Lucius
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Post by Lucius on May 10, 2013 9:47:56 GMT
I don't think that the stories for the original three X-Men movie were that strong, at the time it was brilliant but I feel the Avengers movies will have a longer shelf life if only because they embrace the fun side of the comics and don't make it overly heavy. The only Avengers movie series I think that is comparable is the Iron Man movies. Yeah at the moment it is a giant franchise (if only because of Downey Jr) but the stories aren't re-watchable (like the Downey Jr Sherlock films) they are kind of hard work at times specially the second one. Can't comment on the third as I haven't seen it yet. But Thor, Captain, Avengers... They aren't overly camp but they have that little bit of light heartedness and that out of the world quality that will make them re-watchable. Plus they aren't too wordy, the problem with Iron Man is he has politics to deal with, science and all that. Stark is a genius and they have to portray that, Thor is just a warrior and a nice guy, Captain is a normal man turned super solider that just wants to do whats right. You could probably say they are more action type movies. Avengers made Iron Man work because you had the depth of characters that it wasn't long periods of Stark trying to outwit someone or talk science at us. There are long periods of Iron Man where you'd be excused to believe you weren't watching a superhero movie (technically like Batman he isn't a superhero anyway but Batman other than the Nolan films is usually more fun because Batman isn't this kind of genius that needs to explain everything or play politics).
Comparing the rest of the movies I have to say they are pretty much the same. Fantastic Four and Spiderman, especially the Toby Maguire Spideys were that kind of camp fun that Thor and Captain are. If anything FF is most comparable to Captain and Thor and Spiderman are most comparable.
Personally I like them all for their own reasons but I have to say I think the Avengers movies and the next phase possibly are going to be better thought of down the line but I also think that is down to Disneys added magic.
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