Tights, cape, mask, yawn
Brunch|June 03, 2023
Dull plots, loud fights, insipid lines. Who took all the fun out of superhero movies? And what will it take to rekindle the magic?
- Urvee Modwel
Tights, cape, mask, yawn

Marvel has tried everything reboots every few years as well as multiverses and parallel storylines. The latest instalment, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, was released earlier this week.

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. The films spawned a slew of superhero movies,

kicked off a healthy DC-versus-Marvel rivalry and got people excited about uru, vibranium, adamantium, kryptonite and a rich, extended universe of make-believe. So, how did we go from that to a sea of superhero

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