@korvus said:
I quite enjoy superhero movies...just wish they'd stop being so half-assed lately...
That's a sign that the superhero movie bubble is in danger of bursting.
Again, when it comes to these sorts of geek oriented movies, we live in a glorious age. That wasn't always the case. It's only very recently that if you wanted $100 million to make a movie about Spider-Man or Dragons or obscure shit like Watchmen or Guardians of the Galaxy, you'd get thrown out on your ass. Now studios throw money at that shit as if it was a sure investment. That only happened because a few filmmakers who CARED about the properties and had the talent to back it up managed to convince studios into taking a chance. Previously it was all either people who didn't care, or people who cared and were incompetent. But a few hits happened, more competent people who cared about the material got their chance, and now superhero movies are all over the place.
The problem is that the success of the superhero movie leads to more money being thrown into them, which means more involvement from investors who don't care about the material and more money being thrown at incompetent filmmakers who don't care about the material and are just hopping on the superhero bandwagon for a quick and easy buck. This is no longer just a geek renaissance, now the success of these movies has given people who don't care incntive to hop on the bandwagon and release shitty movies, solely banking on the idea that superhero movies are hot shit and a safe investment. And that's what's gonna cause he superhero bubble to burst, because this area is going to become too dominated by movies which were made by people who simply don;t give a shit. That'll turn off audiences, and then superhero movies will again cease to be a guaranteed safe investment.
Log in to comment