Heaven forbid a comic book movie be any fun. If it wasn't for Marvel right now the only comic book movies would be serious dark ones, and there would be at least 5 a year, yeah that wouldnt get old fast... Who cares if the academy doesn't take comic book movies seriously, Why do you want them to?
Why would I want the academy to take comic book movies seriously? I'd assume the answer was obvious. As a fan of these properties, growing up on the material it's only natural for me to want to see these films represented alongside the crop of movies that have been deemed "Best Picture". Remember when Beauty and the Beast almost won best picture? It shocked the world! "What? An animated film winning best picture? How outrageous"! What if that happened again? What if it was a comic book movie? What if something was created that would change the tune of all those "old school" academy members? The ones who doubt fantasy, motions capture, and animation as legitimate forms of film. Wouldn't you be excited? I know I would.
This is miles and miles ahead of Thor 2 and I thought Thor 2 got a lot of unwarranted flack, yes it has its faults but its a million times better than IM3. Did you really expect this movie to be a serious gritty film? Two of its main characters are a Tree and a Raccoon? The only reason people say Ronan is forgettable (He's not) simply because there is something much much bigger in the film. This movie is amazing, its exactly as crazy as it needs to be.
If you go back and read one of my previous posts, I believe it was on the other section on this page about Guardians. As I have not seen the film yet, the only thing I can truly praise this movie for is for the fact that the marketing has convaided that this film is indeed a comedy. I don't have to go in expecting some dramatic action film similar to what I saw in the trailers a year before the movie came out (See Iron Man 3). No, I never expected a raccoon or a tree that has a three world vocabulary to be taken serious. My problems wouldn't be so bad with this film if we haven't already had several films that, to me are the equivalent to an ABC. sitcom...oh wait, they already have one.
See, my problem is a see a bigger picture. When I go to a film I do set myself up with high expectations, in the case of mismarketing, that can be expected. I mean come on, it's THE AVENGERS! I don't want what is suppose to be the biggest event in superhero history to be reduced to a bunch of cheap jokes. It should mean something, not just another chain in the belt of corporate greed, with a sequel coming out in the blink of an eye. I have to thank fynnius. He opened my eyes to something yesterday, I had my way of thinking all wrong. The definition of film today is a product. Something put out by a large company for monetary gain. But it wasn't always that way. At one point film was made to be a form of art, something to astound the senses and entertain the masses. I was still thinking it was that way, when things have actually changed a long time ago. Because of this, I have given films way too much credit, maybe I should just role with the punches and accept "The Best Hollywood can do".
I thought it would have been amazing to see the actual Mandarin, still have Ben Kingsley play him (he did a great job at least for half the movie) but make him who he really is. What's wrong with giving him the powers of the rings? We've got a freaking talking Raccoon now, I'm pretty sure the audience wouldn't question it. But no, he's got to be a strung along in a plot that leads to yet another punchline in this gritty "action" film. Why can't we see Hulk presented as an actual threat to The Avengers? Sure he had that scene in the film, but in reality it doesn't mean anything because 30 minutes later he learned to "Always Be Angry" so what's the point? What If they maybe provoked him into attacking The Avengers because of an accident that happens during a battle with Loki? Make their strongest weapon their greatest weakness.
What if we had something like this?
Notice that line from Betty? "He won't stop till everyone's dead" Where's that Hulk?
Oh and you lost me when you said the Avengers didn't give any backstory to Loki as a villain, he had more backstory than any other comic book movie villain, aside from magneto. The Dark knight, which I assume is your favorite comic book movie, gave no backstory to the joker but no one talks about that.
Actually no, I was not referring to Loki. I agree, the man has had more back story and presence that he needs no introduction to The Avengers. Who I was referring to were the Chitauri sidekicks and that random guy with the mask in space. They received no back story, they fly in to cause explosions and seem like a threat. That's all. But apparently they are organic beings that can die the same way the droids in Phantom Menace do? These are who I am talking about. Maybe if the film wasn't so busy yucking it up for the camera, we could have gotten to know more about their relationship with Loki? Did he meet him when he traveled between worlds? The movie doesn't seem to think we need to know.
The Dark Knight is actually not my favorite superhero film...but that's a good guess. It's an independent film by the name of
Super starring Rainn Wilson and Kevin Bacon. It actually quite an interesting film, but definitely not appropriate for the young ones.
You might not want to put too many eggs in Batman v. Superman (has a name by the way) if man of steel was any indication then its gonna be a train wreck and will kill 3 franchises instead of just 1.
Yes I do agree with you to an extent. DC has had a very sloppy track record lately. With Zack Snyder at the wheel, one can only hope we get a decent film. The only reason I have faith in Batman v. Superman is because of WB's ace in the hole....Ben Affleck. No, I don't mean that because of his role AS Batman, but that his writing team from Argo are co-writing for the film. This might give it a chance to be great! Ben Affleck is a huge Batman fan, he has his house decked out like the Bat Cave for crying out loud! I think the man knows what he's talking about.
and I'm glad you can enjoy taking your kids, and making memories for them just like when my father would do the same thing when he took me to the movies.
