Tom Hanks Says ‘We’ve Had 20 Years’ of Comic Book Spectacle but Now Moviegoers Are Asking: ‘The Story Is What? The Point of This Movie Is What?’
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Tom Hanks says moviegoers are no longer interested in VFX spectacles and are returning to good storytelling.
  • dance_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    6 hours ago

    We’ve had 20 years to explore that kind of thing, and now we’re in an evolution and place where it’s: And the story is what? The theme is what? The point of this movie is what?”

    He’s right – the better super hero movies have themes underlying them that are allowed to be explored. If story points are rushed or half-assed, then you get a bad movie.

  • Bookmeat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 hours ago

    Go back and start watching some 60s-80s exploitation films. Bunch of them are actually very enjoyable with interesting ideas and plots.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      That’s why I’m legit excited for some of the movies (many of them from A24) that are coming out. Actual plots, real characters. People who actually love making movies doing it again, instead of just suits

  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    6 hours ago

    I remember when old actors and directors used to say the sci Fi genre was a fad and it sucks and would die out, just like people with comic book movies do now.

    In reality, comic book movies have been a thing since like the 40s and they aren’t going away.

    Also I think older people like Hanks like to mix up superhero movies and comic book movies. Hell, road to perdition was a comic book movie, so was history of violence and other great films. But those movies are really good, so the people in Hollywood like to bury the comic origins of those films, so they can continue to say comic book movies suck.