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This is exactly the reason why I like superhero movies. I go to the cinema to relax, switch off the rationale part of my brain and have fun. I liked very much

This is exactly the reason why I like superhero movies. I go to the cinema to relax, switch off the rationale part of my brain and have fun. I liked very much the Marvel movies that were fun (Guardians of the Galaxy for instance) and did not rewatch the sad and heavy ones. It is of course a matter of personal taste. My wife terrorized me a few times into going with her to movies where I either had to take notes to follow the narrative, wonder about the mental sanity of the script writer and the director, wonder whether the movie froze when people were looking at each other for 5 minutes without saying anything, or simply trying to find a comfortable position to sleep. Some of these movies left a trace, though, but maybe not a very good one (usually Almodóvar movies)

andrepd 4y ago
Definitely different strokes for different folks, but I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone can watch and rewatch 30+ movies which are completely interchangeable. Generic villain wants to do generic bad thing and generic hero saves the day in generic action sequences while making generic quips. Yawn. They are bad even as "low-effort movies" to relax.
- macintux 4y ago
  I cannot for the life of me understand why people feel compelled to jump on the Internet to denigrate others’ taste in movies.
  - gilleain 4y ago
    But they are not? They are expressing their opinion on a type of movie. Why is that 'denigration'?
    - macintux 4y ago
      “You can watch what you want, but they’re obviously pablum and my taste is superior to yours.”
      - gilleain 4y ago
        Yes, that would be obnoxious ... if that's what they said :) To be clear, I don't like it either if others consider their taste to be 'superior', but simply stating what you prefer is not - I think - implying anything. I feel like there's a trap people fall into where they tie some of their self-worth to their entertainment choices. If you don't like the music (say) that I do, then that seems like no big deal to me. More generally, there is the opposite situation to being a 'superfan' where people delight in putting stuff down. Ultimately if you don't like (say) Marvel movies, then just don't watch them, of course. However it's reasonable to be critical of any entertainment or art form if you can articulate why and how they could be better. Just my two cents.
        BrandoElFollito 4y ago
        I think one should try and watch some of the movies they are by default against. I did this with movies that end sadly and despite the overall greatness of the movie, I regret having watched them. But I did and now I know that this i snot for me. Same for horrors, thrillers and whatnot. When looking for some new styles, I found it interesting to see some of them on youtube "recap" channels. This opened me to some new styles (to a point at least). Same for music. I listen to more or less everything except a few styles which I do not like. Take rap for instance - most of the current rap music is unbearable to me and I can qualify why I feel that way (either from a music perspective, the lyrics or the overall message). This said, I like very much some of them, usually a bit older ones, or from people who has a message to send. It just takes an awful amount of time to track them down.
  - andrepd 4y ago
    I am not denigrating, that's why I explicitly started with "different strokes for different folks".
- librish 4y ago
  Couldn't you describe a lot of movies as "antagonist does bad thing and protagonist stops them". What makes it generic? Why are they extra interchangeable in the super hero genre?
- random42_ 4y ago
  Aren’t most stories written over the same template? I mean, look at The Hero’s Journey, Save the Cat, etc.
anonymous_sorry 4y ago
I have enjoyed Marvel movies in the way you describe. I've also been bored by Marvel movies that felt formulaic (partly as I've become more familiar with the formula). My gripe is that Marvel's dominance seems to have massively reduced the variety of movies in the cinema. I'm not talking arthouse, I mean blockbusters. About half of all big-budget movies seem to be about a guy (usually) with special powers. I know derivative sequels were a thing before Marvel, but it would be nice to have a little more variety.

andrepd 4y ago

Definitely different strokes for different folks, but I cannot for the life of me understand how anyone can watch and rewatch 30+ movies which are completely interchangeable. Generic villain wants to do generic bad thing and generic hero saves the day in generic action sequences while making generic quips. Yawn. They are bad even as "low-effort movies" to relax.

macintux 4y ago
I cannot for the life of me understand why people feel compelled to jump on the Internet to denigrate others’ taste in movies.
- gilleain 4y ago
  But they are not? They are expressing their opinion on a type of movie. Why is that 'denigration'?
  - macintux 4y ago
    “You can watch what you want, but they’re obviously pablum and my taste is superior to yours.”
    - gilleain 4y ago
      Yes, that would be obnoxious ... if that's what they said :) To be clear, I don't like it either if others consider their taste to be 'superior', but simply stating what you prefer is not - I think - implying anything. I feel like there's a trap people fall into where they tie some of their self-worth to their entertainment choices. If you don't like the music (say) that I do, then that seems like no big deal to me. More generally, there is the opposite situation to being a 'superfan' where people delight in putting stuff down. Ultimately if you don't like (say) Marvel movies, then just don't watch them, of course. However it's reasonable to be critical of any entertainment or art form if you can articulate why and how they could be better. Just my two cents.
      - BrandoElFollito 4y ago
        I think one should try and watch some of the movies they are by default against. I did this with movies that end sadly and despite the overall greatness of the movie, I regret having watched them. But I did and now I know that this i snot for me. Same for horrors, thrillers and whatnot. When looking for some new styles, I found it interesting to see some of them on youtube "recap" channels. This opened me to some new styles (to a point at least). Same for music. I listen to more or less everything except a few styles which I do not like. Take rap for instance - most of the current rap music is unbearable to me and I can qualify why I feel that way (either from a music perspective, the lyrics or the overall message). This said, I like very much some of them, usually a bit older ones, or from people who has a message to send. It just takes an awful amount of time to track them down.
- andrepd 4y ago
  I am not denigrating, that's why I explicitly started with "different strokes for different folks".
librish 4y ago
Couldn't you describe a lot of movies as "antagonist does bad thing and protagonist stops them". What makes it generic? Why are they extra interchangeable in the super hero genre?
random42_ 4y ago
Aren’t most stories written over the same template? I mean, look at The Hero’s Journey, Save the Cat, etc.

anonymous_sorry 4y ago

I have enjoyed Marvel movies in the way you describe. I've also been bored by Marvel movies that felt formulaic (partly as I've become more familiar with the formula). My gripe is that Marvel's dominance seems to have massively reduced the variety of movies in the cinema. I'm not talking arthouse, I mean blockbusters. About half of all big-budget movies seem to be about a guy (usually) with special powers. I know derivative sequels were a thing before Marvel, but it would be nice to have a little more variety.