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Adding on to Moore's point about superheros and clinging to childhood, the director Pedro Almodovar makes an interesting observation^[1] that the Marvel movies

Adding on to Moore's point about superheros and clinging to childhood, the director Pedro Almodovar makes an interesting observation^[1] that the Marvel movies are neutered and almost sexless. All of the relationships shown in the films are practically chaste. The characters who display sexuality are considered immature (Tony Stark in Iron Man, Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy), until they "graduate" to a relationship that immediately removes any trace of sexuality from their being. [1]: https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/pedro-almodovar-wants-sexier-marvel-movies-and-superhero-films-they-are-neutered-1202129903/ https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/pedro-almodovar-wants-sexi...

kimjongtrill 7y ago
i mean do we need to sex everything up so much? i am down for this is we are going to put up some realistic sexy stuff but i am also fine with comic movies not focusing on it.
watwut 7y ago
Given that pretty much anything I had seen lately had sex in it, I really don't think superheroes movies need to have sex too. It is ok to not include it. And also, part of audience are children. Plus it is not like sex on screen in movies was typically an adult realistic depiction of how relationships go. So it is double fine.
- Jamwinner 7y ago
  Even kids shows feature romances. Have you not experienced love or attraction as a major motivator in your personal life, even as a child?
  - watwut 7y ago
    You jumped from "neutered and almost sexless" to romance which is something different, especially when considering kids potentially watching movie (sex gives you higher rating). And no, sexual attraction was not motivator majority of the time, definitely not as a child. Speaking of romance, I dont need romance in the movies. Not every movie needs it. Most relationships in real life are not romantic, most cooperating groups of people dont actually have couple in them. Repetitive same-stupid-hero-falls-in-love with girl that is there to be fallen in love with plus some excuse is worst then no romance.
- _hardwaregeek 7y ago
  Well more than the physical act of sex, the films are lacking any sort of sensuality. There's no intimacy, whether between friends or family within the films. Even when there's dramatic loss, such as that particular scene in Endgame, we only know that this relationship is important because the two characters relayed quips to each other, not because of any sort of emotional intimacy.

kimjongtrill 7y ago

i mean do we need to sex everything up so much? i am down for this is we are going to put up some realistic sexy stuff but i am also fine with comic movies not focusing on it.

watwut 7y ago

Given that pretty much anything I had seen lately had sex in it, I really don't think superheroes movies need to have sex too. It is ok to not include it. And also, part of audience are children. Plus it is not like sex on screen in movies was typically an adult realistic depiction of how relationships go. So it is double fine.

Jamwinner 7y ago
Even kids shows feature romances. Have you not experienced love or attraction as a major motivator in your personal life, even as a child?
- watwut 7y ago
  You jumped from "neutered and almost sexless" to romance which is something different, especially when considering kids potentially watching movie (sex gives you higher rating). And no, sexual attraction was not motivator majority of the time, definitely not as a child. Speaking of romance, I dont need romance in the movies. Not every movie needs it. Most relationships in real life are not romantic, most cooperating groups of people dont actually have couple in them. Repetitive same-stupid-hero-falls-in-love with girl that is there to be fallen in love with plus some excuse is worst then no romance.
_hardwaregeek 7y ago
Well more than the physical act of sex, the films are lacking any sort of sensuality. There's no intimacy, whether between friends or family within the films. Even when there's dramatic loss, such as that particular scene in Endgame, we only know that this relationship is important because the two characters relayed quips to each other, not because of any sort of emotional intimacy.