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Why can't new superhero movies make their actors into superstars?
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Luvlylittlewing on November 08, 2013, 12:15:20 pm ---Am I the only one who likes superhero movies? It is my goal to see every one that comes out, even though I miss a few. :)
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Nope. I love them, just not all of them.
Superman and the Hulk are boring. Movies about them always have to focus on their social and emotional lives because otherwise, they're invincible, no one can match them.
Batman is boring. The last one I saw was the one with Heath Ledger and I only saw it because of him.
Ironman is annoying. I can only take just so much of RDJs smarminess.
I love Thor, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and Captain America. Green Lantern was cute, but I just don't like Ryan Reynolds that much.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on November 08, 2013, 08:46:31 pm ---Ryan Gosling from the blockbuster The Notebook? That Ryan Gosling?
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Yes, that Ryan Gosling. However, The Notebook, I submit, is not a superhero blockbuster, and we are talking here about superhero blockbusters.
You can't wiggle out of this one, Del, by switching blockbusters in midstream. ;)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 08, 2013, 06:06:17 pm ---True, but if that assumption shapes the content, it all becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, doesn't it?
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Yes, it does, but it is what it is, I suppose.
--- Quote ---It's true older people don't go out to the movies as often as teenagers, and they're less likely to see a movie multiple times. But I have seen figures lately suggesting that boomers, having more diposable income than other age groups, are a more powerful market force than "old people" are usually given credit for.
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And by the time Hollywood catches up to that, we'll all be dead. ;D
--- Quote ---I should add that I think the actual key demographic isn't even age, it's nationality. The more a movie appeals to/can be understood by people who aren't American and perhaps don't speak English, the better. A superhero movie or action thriller translates better than a quirky little dialogue- and character-driven indie. And it's the global box office that counts, in the end, these days.
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That's a good point.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 08, 2013, 10:06:14 pm ---Yes, that Ryan Gosling. However, The Notebook, I submit, is not a superhero blockbuster, and we are talking here about superhero blockbusters.
You can't wiggle out of this one, Del, by switching blockbusters in midstream. ;)
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No, we were basically talking about why some actors do mainstream movies that make a lot of money. ;D
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on November 09, 2013, 02:25:26 am ---No, we were basically talking about why some actors do mainstream movies that make a lot of money. ;D
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I don't know that anyone expected The Notebook to be a surefire blockbuster from the get-go. Yes, the Nicholas Sparks novel book on which it is based was probably a bestseller, but a lot of bestselling novels make insignificant movies. Neither Ryan Gosling nor Rachel McAdams was particularly famous at the time. I myself didn't see it until years after it came out on DVD.
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