Are Superhero films dying?

[Clint_L]

Weird reviews - some of them are very harsh, and others are very positive. There seems to be a real split amongst critics so far.

Which is better than "meh," I guess.

 

[Older Beholder]

I caught an advanced screening of The Marvels last night.
I thought it was a lot of fun.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

Actors strike is over. I guess that means that the big streamers got to keep their (likely much lower than what they've said) viewership numbers a secret...

It just really gutted The Marvels, huh. Wait long enough for it to come out so they cannot do any promoting, and now all that's left is damage control.

 

[Zardnaar]

Actors strike is over. I guess that means that the big streamers got to keep their (likely much lower than what they've said) viewership numbers a secret...

It just really gutted The Marvels, huh. Wait long enough for it to come out so they cannot do any promoting, and now all that's left is damage control.

Being meh by a lot of accounts probably did that.

Interesting to see the box office weekend. We'll have a rough idea of its trajectory by week 3 We'll know.

 

[Bedrockgames]

I don't really watch these (only saw a couple of the early Iron Man Movies and the Hulk). As a non-fan, my issue with them as a movie goer is how much real estate they occupy. Some times it just feels like it is all superhero movies and there aren't any other options.

 

[Kaodi]

Tentatively over. Until they ink a deal I do not think Brie Larson can just shoot out there and start promoting The Marvels tomorrow.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

Some times it just feels like it is all superhero movies and there aren't any other options.

There aren't that many of the movies per year on average, but it's my understand that Disney did have an 'arrangement' with theaters in the U.S where they have to allocate a certain number of their spaces to Marvel movies or they don't get any movies. Which certainly would make it feel like you have no options.

Just big business doing big business things for the benefit of all!

 

[MGibster]

I'm in camp "it ain't gonna happen". They've averaging one attempt per decade for the last 30 years, which is a pretty high rate. One was so bad they basically dug a hole and buried it, one was completely mid according to absolutely everyone and had the worst Doctor Doom ever, but hey it got an sequel, and the most recent one is apparently regarded as one of the worst films ever made, and certainly is one of the worst full-budget superhero movies ever made.

To be fair, the first attempt was just a ploy to keep the rights and wasn't ever intended to be released. I watched it last year, and I'm sad to say that it captured the essence of the Fantastic Four better than the first theatrical release.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

To be fair, the first attempt was just a ploy to keep the rights and wasn't ever intended to be released. I watched it last year, and I'm sad to say that it captured the essence of the Fantastic Four better than the first theatrical release.

It has a comic book-accurate Doom in costume! I wish the other FF movies had half the heart it does.

 

[MGibster]

It has a comic book-accurate Doom in costume! I wish the other FF movies had half the heart it does.

This is not a good movie, but it appears as though they actually cared about the source material which is something I didn't get from the movie they released in the theater.