how has capeshit become so popular over the recent years? even normies love it, when in the past they mocked it like it was nobody's buisiness
the're put chemicals in are food so we can enjoy it and like to watching these films...
>>70007408
Marketing
Because it's "in" to be geekie
Because they're fun and are usually filled with popular actors nowadays.
>>70007408
>lot of action
>gorgeous big budget special effects
>A-list actors
>clever writing
>>70007408
It's the same with Star Wars.
Never underestimate the power of Disney.
>>70007408
Underage? Burton Batman was a huge success.
The Dawn Of The Internet.
The Rise Of The Geek.
All those nerds who got bullied at school the 80's are the ones who run the world now.
Because raimi made spiderkino
Who knew a man spider and a man octopus man could give you feels
Whatever you think of the films, Marvel/Disney were fucking geniuses with the way they eased people into their universe. Iron Man 1 was a totally acceptable film about a billionaire who gains a conscience and builds a robot suit to fight evil. There's nothing too outlandish about it. Thor was pretty out there but even that was grounded in the real world with an Asgard backstory, and Captain America is always pretty acceptable. By the time they went full alien invasion in Avengers, people were on board. Big budgets and mostly really good casts have helped as well, but they've gone about it the right way to ease people in.
Can you imagine if fucking Vision was in the first MCU film (even though he sort of was)? The public is so accepting now that Marvel can do all the crazy stuff they want.
>>70007408
Literally the MCU. It was a work of sheer financial brilliance that every other studio is scrambling to replicate, but somehow can't seem to. Normally, if you make a movie as mediocre as the first Thor film, it would get much more bashed, but now its okay.
Because you see, it established the character of Thor most of all, more than actually having a really rich plot, and that allows him to be easily used in future movies.
And as soon as the Avengers worked, as soon as all that planning paid off with massive financial and critical success, it was all in the bag for Marvel. Every solo film that spun off from it got significantly more money due to the cross-promotional effect of that movie, and the more assured that victory is, the more they can afford to take risks that will later barely seem risky at all, like Ant-Man and Guradians of the Galaxy, that they can now sell because of their brand.
>>70007600
>Spider-Man was sixteen years ago
Fuck
Daily reminder capeshit has been around in one form or another since 1989. Even earlier than that if you include the Christopher reeve movies.
How long until the trend dies? (No, I don't hate superhero movies)
>>70007918
There have been superhero movies made every single year since the 1920s. It isn't a trend.
>>70007408
Simply put, you have a low cinematic IQ, or some sort of Stockholm syndrome, from overexposure to bland, safe, PC and souless mass-produced blockbusters, which has conditioned you into accepting the absolute lowest-common denominator standards in filmmaking, writing and cinematography as somehow acceptable, when you should in fact feel nothing but contempt or disgust for any Kevin Feige-conveiced product.
Even strictly in the field of capeshit entertainment, where the bar has always been pretty low, since they're primarly a children media, the level of genuine quality and creative abilities (which comes from studios giving freedom to an auteur with a strong personality and vision towards the material) has kept dropping since the 90's.
When Raimi's Darkman/Spider-Man, Del Toro's Blade 2/Hellboy, Burton's Batman 2 or Bird's The Incredibles offered innovative and playful set pieces, meaningful and relevant themes, each with a very distinct, appropriate tone and truly cinematic aesthetics (simply compare the lighting or editing to today's equivalents), none of these qualities are to be found in Civil War or any of the previous MCU entries. This is why Edgar Wright got fired from Ant-Man. This is why Feige keeps hiring visionless point-and-shoot directors who come from TV or comedy, colorblind cinematographers and art/set design teams who seem to be in love with grey, sterile hangers for some unexplainable reason. Action scenes are now being conceived by CGI teams months before the movie begins shooting and all follow the exact same formula.
Even as a child, I couldn't imagine being dazzled or amused by those turds, as they're utterly devoid of any charm, colors, magic or imagination.
>>70007408
manchildren era
>>70007408
>12 year old detected
U fucking wot m8?
https://flightstightsandmovienights.com/review-index/the-list/
There's been popular superhero movies since there's been movies.
>>70007408
marketing
good casting
servicable popcorn flicks
rdj
>>70007604
This.
This is also why BvS failed. Normies were not used to the DCEU world
>>70007604
As much as it hurts to see the same isn't happening to the DCEU yet, this is the truth now. Like it or not, Disney/Marvel knows how to appease the normies. And while i like the boldness of the DCEU, i'd be lying if i said i wasn't concerned. Batfleck is the only movie that probably has the best chance of getting people to change their mind about the dceu
