it’s not that i think they’re beneath me or whatever it feels more like i literally cannot make myself see them. whatever goes on in those movies passes right through my brain and makes no impression
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It’s basically the same plot over and over. Some silly, some gritty but all the same. Oh and there’s Easter eggs, which if you get excited about Easter eggs in movies your brain hasn’t fully developed
Wow, let's keep the sneering to ourselves. The same applies to many genres, wild west films, action hero, thrillers, etc. If you don't like them that's fine but don't pretend that all other genres are superior
I don't agree with that. The reason why superhero films do well is cos there is a huge adult audience. Of course they know life is more complex, sometimes you want the escape
I don’t have the numbers but I think you’ll find the majority of that huge adult audience is men. That isn’t surprising b/c men are also the largest percentage of adult non-readers.
I think it’s relevant so no, I won’t stop it. And I’m also sure there’s a correlation b/t men being non-readers and what is happening the United States right now.
You may well think that but doesn't make it true. If you don't like superhero films that's your choice but don't act superior, which is how you're coming across. Don't forget a significant percentage of women voted for trump
I think we've become habituated to them! Or at least I have – your brain recognizes how familiar they are, and just glosses over it because it's something you've seen a dozen times, like the side of the highway you always drive on
Before the "final" marvel movie or whatever came out I thought about catching up with them to see it and realized I was like 10 movies behind and have just decided ever since that I don't need to be part of that sort of thing now.
My brain now processes a new Marvel release the same way it registers a new software update for my laptop. Like, “yeah, I guess it has been a few months since the last one. I’ll see how long I can hit the ‘remind me later’ button.”
I feel the same way. For me, I think it's because they inspire nothing. Oh, another godlike figure sowing chaos in a universe where human life is of no value, or really even a plot point? It's doing nothing for me.
except that wandavision was so intense of an experience dealing with loss I had some epiphanies watching it. some of them are def surface level but the overall story is deep
Same here. I think missing element is suspension of disbelief. Costumes are constant reminder it's all make-believe, actors in a show. It's impossible to become immersed in story (if there is one). Like watching a mall Santa: You know the beard is fake; therefore, there are no flying reindeer.
I disagree, if you're talking about story lines I'd like to point out a lot of films have a simple story line. The escape is the point. You can say that about romantic movies, no one behaves like that in real life and you watch them cos it's a nice escape
I'm not a rom com fan and I agree films in other genres can be based on thin plots, esp. horror and action. I get impatient with plots that are simply a series of events that set up another round of hand-to-hand combat or car chase, no matter how spectacular they make the chase.
I'm exactly the same. I mean, I wish I could like them as that's a whole lot of stuff to watch but I just don't. I don't look didn't on people who love then at all, it's just not for me.
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You have enough life experience to need stories more complex than the simple good vs evil narratives that superhero movies offer.
Same reason why adults become bored with young adult novels. They’ve grown out of them.
- There are 70 of them
- There are no new ways to destroy a building
- There are no stakes because the character will never die
It’s like if most new music was power pop bands
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