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Superheroes are no longer saving the box office Discussion (english.elpais.com)
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[–] 15 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

I like superhero movies, but even I don't want every movie to be one. It's the repetition I am getting sick of. Even if you change the heroes for lesser known ones, the stories are still all kinda the same. It's boring now. You need some new fucking ideas and to take some god damn chances once in a while, Hollywood.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I feel like James Gunn is the perfect man for the job to make it less formulaic. He uses the universe as a sandbox to play in. He has tools and characters to play with. Marvel has been so bad that they are predictable and boring. Fantastic 4 sucked ass. Even with Pedro Pascal, I just couldn't care about the characters or story. But James Gunns Superman is the first Superman movie I ever enjoyed. He's an OP character with no personality, but Gunn managed to make it enjoyable, which is hard with a character as bland as Superman. Basically Superman is mayonnaise, but James Gunn made it taste good. Marvel lately has been taking flavorful recipes and making them bland. The only exception being Deadpool. Fantastic 4 was a mouthful of mayonnaise.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I do think GOTG is one of the better series, and those were him too IIRC.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yup, GOTG was James Gunn. And it was by far the most heartfelt series in the entire MCU, despite it being one of the lowest rated comic series. He's good at what he does because he brings heart to his stuff. I can't say I agree with his soundtrack choices, but that's a very minor complaint. He's a master storyteller, and delivers depth of character, even when there wasn't any before.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Honestly, some of his soundtracks are pretty dank, like Peacemaker and Creature Commandos, but in general I'm just glad he has actual taste and opinions at all instead of making committee-designed market-tested vanilla paste choices like so many other films we see these days.

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