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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 3355049" data-attributes="member: 3854">What I meant by “comic book movie” is that the story/plot, dialogue, and most poses/scenes feel “comic booky”. (My comic book knowledge is 10+ years out of date.) Comic books do have a feel that is very different from a movie – different media, different methods of story telling. (Note how none of the X-Men wore tight, colorful costumes in their movie. “Would you rather wear yellow spandex?”) Dialogue is given in a different way in comics -- the illustrations are not moving, so standing still to deliver the dialogue feels more like a comic book scene.For instance:I imagined this statement on the first splash page of a comic issue, in a yellow box. I can again imagine it as the last yellow box of the issue.I can picture this image as the last panel and text of the introduction (maybe 3 pages of the comic).Blackheart is a comic book name – Like “Blade”, because he wields a sword? “Hulk” because he is big? "Doctor Doom"? Come on, cheesy names are the norm for comic books. I was confused a bit over him being able to enter a church, also. I expected to learn that something had happened at the location that unhallowed it. <shrug>Characters in comic books do it all the time. It’s a standard image.I thought he changed his last time to show Johnny Blaze where the village was located – to take him to it. (A true ghost town wouldn’t be marked on a map). And it did look cool.And even Spider-Man had some comic booky feel – a genetically altered spider cannot transfer it’s genetics through a bite. Why did Peter develop web shooters in his wrist (that’s not were spiders have “web shooters”)?Interesting how some people can accept comic book story/plot, dialogue, and scenes in some movies, but they can’t enjoy it in another movie. So, anyway, I, personally, don’t care if you (general “you”) didn’t enjoy the movie. I enjoyed it, and I think it is because I was more willing to accept the comic book feel.Quasqueton</blockquote>

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