Marvel universe plots-keep bad guy away from the shiny thing

[Pamela Jo]

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/06/12/how-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-swallowed-hollywood

 

[Brooke]

finally someone said it!
though this exactly why i love the spider-verse movies; neither of them have this plot, and the plot they do have is pretty dang compelling. Across the Spider-Verse came out recently, and the whole theater was going mad by the end. it's got to be one of the few movies i'll say is near-perfect, which is surprising considering i don't even like marvel!

 

[Dan Payne]

That seems unfairly reductive. Certainly Marvel (and DC) films, as comic-book superhero movies, have a formula, but that formula is applied across multiple genres: horror, action-comedy, war film, sci-fi tragedy. They're all designed as tentpole films, so they were never intended to compete with mid-list films, rom-coms, domestic dramas - and neither did they displace those films. The core audience for comic-book movies is the core audience for swashbucklers of yesteryear from Indiana Jones to Star Wars. And I note it's not as if comic-book movies have prevented the release of more Indiana Jones or Star Wars movies.

The article was interesting, but the tagline comes across as a tad disrespectful.

 

[Pamela Jo]

finally someone said it!
though this exactly why i love the spider-verse movies; neither of them have this plot, and the plot they do have is pretty dang compelling. Across the Spider-Verse came out recently, and the whole theater was going mad by the end. it's got to be one of the few movies i'll say is near-perfect, which is surprising considering i don't even like marvel!

Your review has sold me. I'll check it out. I love Guardians of the Galaxy-but it is all about character. The shiny thing plot is the usual.