as long as writers are creative and the studios have balls to back their scripts. 

 

Plus, "Action genre" also has a sense of sameness to it too.

Sorry, I'm not a passionate TASM hater but how on earth have any of the spiderman films even come close to exploring feminism or social themes? 

[Sam]

I've made my peace with that. 

 

 

Hey hey hey, I don't want you to make peace. I want an eulogy damn it!

[The Futurist]

I think what Feige is accomplishing is truely remarkable and what is he making is superhero movies without cynism, Marvel Studio takes the genre and all its crazyness seriously and that to me is a huge artistic statement, call it corporate all you want but I think it is misguided.

 

Remember what Joss Whedon said : "I believe in the genre, I don't think it is needs to be (the exact quote escapes me at the moment)"

[Moviefanatic]

 Was not expecting 100 million to be a conservative number for this. Awesome!!!

Edited April 4, 2014 by Moviefanatic

[Dementeleus]

I think what Feige is accomplishing is truely remarkable and what is he making is superhero movies without cynism...

 

Richard Donner was cynical when he made SUPERMAN? Del Toro was cynical when he made HELLBOY? Sincerity is hardly a new thing. (I appreciate it, but c'mon.)

 

From a business perspective, I agree: Marvel is very smart about how they're building out their universe and plugging pieces together.

Edited April 4, 2014 by Telemachos

[Shawn Robbins]

You want artistic blockbusters?

 

How often can you make a successful franchise from those?

 

Inception and Gravity were one shots.

 

Hollywood lives off of franchises.

 

By choice, though. Not entirely out of necessity.

[The Futurist]

Richard Donner was cynical when he made SUPERMAN? Del Toro was cynical when he made HELLBOY? Sincerity is hardly a new thing. (I appreciate it, but c'mon.)

 

From a business perspective, I agree: Marvel is very smart about how they're building out their universe and plugging pieces together.

 

True but Feige is doing it on such a scale and scope that it needs a man with a vision and Feige is truly a clever dude.

Edited April 4, 2014 by The Futurist

[4815162342]

Can't wait for the madness for Episode 7 midnights.

[Dementeleus]

True but Feige is doing it on such a scale and scope that it needs a man with a vision and Feige is truly a clever dude.

 

Like I said, he's a very smart man about leveraging his existing properties for maximum box-office return.