archive | I’m NOT interested in the review, but in the complaint about a generalized movie trend. The author, Louis Chilton, goes on a rant using about what he sees as having gone to far in and overly exemplified by the latest Marvel release:
If we are watching, as some critics have suggested, the death of cinema happen before our eyes, then it’s taken the form of a public execution.
It is a film that is about absolutely nothing – a film with no discernable purpose or artistic ambitions, beyond the perpetuation of its own corporate myth.
He explains a little:
Audiences didn’t love Blade because Snipes just showed up, stood there and barked catchphrases – he was part of a story, with a proper character, and stakes, and intentionality. That Marvel cannot see the difference – or, even worse, if it can see the difference but chooses to ignore it – is surely damning.
We call Deadpool & Wolverine a movie because it is released in cinemas, and is two hours long, but other than these technicalities, it shares almost nothing with a traditional blockbuster, when it comes to intent.
And finally concedes with admonishment:
And of course, people are allowed to enjoy what they like. But freebasing cocaine is surely enjoyable to many people; that doesn’t mean we should all get on board with its production and distribution.
Has the author ever read a Marvel comic book, especially those from the 1960s-1980s? That’s what these Marvel movies are based on.
Also, movie studios that find a formula that sells tend to beat that formula to death until sales plummet. Hence why they are still making Transformers movies despite them being garbage since the very first one with that Holes guy.
Well he liked Blade, so I’m guessing his issue isn’t with comics in general.
I wasn’t suggesting he doesn’t like comic books. I’m suggesting he doesn’t understand that the Marvel movies are essentially following story, theme, characters, etc. from the Marvel comic books of those decades.