I agree with her. The problem with a lot of comic book movies is that they just do the same stuff over and over and over again.
The thing about comic books is that there are so many great and varied story options out there that are rarely used.
But then something like Andor and Lanterns comes along.
I love comics and many of them I do consider “high art”
the problem is they LITERALLY just have to follow the damn panels. it’s a friggin story board that is written out for them already. but so many writers and movie studios change dumb shit to “dumb it down” for the audience.
Primary example of which is the ending of the Watchmen. it’s a fairly accurate adaptation UNTIL the end and it just spits in the face of the entire point of the damn comic. the ending is SUPPOSED to be ridiculous, it’s SUPPOSED to be unbelievable. but for whatever reason they felt “nah, the audience won’t get it”
This is also why i’m not optimistic about the upcoming Avengers movies. all they have to do is literally just follow the plot of the recent Secret Wars/Battle World comics. that’s it. it’s a good story, it sets up everything for them - future films and all that. but they won’t.
Or the constant retelling of Batman. All you have to do is just follow one of the story arcs of whatever Batman comic. Do a killing joke movie, a hush movie, whatever. I no longer care about MORE versions of Year One.
To be fair, there are some things that work in comic books that don’t work in movies, and vice versa. But they should still try to adapt the comic panels so that it translates better to film, not change the storyline completely.
Also, we already have a Killing Joke movie and a Hush movie (unless you specifically meant big budget live-action adaptations).
I have been saying this for years. I mean I do understand why they changed Ironman origin from Vietnam to Afghanistan. I think Planet Hulk is a prime example. All they had to do was follow the comic but no Watiki had to change it to Thor and make ti a comedy. Same with Gor and Jane Foster as Thor. Fantastic Four is another example. When they pulled back RDJ to be Doom I just quit giving a shit.
100% agree. The stories are fine. The trend chasing of film making is the problem. The business approach to art is to minimize risk and make the same thing that makes money. That’s why we have a decade of vampires, a decade of zombies, a decade of superheroes, a decade of over the top action movies, etc.
Comic book movies became about as disposable as toilet paper. It’s as much of an art as floral patterns on mine. At least my toilet paper isn’t propaganda for upholding status quo.
Temporary art has it’s place.
You said that so much more succintly than misk did.
Eh, misk sounds like they think temporary art is useless. I enjoy temporary art quite a bit. Graffiti, nail art, anything that is created without the intent of it lasting forever. It has it’s place.
I reject accusations that I think toilet paper is useless.
You specified the floral patterns on the toilet paper tbf
I don’t write them off, I’m just not interested in watching actors in front of a green screen anymore. It doesn’t matter to me how hard CGI artists work because the medium itself has lost appeal for me.
I’m interested in traditional filmmaking techniques: shooting on film, a focus on story and acting, practical effects, matte painting, traditional darkroom and traditional editing (cutting and splicing) etc.
This is why I mostly watch 20th century movies now.
I don’t think anything will make me feel older today than the phrase “20th Century movies”. Lol.
I don’t mind superhero movies, but I don’t see the need to slog through another formulaic cash grab.
