Comic book movies continue to prop up Hollyweird.
They, along with animated flicks, account for 80% of the top 10 films of last year.
Add in fantasy and science fiction, and you're up to 100%.
Never a better time to be a nerd. :-)
Yup, I just went to box office mojo and the 5 comic book movies released this year (Wonder Woman, Guardians, Spider-Man, Logan, and Thor) account for 16.6% of the total box office. It will probably end up even higher by the end of the year.
It is insulting to even call these comic book movies.
Comic books have a lot more plot than these simpleton computer gamer tales.
For instance, the “alter egos” of these “heroes” are non-existent for the most part in the movies.
It’s a convenient costume change in their down time but that’s about it. Their “alter egos” just existed at the beginning of the films where their boring, nobody really cares, origin stories are told (repeatedly in the case of reboots).
Having “a lot of stuff happen” isn’t the same thing as having a plot, a story arch, or a compelling narrative.