"Tired of Superhero movies" Topic

Is it just me or is any else tired of the superhero movies. I am bored of the whole thing. They all seem to be the same movie over and over. I grew up reading comics and played "City of Heroes " for years. I just cant get excited anymore about the movies though. Can any one remember something truly new and original lately?

To be honest the last super hero movie I saw was that animated one where the girl grew into a giant and there was a creature from the black lagoon and a slug and a scientist turned into a cockroach. What was that Monsters and Aliens?

Yeah, my entire family is burning out on them. But we are stuck with several a summer for the next several years. Fortunately, we don't have to see them if we don't want to. :-)

Nope, I'm still enjoying the Marvel movies immensely, and the Batman ones were fun too. If you ask me in 2015 I may be singing a different tune though; Hollywood does have a LOT lined up….

-Will

Better buckle up for the next few years. The DC stuff will be second fiddle and probably not as good but Marvel will continue to have blockbusters. Avengers 2 definitely and probably more Iron Mans. Sprinkle in some Star Wars and you have my watch list for the next 7 years or so :)

Ticket sales will probably determine the makeup or existence of Marvel Phase 3.

As for "…all the movies seem the same…"--

I was watching a show discussing the current state of movie making. The "media expert" they were interviewing said that a book that came out several years ago, "How to Write a Selling Screenplay", that was supposed to be a guideline, has been taken as gospel. Many of the current generation of screenwriters blindly follow the "formula" .

This has resulted in a lot of movies that "look" the same.

Nope. Great fun and an enjoyable escape. Can't wait to see Wolverine.

Sorry but for now I'm still enjoying the trend and if it boosts Joss whedon's credit with the motion picture industry so much the better.

Many of the current generation of screenwriters blindly follow the "formula" .
This has resulted in a lot of movies that "look" the same.

Computers are arbiters of taste now: link

Despite my love for City of Heroes and comic books I was never a huge fan of superhero comics or their movies. Once in a while they were fun.
Now it just seems like a never-ending glut… sucking up huge amounts of money and talent that could be put to better use.
Though if there is ever a movie of Plastic Man, Deadman, or Eddie Current I'll be there with bells on.

Unless they make a Blackhawk movie, then it'll be OK.

I'm still waiting for Captain Klutz vs Gorgonzolla (the giant spider).

Primarily yes, but it's due to the mangling of the characters and story-line's. I do realize at my age (40's) I am not the target audience for any movie or TV or music. so I just have to ignore it and move along or I end up being the grumpy old man living in the past.

Gilbert,you have it wrong.You and I are the target audience for channels like MEtv and Antenna,so they can sell Rogaine and LifeAlert.:)

I was tired of Superhero films back when Superman starred Christopher Reeve. When I was a kid my favorite comics were horror such as Weird War Tales, and things like Turok. I did watch some superhero cartoons and my wife dragged me to see Spiderman 2.

Superheroes are too big a property to be ignored. The Dark Knight, Spiderman, Iron Man and Avengers are proof of that.

What tends to bother me is the idea that the whole thing has to be completely rebooted every third film or so, and we waste another perfectly good movie with a redundant origin story and revisit the umpteenth iteration of the characters.

I am quite curious to see how DC/Warner handle their new universe. Marvel has done a fairly straightforward adaptation of the comics, while they decided that they would provide a more "sopomophisticatated" universe that is "grounded in reality, darker and gritter" than Marvel's.

If Man of Steel is any indication, their universe will be gloomy, violent, filled with super powered beings that are only considered heroes because somebody makes that claim in a pompous voiceover speech.

Note that the next DC film will be Batman VERSUS Superman which pretty much sets the tone …

The other thing I'm really curious about is Guardians of the Galaxy which has that Pacific Rim vibe, designed to make high level comic book geeks squeal with pleasure but completely opaque to the average movie goer.

Could be that superhero films become box office poison in five years or so.

I could use a break from the superhero stuff too, but I was NEVER a fan of superheros to being with, and realistically, whatever genre takes the place of superheros will be just as inane. (summer movie fare after all).

I think we will see the Superhero trend die out soon, when the studies start scrapping up third tier superheros you know it is going to implode soon.

I would like to see an animated feature film superhero movie (like Mask of the Phantasm) as I don't think any live action superhero movie does the source material true justice.

The reliance on CGI and wires doesn't help. I'm a James Bond fan and I get the sense that they regularly imperil a stuntman. Man of Steel had this 20 minute punch up and destruction scene that was 80% CGI and green screen effects so I wasn't so caught up in the action.

Half the movies seem to be origin stories which gets boring after a while, as has been pointed out these stories are written to a strict rulebook. I don't expect things to change though; superhero movies are a good money making opportunities. Studios have the rights to various titles and they've got to churn out productions or they risk losing those rights to other studios. Comic books get the bounce from the movies. Also, by the time a trilogy of movies featuring one superhero is done, the 15 year old boys who went to see the first one have grown up and a whole new bunch of teenagers have emerged who haven't had the experience of seeing that character on the big screen before now need a whole new cycle of movies featuring them.
Added to that, a whole bunch of people who saw previous versions go to see the new ones to see how they compare with the old ones. In short, it's good business trading off recognisable brands using a proven formula.

Lets not forget Captain Underpants. That's going to be a Super Blockbuster.

It pretty easy not to go and see any further superhero movies if they don't seem to work for you any more…

I am looking forward to KickA**2 more than the new Wolverine. Would really prefer a good movie based on some historical event. My family and I really like Lincoln.

I'm absolutely done with them. I hate that they've taken over everything. I'm fed up with their bombastic loudness. Their juvenile character arcs make me cringe. I'm hoping the genre dies.

tberry7403,

most Superhero/Action movies are "Save the Cat" scripts…

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For me, its about the journey, the dialog, the acting, and the cinematography.

So for the below, IMO

Pacific Rim had great cinematography, great acting, bad dialog, and an OK journey depending on the character.

Green Lantern was just bad on all counts.

Nolan's Batman has a a good journey, good to great dialog and acting, great cinema, except for Batman himself. Bale's gruff voice and Batman's penchant to not give a care about cops safety leaves me sour.

Iron Man hits the spot each time.

Thor had great acting, dialog, but the journey was lame. Once he had the hammer, all was good and not challenge.

etc…

What tends to bother me is the idea that the whole thing has to be completely rebooted every third film or so, and we waste another perfectly good movie with a redundant origin story and revisit the umpteenth iteration of the characters.

So not unlike the comics, then, except at an accelerated pace.

So not unlike the comics, then, except at an accelerated pace.

Ah, so true! One reason why I like super heroes but I don't really keep up with comics….

-Will

I rather agree with that. I'm not tired with superheroes as such, regardless of the media type: they are interesting as concepts and characters, some of them anyway, but even the interesting ones get milked dry in never ending, more or less often rebooting comics and movies. One off/limited run/miniseries kind things such as Watchmen can be great -- until someone decides they are too precious to "waste" as one offs obviously.

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PapaSync 30 Jul 2013 3:57 a.m. PST:

Lets not forget Captain Underpants. That's going to be a Super Blockbuster

I'm rather rooting for a Dogzilla movie, pending of course on if the kaiju genre gets a boost or not…

It's probably not the 'genre' you are tired of, but watching the same poorly-crafted movie over and over again… all CGI, spandex, and exploshuns, with a smattering of sentimentality, propoganda, and teeny-bopper-romance.
…Maybe that is the genre now… but it doesn't have to be… Now that I think of it, this describes every 'action/adventure' movie Hollywood has produced for the over the last 20+ years…