Because there are superheros probably.
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jopepa@lemmy.world 1 year agoI 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?
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
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.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 1 year ago
At its* peak.
jopepa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Have you ever noticed that El Barto and Martin Prince are never in the same room at the same time?
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
jopepa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If no pavement was injured in the making of this movie then I think this might be a brave new choice for marvel. I thought Ragnorok was pretty earth shattering until I remembered Asgard is a different planet.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 year ago
I like them, but there is a very defined formula.
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.
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?
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!
jopepa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Can’t disagree that oversaturating the market is definitely a challenge of theirs to work against or keep up with, but it’s not necessarily a problem. That’s like saying the biggest issue with marvel movies that they’ve been making so much money that we got a GOTG triology. Doesn’t sound like a problem for the Guardian fans. What about getting Spider-Man a decent third movie for a change?
ALL these films are visually identical or thematically similar is just reductionist and when I hear people make that blanket statement, all that sounds like to me is a complaint to the costume department.
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.
jopepa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m not with the Marvel police accusing anybody of not being a fan here. We’re just sharing and comparing ideas.
When you say they should’ve branched more, does that look like She Hulk? Dr Strange? GotG? Werewolf by Night? They have and do branch out a ton, some of them unsuccessfully and others are very good. So, like I keep hearing that criticism that they should branch out more or they’re all the same but really I think they’ve just had a few under performing movies this last year. The worst movies that Marvel makes feel like paper dolls of something we’ve seen before, yeah agreed. I just take issue with saying all marvel movies are all the same because it doesn’t really talk about why some don’t work and it undercuts the ones that did work, it’s just reductionist. Thor 2 checked all the bare minimum marvel boxes without any substance and sucked, there’s a lot fair criticisms to be made there. Comparing that to She Hulk which was also subpar and the overlap is almost nonexistent.
Like what kind of branching out would you be excited about, Marvels’ Jesus Christ Superstar?