About thirty five years ago Siskel and Ebert had a discussion on why superhero movies suddenly were becoming the rage.
One pointed out that the early generation of movie makers read great books and made movies of such.
But today’s generation of movie makers were raised on comic books.
Sixty years ago a superhero movie would be given a “B” Budget financing, made in black and white, chintzy special effects, then shown on the bottom of a drive-in double feature under something like Hercules And The Women From Mars.
Today superheros get Top financing, great special effects, and the adult kids eat it up.
I tried to watch one not long ago. It gave me a headache trying to keep up with all the Whizz-Bang action.
Also, the young genration(s) have VERY short attention spans.
They find any non-action movie that runs beyond 1 hour-45 minutes to be insufferably long and dull.
They have no regard for the subject matter and quality of a non-action film.
Dumb and immature.