Tights, cape, mask, yawn: Why are superhero movies so boring these days?
Urvee Modwel
Jul 19, 2023 07:30 PM IST
Dull plots, loud fights, insipid lines. Who took all the fun out of the superhero genre? And what will it take to rekindle the magic?
Iron Man, 2008. Who didn’t love Tony Stark. The CGI suit, the wit, the playfulness he brought to the superhero genre. That year also gave us The Dark Knight, a grown-up reboot of the Batman story, with Heath Ledger as the unrepentantly evil Joker. It wasn’t just a superhero story, but a gripping critique of vigilantism.
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