Comment on ‘The Marvels’ Meltdown: Disney MCU Seeing Lowest B.O. Opening Ever At $47M+

Drusas@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• jopepa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I completely disagree with your take, but it’s not the first time I’ve heard it. I’m interested to understand why do you think these are basically all the same?

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  • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I like them, but there is a very defined formula.

    • Start off with character we like
    • Introduce bad guy, maybe a small fight
    • Meet up with another character from the MCU, have a pep talk/other character tells them how serious it actually is
    • Go on an adventure, maybe with a cameo
    • Fight scene with baddy, our superhero fails
    • Sad moment, hero is broken
    • Hero picks himself up
    • Builds up for big fight
    • Big fight
    • Celebrate, but someone mentions that it’s not all over
    • (Optional, end credits scene showing someone picking up where baddy left off)

    I like the MCU movies, but this format becomes incredibly obvious especially in the newer movies. I wish they’d just get a bit more creative.

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    • jopepa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Most of what you’re describing is a regular 3 act structure with the beats of almost any adventure movie. A lot of their movies are action adventures, so that’ll happen. I like experimental arthouse stuff, too. Why knock Marvel for doing what these genres will likely always do?

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      • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s a sure sign of over saturation when your starting to inadvertently teach film theory to people that don’t care about it!

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      • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You’re right, but when MCU movies are combined they’re all the same. Like I said, I enjoy them, don’t think I don’t. But after so many I wish they would have branched out a bit.

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  • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Because there are superheros probably.

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    • jopepa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not really a critique of anything. Storytellers will always tell stories about people with powers; they always have. Marvel at it’s peak was making good movies and it’s not because Captain America’s Shield has cartoon bounce powers. They’ve covered a lot of different genres in interesting ways, successfully. That’s like saying, all stories are they same because there’s characters in them.

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      • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        At its* peak.

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      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t disagree at all, about to watch the Marvels myself. Moreso I’ve seen a lot of people argue that point, not that I was making it myself :p

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