ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE makes a case for superhero stories as television
by Audrey Callerstrom, Staff Writer
There are moments in Zack Snyder’s Justice League that you just kind of have to forgive to fully enjoy it.
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.
Read MoreThe Aqua-Man
Directed by James Wan
Running time: 2 hours and 23 minutes loooonnnngggggggg
MPAA rating: PG-13 for some superhero horseshit, language, and sea monsters
by Francis Friel, The Projectionist
Aquaman? That’s where we’re at, huh? Between this and the Deadpool Christmas stunt© and the fake, not-actually-happening Joker movie, it’s increasingly clear that we’ve kind of done all we can do with all this superhero shit. James Wan thinks so, too. How else to explain the fact that his biggest and most direct inspiration for his Aquaman movie seems to be the Star Wars prequels?
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