And that's your explanation of the success of TF and many other movies that are merely average (some of them actually bad).
To be fair, i thought TF was excellent, but in a different way than SR
Same here. That's why we were so lucky for at least having SR.
Agreed
hey aveit, hey el payaso.......
Don't get me wrong.......I'm not saying a movie should be all action and no character........FAR FROM IT!! I'm just saying that cool action can "make up for" a story that's lacking in character or story.
Take X3, for example. I thought X3 lacked the character development and the intelligence that I ENJOYED in Singer's X1 and X2. Indeed, it kind of felt like a "made-for-tv movie".
HOWEVER, the one "saving grace" of X3 was that, for the first time in the series, it really let loose with the mutant's powers! IOW......compared to X1 and X2, X3 stepped up the action and power displays......and THAT'S the only reason I can watch parts of X3 when i catch it on TV every now and then.
See this is why i find X3 almost unwatchable, because i just have NO feeling whatsoever for the characters during the action scene's, which wasnt the case with X1 and X2, as we got to know the characters.
In X3, the new side of Jean was barely touched upon, and we barely got to know all of the new characters, and they were mostly the one's involved in the action scene's! And I dont know about anyone else, but i dont want to see Wolverine giving out orders and being a straight leader.
With TF, aveit and I can agree on this. While not having the deepest storyline, it DID have depth and character. I did feel a connection with the characters.....especially the bond between Sam and Bumblebee. Add to that the cool action and giant robots beating the crap out of each other......that's why I ENJOYED TF very much and was pleasantly surprised by it. I'm EXCITED about the sequels TF and the potential of this franchise.
Oh i agree about TF, you know that, i loved the movie, and i thought it had some great character scene's, like when Bumblebee is caught by the army, and Sam fights for his freedom, or when Bumblebee's legs are blown, and Sam tells him he wont leave him. These are just 2 examples of why i feel that people's claims that TF was 'empty' are baseless.
However, I wouldnt necessarily want that for a Superman movie, i loved the character scene's in SR, and they were better and more mature than the ones in TF.
With SR, I didn't really feel any connection to the characters. Nor did I care for the story that Singer chose to tell. So, IMO, SR lacked good action AND good story.
IOW.....a
good movie, especially a COMIC BOOK MOVIE.....should have the right blend of story, character development, action, and fun. For me, the one franchise that achieved all of that, so far, is the Spider-man franchise.
SR......just didn't do any of that for me..........I wanted it to......but it just didn't......But, that's just MY OPINION......of course
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I agree with this, and i feel thats what we got in SR, i connected with every character in SR, especially the title character, and given how different i am to him, i think Singer pulled that off excellently.
Yes, I admit that I wouldn't have minded some punching action scene at all. But I didn't miss it that much. In fact the first time I've ever thought of some 'lack of action' concept was when I came to the SR boards in here. I was very satisfied with the Metropolis earthquake, plane rescue, yatch rescue and NK lifting.
But yes, I think a punching action sequence would be great.
I have this before, but i am sick of seeing fight scene's in CB movies that dont better what has come before them, so i can easily live without it.
IMo, NO CB movie fight has come close to Blade vs Nomak in Blade II and the Spiderman 2 fights.
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