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That seems perfectly appropriate for superheros where the expectation is that no actor can even come close to what the character can do in-universe.

jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago
I hear ya but I agree with the comment above. I was a comic book kid, and love a lot of these characters. But I find these movies where the climax is just a bunch of cg puppets punching each other boring and formulaic. If I had to pick a "uses superpowers action scene" from any of these movies over the years, it's probably still Magneto escaping the plastic prison. I like that scene because it shows the character isn't just powerful in a brute force way, but can do amazing things given even the slightest opportunity. Obviously they had an incredible actor in Ian MacKellen to sell it, but they also didn't need to turn him into some cg puppet to make a big impact scene. I feel like that more creative and subtle conception is missing from most of the more recent movies.
- throw0101a 5y ago
  > But I find these movies where the climax is just a bunch of cg puppets punching each other boring and formulaic. Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade said he liked the first Dr. Strange film because the ending was one in which things weren't resolved where one character punches another in face until submission/death. Dr. Strange negotiates.
  - jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago
    Yeah, I'd totally agree with that. I liked that movie since Strange's arc was mostly about him conquering his inner turmoil, and because as powerful as Strange is, he has to use his brain to prevail.
hawski 5y ago
Then I think about Tom Cruise's stunts especially in Mission: Impossible series. It got his own brand out of doing things more real. Similarly how Mad Max: Fury Road was received. Most also have very good writing (certainly not M:i-2). It may be not superhuman by Marvel standards, but certainly are by real life standards. At the same time in superhero flicks they are often unable to do things they should be able to do, because they did something like it before. Also most humans, that do not posses super strength in those movies are fighting almost like equals with bunch of baddies. Funny thing about Ethan Hunt from M:i is that his biggest super power is luck, like Rincewind from Discworld.

jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago

I hear ya but I agree with the comment above. I was a comic book kid, and love a lot of these characters. But I find these movies where the climax is just a bunch of cg puppets punching each other boring and formulaic. If I had to pick a "uses superpowers action scene" from any of these movies over the years, it's probably still Magneto escaping the plastic prison. I like that scene because it shows the character isn't just powerful in a brute force way, but can do amazing things given even the slightest opportunity. Obviously they had an incredible actor in Ian MacKellen to sell it, but they also didn't need to turn him into some cg puppet to make a big impact scene. I feel like that more creative and subtle conception is missing from most of the more recent movies.

throw0101a 5y ago
> But I find these movies where the climax is just a bunch of cg puppets punching each other boring and formulaic. Jerry Holkins of Penny Arcade said he liked the first Dr. Strange film because the ending was one in which things weren't resolved where one character punches another in face until submission/death. Dr. Strange negotiates.
- jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago
  Yeah, I'd totally agree with that. I liked that movie since Strange's arc was mostly about him conquering his inner turmoil, and because as powerful as Strange is, he has to use his brain to prevail.

hawski 5y ago

Then I think about Tom Cruise's stunts especially in Mission: Impossible series. It got his own brand out of doing things more real. Similarly how Mad Max: Fury Road was received. Most also have very good writing (certainly not M:i-2). It may be not superhuman by Marvel standards, but certainly are by real life standards. At the same time in superhero flicks they are often unable to do things they should be able to do, because they did something like it before. Also most humans, that do not posses super strength in those movies are fighting almost like equals with bunch of baddies. Funny thing about Ethan Hunt from M:i is that his biggest super power is luck, like Rincewind from Discworld.