Comments on: Five Reasons Why Comic Book Movies are Bad for the Movie Industry

By: blakinsey

blakinsey — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:04:03 +0000

What I would like to add is that the studios and directorsare focused on money to the point that they knwoingly hire actors who can not act. How could Tim Story think of Jessica Alba as a great actress? She was eye candy and you could tell that they wanted you to know. The scene that stuck out for me is when she is wearing the blue tights and it shows some nice cleavage. Not that I am complaining, but I can tell that a woman is hot without seeing her cleavage, hollywood needs to learn this. The tight-clothes wearing, skinny, woman is the stereotype of women in action movies nowadays.

By: two bit tobi

two bit tobi — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 07:36:17 +0000

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:57:54 +0000

Sean: Well if it’s a V for Vendetta sequel, i would support it if the right people were on board. I’ll quote a line from VfV, “Beneath this mask is and idea Mr. Creedy and ideas are bulletproof”. With a mentality like that, anything that stems forth from the franchise, I expect to be just as affecting (hopefully).

Heres an idea for a future article, you should write one up about Movies which “could’ve been” “should’ve been” comic books and or graphic novels. I think Fight Club has the potential to be an amazing graphic novel. (As opposed to the current graphicless paperback form)

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:48:39 +0000

Daniel: I am definitely interested in seeing more variety in the types of comic books being adapted, and the examples you mentioned are certainly good movies. But it’s not just about the quality of the movies. After all, we’ve heard rumours of a V For Vendetta sequel, is that really necessary?

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:46:54 +0000

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Mike: Feel free to repost it however you see fit.

Rian: That’s a good point. A lot of the criticisms apply to most franchises and sequels in general, but I do think the comic book movie craze is the a pretty big driving force behind the studios embracing this mentality with so much reckless abandon.

Also, since the longer running comic books provide an almost infinite number of characters and storylines to draw from, I have a feeling we’re going to see a lot of franchises going way beyond 3 installments in the near future.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:32:41 +0000

Interesting points you bring up. heres my 2 cents.

A History of Violence
V for Vendetta
Oldboy

they are a few of the comic book films that i would give a full 10/10 to. perhaps the studio heads or whoever calls the shots should choose their source material more wisely. because as you can see, it doesn’t matter if the source is a comic book or not, An exceptional film maker should still make an exceptional film right?

By: mike

mike — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:59:36 +0000

Exellent. I completely agree. In the past couple years I have heard more people say, “I don’t give a shit what the critics think,” that i have actually become MORE cynical.

I have been looking to write something like this for a while. With your permission, Sean, I would just like to post this for the people who read my Blogs.

By: Rian

Rian — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:49:03 +0000

I love a good list, and this is a good list. However, all of the points you’ve made (with the possible exception of #5) don’t only appeal to comic book movies. Now, I’m not condemning or protecting anything here, but Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean are also guilty of all of the things you mention in your list, but are also not comic books. Star Wars, Lord Of The Rings, The Matrix, Shrek, etc…any franchise will inevitably fall into the same trappings that you’ve mentioned here.

While I admit that there are some shitty comic book movies being made in an attempt to quickly satisfy movie-goers hunger for comic book films, we can’t pigeonhole them into a category by themselves here. There have been some shitty movies from just about every franchise in history. Indiana Jones has The Temple of Doom, Back To The Future has it’s third installment, The Matrix (arguably) has the second two films, Star Wars has the new trilogy, Terminator has the third film, James Bond has…well…at least half of it’s series…

There are so many comic book films out there that it makes them easy targets, but let us keep in mind that there are many other properties out there deserving of our criticisms as well.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:47:36 +0000

Absolutely. Tim Story should be directing the epic, heart-breaking films we all know he’s capable of.

(Just kidding — good post.)

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:28:36 +0000

Consider this a flame retardant post, Sean. You’ve touched upon points that should not be any big revelation to people with their eyes open. Problem us many in the film going community have stuck their heads in the sand and can’t see the forest for the trees. Instead we bow and scrape and say, “Thank you, Mr. Murphy, may I have another.” As much griping that’s done on the net (yours truly included), the majority of audiences respond to this tripe favorably with their wallets. Mediamelt put it best on our show in that the marketing machine is so finely tuned and well oiled that big numbers are practically baked into a tentpole film (turkeys of colossal nature like Evan Almighty are the exception this year).

Until audiences on a large scale wake up and demand a better alternative in addition to blockbuster films, this rut will continue. In any event, excellent post, Mr. Webmaster.