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Tom Hanks Explains Why Comic Book Movies Are Flopping

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?’

Tom Hanks says moviegoers are no longer interested in VFX spectacles and are returning to good storytelling.

1y ago

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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.
Go back and start watching some 60s-80s exploitation films. Bunch of them are actually very enjoyable with interesting ideas and plots.
- 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
this is kinda ironic as his latest movie is chock FULL of vfx, practically every single frame.
I love his work, and don't necessarily disagree with the premise, but feel this is kind of tone deaf.
- He's not the one making the movies though, he's an actor. I don't like what my company does but it's not like they're asking me what I think
  
  he’s an actor.
  yeah, he's an actor in a film that's chock fulla visual spectacle. and he's in a position to pick and choose the parts he wants, the guy's a legend, he's not being forced to work on projects he doesn't believe in.
Agreed. It is a great tool, but it needs to be more.

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