The reaction to The Amazing Spiderman 2 has started an intense critical dialogue about superhero films, foremost in this Criticwire survey. I particularly recommend reading Glenn Kenny and Richard Brody’s responses – they represent very different types of reactions to the question ‘Are there too many superhero movies?’ (both of which are reactions I sympathize with). Many of the critics offer some variation of the old ‘The superhero genre is like the western, it’ll eventually get good if you get it time!’ argument. Comparing Superhero films to Westerns has become a cliché, a bit of received wisdom that has thus far been passed without much skepticism or examination. It has become a truism among the faithful that comic book films will become the next great chapter in American genre art, if only we have a little patience. While it’s hard to not see some superficial similarities between the two genres (they’re both largely action...
- 6/18/2014
- by John Heath
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. There will be a quiz later. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya? “His Designs Helped Change the Way Movies Look” — Bilge Ebiri at Vulture focuses on the cinematic legacy left behind by H.R. Giger, commenting on the wisdom of Fox execs at the time they made Alien. “Here’s the thing: The Fox suits were right. The alien was too disturbing. It was the kind of thing that might have sprung from the mind of a tormented Swiss surrealist racked with night terrors. It was not the kind of thing you were supposed to find in a Hollywood studio blockbuster. It crossed a line. It was transgressive. And it immediately entered our nightmares, where it continues to kick around.” “In China, foreign film junkets take on a funny flavor” — Julie Makinen at The La Times laughs at the bizarre questions aimed at movie stars on...
- 5/14/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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