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It’s been a good year for a dodgy genre. There have been two great superhero flicks made – a bit of an achievement for a genre so riddled with bad films that the mediocre ones have almost felt like triumphs. The first great film was Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight. With an utterly different, but just as fresh an approach to the genre, comes Jon Favreau’s Iron Man.
I’ve always had a bit of a problem with superhero films. I’m not sure why; maybe it’s just because they seem so unlikely (even more so than other fantasy or sci fi genres). Or maybe it’s the integral “Americanness” they tend to embody that puts me off. Then again, there’s a good chance that none of the superhero movies made to date have really been very good. Until now, that is. With The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan has created the first great film of the superhero genre. Read the rest of this entry »
Sam Raimi brings his usual flair to this visually impressive superhero flick, but the film suffers from the same flaws as most modern blockbusters of the genre Read the rest of this entry »
