Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) is directed, written, and produced by a bunch of different people, but really it’s a Lord & Miller film. After getting booted by Kathleen Kennedy from the ultimate disaster that was Solo: A Star Wars Story, they managed to craft this, one of the most inventive animated movies of all-time. How’s that for a giant middle finger to the executives?
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Hollywood has tried (and mostly failed) to adapt a video game to the silver screen several times now…34 times in fact, since 1993. The results have not been promising, ranging from just okay (this year’s Rampage and Tomb Raider) to mediocre (Warcraft, Assassin’s Creed) to just atrocious (Postal, Alone in the Dark). As an enthusiast of both video games and films, I want to explore the factors contributing to the shocking lack of quality in the genre, and what challenges are standing in the way of our first truly great video game adaptation.
I grappled for some time with whether my review of the latest Avengers offering should be spoiler-free or not. Ultimately I decided that those who really wanted to see the movie probably did so already this weekend, and there are plenty of spoiler-free reviews out in the world if you for some reason are still reading them. There’s a lot to unpack from the film, so I WILL be discussing spoilers today. You have been warned.
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If you’re a fan of the DC Extended Universe, look away now! It’s Marvel Appreciation Week as Avengers: Infinity War looms large just over the horizon. The MCU has clearly found the formula for success as year after year they are able to crank out high-quality films with mass appeal, earning high ratings and massive box office draws. Meanwhile the DCEU has floundered, struggling to keep pace with a cinematic universe of their own and generating drab, lackluster fare that doesn’t poll well with critics or audiences. Sure, they’ve made a couple…er, one good film, but by-and-large they have been an afterthought to the Marvel darlings. What went so wrong for DC, and what has Marvel gotten right about the superhero genre?
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