Vocal about Comic Book Adaptation

I'm a lot more critical towards comic book films. Specifically Marvel. If you like that stuff, fine. But understand why others are getting frustrated at them overtaking movie theaters. The big test for the company will be how Black Widow performs. There is some vocal opinion from actor Stephen Dorff, who worked on Blade back in 1998. He unloaded a bit on the film and Marvel in general. Hardly the first, but won't be the last.

I think with the influx of these films and their success the last 12 years or maybe more, studios are looking for that big slice. They think superhero films can sustain the industry along with horror, sci-fi, and animated films. There are plenty of films that aren't those types and it fluctuates on whether these help drive the box office or falter. Steven Spielberg was a bit critical towards these. Martin Scorsese in 2019 understood why people enjoy them, but did not consider them cinema. I'm sure deep down some have similar mindsets.

Even a guy like Lou Ferrigno, who played the Hulk back in the 70s, was a little critical in a jab towards Marvel. More so the reliance on CGI. There is a point, but I'll get to this. With CGI, you can do things that weren't possible back in 1977. I can also get why Ferrigno is not huge on it since studios rely on this a lot instead of trying some things naturally. Do these films really need 200 million dollar budgets?

We're unfortunately past the days where different films were number one for its respective year. You won't see a Top Gun, a Beverly Hills Cop, or a Home Alone like you did back in the 80s and 90s.. I think Dorff wants to see people try seeing other films and expanding their horizon compared to seeing only Marvel films or comic stuff in general. People could pull the jealousy card, but I don't see it as jealousy. These are corporate factory made popcorn flicks that are practically brain dead films. Eventually, people will burn out from these. You'll still see some of these do well, but I see a future where some will flop and there will be bigger risk.

I'm not sure if this will get more vocal, but as much as we need popcorn flicks, we need more original material.  Like I said, this weekend will be a huge test for Marvel and Disney.