Comment on ‘The Marvels’ Meltdown: Disney MCU Seeing Lowest B.O. Opening Ever At $47M+
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 year agoI 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.
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.
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
It’s not a complaint about the costume department. It’s a praise of the costume department. And the props department. And the visual effects department. And the editing and the everything. The franchise is visually recognizable, it has a signature look. It’s glorious and obviously marvel.
People will make comparisons though.
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?