mikeymikec
Lifer
- May 19, 2011
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It's funny how most movies (including some of the most famous and enduring movies) don't need multiple films to back up their story line.
The fact of the matter is, one could easily watch Thor 3 without watching 2 and 1 and hardly anything would need explaining, same goes for the Cap trilogy, Avengers 2, etc. These stories are not meant to be only for hard-core fans who remember every detail from preceding stories. They're meant to fill box office seats; that means catering for as many people as possible.
No, really, it isn't. While Hollywood is hardly a paragon for producing the highest calibre stories, these Marvel movies really aren't the pinnacle of its achievement by either of your metrics.
Tony Stark is the character with the most development in the Marvel films. Hawkeye: Zero development (and his motives made no sense in 'Civil War'). Thor: Virtually zero (used to be boastful, now isn't... wow), Black Widow: Zero (amazing development: She's sterile. Oh, the humanity!), Cap: past the first Cap movie, Virtually zero. Acts like a child indulging in its flaws in 'Civil War' despite acknowledging his weak spot at the end of the first scene. Loki: Zero. Banner: Zero. Odin: Zero. Like the original Star Wars trilogy, almost all of the characters can be completely accurately summed up in about three words. That's not amazing character development, that's the kind of thing to expect when action flicks are padded out with lots of characters at the expense of character depth and development.
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