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    11 months ago

    Superhero fatigue must be a thing…The reviews for this movie are pretty positive, but I still don’t feel like checking it out.

    I can already imagine the protagonist being torn between his newfound role as a superhero and the demands of family, only to realize after a long series of humorous situations that he can serve both by being true to himself, and… Yeah.

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      I was done with the whole genre after watching just about everything leading up to Endgame. Once that saga closed I’ve seen like 2 superhero related things and just can’t muster the energy to watch it. Even seemingly great movies like the Spider-Man stuff, particularly Into the Spiderverse looks awesome but I’m just so done with it all. That said it’s not like I consume all that many movies outside superhero stuff either so yeah.

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            11 months ago

            Cliffhanger is a generous term for “the movie doesn’t have a 3rd act”

            Don’t get me wrong, I liked it but it just kind of stops instead of ends

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              11 months ago

              People saying it’s a terrific movie are being incredibly misleading. Across the Spiderverse is 100% setup, 0% payoff.

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        I was done the moment I realised they weren’t brave enough to be experimental with their formula and tone/vibe. I think the high points were Iron man (1) / Winter Soldier / Ragnorok / Endgame / Loki (TV) … because they all did something new for the genre. Everything else has been bland, or, sadly IMO, had fans decry it for not being a comic book movie (looking at MCU fans criticising Eternals).

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        11 months ago

        At this point the only thing I’m interested in is the Loki series everything else I just can’t muster the energy/desire to want to watch.

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          11 months ago

          Loki had my interest until the last episode of season one. Now I’m worried season two will be an extended trailer for Kang Dynasty.

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      Superhero fatigue must be a thing

      It is for me, at least for Marvel. I think the last one I saw in theaters was Black Panther 2. I’ve never seen any other Marvel movie (or series) since then. DC not much either, but it’s more because they’re terrible. I watched The Flash at home and I’m so glad I didn’t waste money in the cinema for that cgi garbage.

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      11 months ago

      Actually no. The family steps up. Nana kicks ass. It’s refreshing that the main cast aren’t just fodder for the plot.

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    11 months ago

    And I helped! :)

    But seriously, even among comics nerds, B.B. is largely an unknown property and the super generic trailers didn’t help.

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      Doesn’t help that it just looks like an off-brand Iron Man. I saw one trailer and had no desire to watch anything related to it

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        Like I said, the super generic trailers didn’t help.

        It’s Iron Man, but replace the alcoholic billionaire with a broke fresh college graduate, and replace Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan with a multi-generational Hispanic family.

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        11 months ago

        It’s a good comics movie. They did a pretty good job of covering 83 years of comic book history spread across three characters.

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      Honestly isn’t that kind of nice to be out of the advertising loop? I’m in the same boat. I think maybe I am once heard something vague about it years ago. But had no idea that it had released.

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    11 months ago

    Why are box office numbers always framed as a competition in the USA? Did I read once that, for example, movies in France report the number of people that attended–not how much money was spent?

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      11 months ago

      It has become an easy way to create a narrative in American movies, especially after Covid cleared the slate on how movies used to perform.

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      11 months ago

      First Oppenheimer, now Blue Beetle.

      I still don’t get what my movie has to do with either one of these movies.

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        11 months ago

        Idk man… It felt like they forgot to include scenes that would connect shots together? Idk if I’m making sense (it’s been a while since I saw it and I only saw it once so…).

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    11 months ago

    All still trying to cash in on even a glimmer of what Nolan’s Dark Knight accomplished. That’s the reality. It has been ever since that time.