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What is the appeal of superhero movies at this point
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:19 pm
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:19 pm
I just don't understand the appeal of these movies. You pretty much know the plot going in, superhero fights supervillain and almost inevitably wins. They have so much CGI that you leave the cinema and your eyes are bleeding. Somehow though, each of these movies makes a mint. I can understand the novelty of the movies when they first started coming out, but that is close to a decade ago now. What is the continued appeal?
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Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:22 pm to RoosterCogburn585
Been saying this for the past 2 years
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:23 pm to RoosterCogburn585
Because there is shite else in theaters now and it costs a small fortune to go see a movie. If I'm gonna pay $50 to see something, it better he mind-blowing and that's what super-hero movies are on the big screen. I'm not there to experience some shite comedy or melodrama at today's prices.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:23 pm to RoosterCogburn585
What is the continued appeal of horror movies? Dracula came out almost a hundred years ago and people are still watching these movies. You know the good guy is gonna kill the monster at the end, why even watch it?
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:24 pm to RoosterCogburn585
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What is the continued appeal?
Kids and nerds.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:25 pm to RoosterCogburn585
Some of them are really good.
Most of them are at least entertaining.
Which is why most of go to the movies. To be entertained.
Most of them are at least entertaining.
Which is why most of go to the movies. To be entertained.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:28 pm to RoosterCogburn585
They are fun. They are entertaining. You don't have to think too much.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:38 pm to tigermeat
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Kids and nerds.
This is it.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:39 pm to RoosterCogburn585
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You pretty much know the plot going in, superhero fights supervillain and almost inevitably wins.
Ummm....like nearly 95% of any man vs. man stories ever?
Not to mention comic books.
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What is the continued appeal?
What's the continued appeal of the romantic comedy? The horror film? The western? Etc.?
Character faces situation/enemy/obstacle/journey. Character makes it through said situation/enemy/obstacle/journey. Or not.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:45 pm to RoosterCogburn585
1988 Batman was such a huge deal...after a long wait after Superman the Movie.
It was an event.
Wow, we're going to get another superhero movie...nobody was doing them.
Now it's "awww frick, another superhero movie clogging up all the screens at the the local Cinemark."
Sometimes you get 3 playing at one time...on a Thursday.
It was an event.
Wow, we're going to get another superhero movie...nobody was doing them.
Now it's "awww frick, another superhero movie clogging up all the screens at the the local Cinemark."
Sometimes you get 3 playing at one time...on a Thursday.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:51 pm to RoosterCogburn585
They've been solid so far this year.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 5:51 pm to RoosterCogburn585
You're getting older. And kids are growing up to replace you at the theater. Kids tend to care less about plot.
Don't fret. 40 years from now you'll circle back round to enjoying the movies like you were a kid again while smoking your 'don't-give-a-shite-I'm-an-old-man' weed. And you'll freaking love Iron Man 26.
Don't fret. 40 years from now you'll circle back round to enjoying the movies like you were a kid again while smoking your 'don't-give-a-shite-I'm-an-old-man' weed. And you'll freaking love Iron Man 26.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:04 pm to RoosterCogburn585
They appeal to the power fantasies of adolescents, struggling against the adult world
Similarly, Superman was the fantasy of two young Jews, and will fight the anti-Semites to protect them
Similarly, Superman was the fantasy of two young Jews, and will fight the anti-Semites to protect them
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:09 pm to RoosterCogburn585
As others have mentioned, you can use this question for any other genre as well. They're not great films, but they're enjoyable, and they're killing it at the box office so don't expect it to go away anytime soon. Just an FYI, 2018 will have 11 superhero movies.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:24 pm to RoosterCogburn585
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What is the appeal of superhero movies at this point
Something to bitch about without having it affect your life?
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:25 pm to RLDSC FAN
Yeah but there was a time when Hollywood didn't target kids at all.
Rarely.
You'd get like one Benji movie for the year.
Everything else was, The Killing Fields and The Big Chill.
But Hollywood realized two things this past decade:
Adults aren't going to the movies anymore (And if they are, they are going only with their kids)...and two:
Arrested Development (or nerds) don't age, ever. So you have kids, Dad and adult nerd...that's box office trifecta target audience gold.
Rarely.
You'd get like one Benji movie for the year.
Everything else was, The Killing Fields and The Big Chill.
But Hollywood realized two things this past decade:
Adults aren't going to the movies anymore (And if they are, they are going only with their kids)...and two:
Arrested Development (or nerds) don't age, ever. So you have kids, Dad and adult nerd...that's box office trifecta target audience gold.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:25 pm to RoosterCogburn585
You know it's pretty bad when Steven Spielberg expressed his exasperation about the excessive number of superhero movies by stating that it's only a matter of time before superhero movies goes the way of the Western i.e. extinct.
This post was edited on 7/18/17 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:30 pm to Green Chili Tiger
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Some of them are really good.
Most of them are at least entertaining.
Which is why most of go to the movies. To be entertained.
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:31 pm to RoosterCogburn585
They're entertaining and most of them are good. It's pretty cool to see superheroes on the big screen, especially some for the first time (WW this year). You don't have to watch them you know?
Posted on 7/18/17 at 6:32 pm to Bench McElroy
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before superhero movies goes the way of the Western i.e. extinct.
I don't think this is too far off. I think after Avengers Infinity War and Avengers 4 a year later, you'll see superhero films slowly die.
Another thing that makes them so popular is that they are a safe alternative for parents if they don't want to take their kid to see an animated movie.
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