Origin Stories and How Wan Got Aquaman Right
by Anthony Glassman
When is an origin film not an origin film? When it’s done right, for a change.
One of the biggest downfalls of superhero movies is spending two hours (give or take) setting up the hero as the hero, taking her from childhood to adulthood, finding powers, making enemies, blah blah blah, before the big climactic battle in the last ten minutes. It’s boring, dull, done-to-death, and the bane of my existence.
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