Why does this movie not–so far, at any rate–move me? Maybe it was the first teaser trailer, which reminds me of a fabric softener commercial. Now we have a poster, courtesy of Superherohype, and I am even less interested. It has Superman in cuffs, being led who knows where, when you know full well that there aren’t any cuffs made (of anything other than Kryptonite) that could hold him.
And I don’t claim to be impartial. Marvel superheroes are my favorites, though I don’t wish DC characters to fail. After all, Green Lantern is one of my favorite DC Comics characters, and look how fraked that was (Green Lantern is a character that I have always thought is a bit difficult to screw up. I guess that I was wrong).
I was looking for a movie to catch tomorrow, when I found this new ‘Avengers’ trailer via Fandango. It shows all sort of interesting stuff–most of which I haven’t yet seen–and as far as I am aware it’s not available anywhere yet.
It’s not embeddable yet, so I am posting a link to it.
Sony’s upcoming “The Amazing Spider-Man’s” main baddie is The Lizard, who was never one of my favorite villains in the Spider-man canon (I have never really thought why, though it probably has something to do with him being little more than The Hulk, with scales).
If the film makers weren’t going to go with Mysterio, they should have considered The Rhino, who’s one of Spidey’s better villains.
Here’s The Rhino from 1967′s Spider-Man’s television show. Pay no attention that Spidey seems to shoot webs where there are no buildings–or anything else, for that matter–for them to attach to, after all, the cartoon was made in the Sixties.
Comic book characters have been on television and in movies for many years, though the publishers of such characters have in the past been more numerous.
These days, most superhero films either come from either Marvel Studios (a division of Walt Disney, and based upon characters like Spider-Man, Captain America, The Fantastic Four, Thor, the Avengers, Iron Man, etc) or DC Comics (part of Warner Brothers, and the home of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Justice League, etc).
Comics character-based films from other companies exist, but tend not to have the influence or reach of those from ‘The Big Two,’ which is not to say that there haven’t been attempts by others entities to establish franchises based upon superheroes.
I like movies–which has more than a little to do with me writing for a movie website–though superhero films hold a special place in my heart. As a kid, when I wasn’t imagining myself as Captain Koenig of Moonbase Alpha, I was a superhero, and Bear Mountain in New York’s Central Park (26 miles of parkland is a close to a heaven that a kid with a hyperactive imagination will probably ever get) was my headquarters.
(Minimal spoilers because I hate reviews that tell you exactly what happens in a film. If I wanted to know that I would, I don’t know, go see it myself. I read reviews for an opinion, a perspective, not a blow-by-blow, scene-by-scene examination)
I went to see “Thor” at the Loews Uptown today, a theater that–if not world-famous–deserves to be. It premiered yesterday, so today I caught the 1630 showing. There was a line outside the theater; long but not intimidatingly so.
Women (Superheroes) Aren’t Nothing But (Box Office) Trouble
The history of women superheroes in comics is a proud one. Female characters are common in Marvel and DC Comics, as well as competing comics companies.
So, if women play such a pivotal role in comics, why is it that movies that feature them fail at the box office?
One reason is because, when filmmakers target women, they don’t take into account that they are oftentimes the persons that care for family and home, as well as work and/or attend school.
So, they don’t often have the free time that their partners, husbands or boyfriends may have.
As a result, they are often more discriminating with their time, and less willing to spend it in a manner that they consider frivolous (then there’s the cost of theater tickets, which makes a night at the movies an expensive proposition).
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