Now that the Avengers series is over, maybe the truth can be realized: This has been the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises. Each episode following the squad of superheroes from the Marvel universe as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the bland imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects—all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.
The Russo Brothers are credited as director of the final four features, but their work has been as poor as what Jon Favreau began and even Ryan Coogler’s, whose steadicam made no difference (how can you make "black" blacker?). The Russos' are what’s known as a shooter. They get it in the camera, but they provide no style or feeling. They have competence but no talent; their inability to inflect this story with the slightest idiosyncrasy exposes the enterprise as sheer commercial hackwork—although of a high budgetary order.
The precedent was already set by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter debacle—unintelligible fantasy epics that people went to out of consumerist habit and left unable to recount or fondly recall. J.K.’s fantasy overload laid the groundwork for mistaking marketing hype for content. It doesn’t help that audiences are so accustomed to TV banality that they no longer watch or read movies visually; they simply follow dialogue and extol the CGI.
Perhaps the die was cast when Feige vetoed the idea of Edgar Wright directing Ant-Man; he made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody—just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for their comic brand. (Sadly, DCEU’s producers seem to be following this model.) The Marvel Cinematic Universe might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.
It's weird how many story beats are straight up copied from Infinity War. Laziest movie
David Hill
I can think of worse.
Brandon King
Nah
Brandon Brooks
>This has been the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises you mispelled succesfull dude, hero movies are fucking shit but they sell as fuck and Avengers sold a fucking ton of money
Aaron Edwards
>Each episode following the squad of superheroes from the Marvel universe as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the bland imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects—all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.
Isaac Jenkins
"No!"
Julian Diaz
I noticed that every time someone in the film wanted to go for walk, the character said they were "stretching their legs" instead.
Michael Williams
Was this board always this fucking contrarian? Holy shit people here sure fucking hate fun.
Adrian Morgan
Watch a blockbuster from the Golden Era of Hollywood and come back to me about how """fun""" Marvel is.
Ryan Bennett
>newfags cant recognize pasta Its not even good pasta either
What golden era are you talking about. Franchise tentpole filmmaking has only been around since Star Wars.
Hudson Bennett
>franchise flicks are the only ones that matter The absolute state of """film buffs"""
Jace Richardson
>This has been the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises Don't have to tell me that. Marvel Comics was insanely dull to begin with, so I'm not surprised that translated to screen.
Oliver Richardson
i've never seen any of these movies but i hate them
