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Overrated comic book movies. I'd say "Deadpool".
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Sad to say I still think of The Dark Knight as the most overrated comic book film. I really wanted to like it, but I think a part of it really drags and I think it did have a bit of the 'too much villains' problem.
my thoughts precisely. First half is underrated. Second half is overrated...so it's rated just fineI think the first Captain America movie is overrated. Of course Chris Evans was great as Cap, as he's been in later offerings in the MCU.
But as much as the origin story was everything I wanted in the first part of this flick, the whole action stuff with Red Skull and all later on just didn't go well with me.
Hearing Hugo Weaving casted as Red Skull made me hyped (as a fan of him way before stuff like The Matrix). But for me he somehow didn't feel as a great villian as Red Skull could be, which was a disappointment.
I just feel after the great origin story part, it just felt meh overall to me (and I've rewatched it to be sure). Those later action parts just didn't do anything to me.
Still feel I might need to watch it trice, at least for the origin story (and Hayley Atwell..).
I think the first Captain America movie is overrated. Of course Chris Evans was great as Cap, as he's been in later offerings in the MCU.
But as much as the origin story was everything I wanted in the first part of this flick, the whole action stuff with Red Skull and all later on just didn't go well with me.
Hearing Hugo Weaving casted as Red Skull made me hyped (as a fan of him way before stuff like The Matrix). But for me he somehow didn't feel as a great villian as Red Skull could be, which was a disappointment.
I just feel after the great origin story part, it just felt meh overall to me (and I've rewatched it to be sure). Those later action parts just didn't do anything to me.
Still feel I might need to watch it trice, at least for the origin story (and Hayley Atwell..).
Someone said that TDKR rides the coattails of TDK. I feel that The First Avenger rides the coattails of Winter Soldier and Civil War. It often feels like some people retroactively find TFA great because of what came after it.
There's definitely a reason why MCU Cap dosen't really take off until Winter Soldier, unlike Iron Man who shot up to A-List status after one film.
I said that TDKR rides the coattails of TDK.
Biggest reason is some people put TDKR as almost the same level as TDK or just a small step down from it despite TDK being on a different level.
And a strong argument can be made that Nolan's Batman didn't really take off until TDK.
I like Chris Evans and in fact the whole damn cast of The First Avengers. Wonderful music too. In fact, I'll even say the first hour, while very straightforward and conventional, is a great way to introduce Steve Rogers and does a wonderful job setting his world and story up all the way through when he is performing for the USO near the frontlines of Europe.
It is just after he goes on his first mission, the movie goes off the rails for me. It just loses all narrative momentum and, as many people have said, becomes basically a glorified montage and clip show. Bucky's death is therefore meaningless to me, because I never invested in the character, and Cap's fight against the Red Skull is also equally disappointing because the film works so hard to underplay the WWII aesthetic. Not only do we not really see him fight Nazis, but the faceless Stormtrooper-esque (Star Wars, not WWI, heh) HYDRA guys use laser weapons also like Star Wars.
So yeah, I think fans do overrate that movie. While it has its flaws, Wonder Woman showed last year how to do a period piece wartime superhero movie much better as a whole, even if it stumbles some in the third act.
my thoughts precisely. First half is underrated. Second half is overrated...so it's rated just fine![]()
And a strong argument can be made that Nolan's Batman didn't really take off until TDK.
Batman Begins had to follow Batman & Robin and reestablish goodwill for the franchise. Even with that disadvantage, it became a sleeper hit and popularized the modern reboot trend, meaning its influence stretches beyond the CBM genre. Even without being the megahit that TDK was, it still did more for Batman than what TFA did for Cap.
Circumstances regardless, it's still the same. I think Batman Begins is a solid movie and even help turn around the character after B&R, but you can't argue that Nolan's Batman didn't hit the stratosphere in popularity until TDK.
Note: Realizing that Batman in itself isn't already popular because he's Batman.
But if you're saying it took 2 films for Nolan's Batman to hit, what does that say about Iron Man that you said it took one movie? Unless we excuse that by saying, it had to work against Schumacher's Batman.
And if we are using excuses, Avengers wasn't a Captain America movie and not a direct sequel.
Well who's on the 40 yards ahead? Evans/Cap for portraying a character with very limited previous incarnations and therefore no expectations? Or Bale/Bats for portraying a Top 2 popular character and having the built in excitement already there?
I don't want to get away from my point which if the knock against Cap not coming into his own until TWS, and if you want don't want to include Avengers it took 2/3 movies. My point was that it took Nolan's Batman 2 movies.