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Blogs Film & TV Critics Corner "I Don't Know You Like I Thought I Did!" by Geoffrey Alls | "I Don't Know You Like I Thought I Did!" by Geoffrey Alls |
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| Written by Foresight | |
| Tuesday, 03 July 2007 | |
The first and most reasonable questions to ask is, “Why do they make these drastic changes?” Movies based on comic book heroes should be the easiest and most lucrative movies to make. The story has already been written and tested, and you have a huge fan base, what more could you ask for? Somewhere down the line movie execs decided that this wasn’t enough and changes had to be made so these movies appealed to people who were not like the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. It is this sentiment and misunderstanding that has damaged Comic Book Movies.  As popular as Shakespeare, J.R.R. Tolkien, and J.K Rowlings are, their fan bases pale in comparison to those of Stan Lee and the rest of comic book industry. Yet you would be hard pressed to find the kind of drastic changes in their stories that are made in Comic Book Movies. What if Malfoy killed Harry Potter’s parents (Joker/ Batman), what if Frodo just found the ring of power by accident (Spiderman/Symbiote), what if Romeo and Juliet had an illegitimate child (Superman Returns). These are just a few of the changes that have been made in the more popular movies and they are some of the more tolerable ones. I get it, it adds to the irony if Joker made Batman and vice versa, but what did we get out of Jean Grey killing Cyclops and Professor X?  Changes from the original storyline can sometimes make a movie easier to make and understand, but when you destroy whole themes you have taken away what made the story and character so popular in the first place. X-Men 3 last stand is the epitome of taking popular characters and a familiar story and butchering it till it is unrecognizable. This is even more shocking when you realize that it came on the heels of what many people consider to be the best superhero movie ever, Spiderman 2. Then Marvel followed with Ghost Rider, Fantastic Four II, and Spiderman 3 easily some of the worst superhero movies ever made especially if you factor in their budget. What does Spiderman 1 and 2 have that these movies don’t? Commitment to a theme. All comic book movies have some changes even the best of them (Blade 1, Batman, Batman Begins, Spawn, Spiderman 1&2), but what they do not do is change what the story is about. The best example of destruction of a theme is the debauchery that is Spiderman 3. I couldn’t decide if it was an action movies or a romantic comedy. You mean to tell me the best way to show an inner shift towards evil is to dance around in all black with a funny hair do!  I will never understand the logic of abandoning the fan base that made the characters and stories so popular in the first place. Nor will I understand the logic that the stories and themes as they are don’t appeal to the masses, because if they didn’t they wouldn’t be popular in the first place. Out of the hundreds of superheroes in hundreds of comics why do so few get movies, televisions series and last for decades? Does the Comic Book Guy have that kind of power and money or do lots of people actually like the stories as they are? Comments
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Right on geoffris
I feel it Young Geoffry. Spiderman 3 had to upset me more than any of them. Him and Venom fighting side by side? No Spidey Sense at all? Venom comes down in a meteor and happens to find Peter? And the worst of it, the damn butler knew that Peter didn't kill the original Goblin, but never told anyone till the end of the 3rd movie, horrible plot!
spiderman 3 was stupider than lizzy macguire the movie
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