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Tag Archives: Captain America
Love, Hate, and Everything In-Between
I watched Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World today, and it made me retroactively disappointed in Captain America. I’m not calling Cap a bad film, but the action adventure elements, satirical and bizarre as they may be in Pilgrim, are sublime. In fact, there’s really nothing quite comparable to it in the recent string of superflicks. [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies, Writing Also tagged Action Adventure, Adventure Elements, Arcs, Audience, Bad Guys, Execution, Fantasy Action, Fun, Mainstream Audiences, Masterpiece, Match, Nazis, Respects, Scott Pilgrim, Strange Mix, Top Film, Trials And Tribulations, World Today, Young Adults 4 Comments
Red Skull, Underdog?
Something occurred to me today. While Captain America is a pretty fun movie, it has one mistake, writing wise. It’s not a terrible one, but it does end up accidentally weakening the drama and adventure. I’m not going to talk about the film in tremendous detail, but I will be discussing a few broad plot [...]
Posted in Blog, Movies, Writing Also tagged Adventure Fiction, Bad Guys, Cred, Deathstar, Fair Warning, Foregone Conclusion, Fort Knox, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Maste, Nazis, Nuking, Red Skull, Sacred Stones, Self Destruct Button, Sinister Plan, Staple, Terrible One, Truism, Underdog, Villain, Villains 3 Comments
Epic
This might be a controversial opinion, but I think I Am Number Four is a better superhero flick than Captain America or Iron Man. Or possibly just about every other mainstream superhero flick out there. Here me out before you start violently disagreeing. First of all, we need to define what is the essence of [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies Also tagged Action Adventure, Blue Shield, Charitable Foundation, Clown, Diplomacy, Epic Battles, Evildoers, Greatest Superhero, Incredibles, Intellectual Level, Iron Man, Merits, Physical Conflict, Punches, Slam Bang, Small Wonder, Superhero Flick, Tact, Writing Great Characters Leave a comment
The Event Horizon of Boring