the era of the big budget film is fucking dead, meaning super hero films are especially fucked, studios want films with budgets of $100 million or less, Shazam! is a perfect example of a "cheap" super hero film, and most of the film is Levi walking around in a stupid costume, very little actual "superhero" stuff to the point where some critics thought the "retro" feel of everything was on purpose. you could make the same film in the 1970s with a handful of wirework for the small amount of flying and just practical effects for the rest of it. like they focus a lot on him having the ability to shoot sparkles from his fingers.
The worst part is that $100 mil in 2019 is easily $200 mil today, meaning any superhero film that wants to be a success has to be even more cheap looking than that
casting? the teen movie era died out so no stable of a-list young men to take the reigns, also when they did in films like the chris pine jack reacher, or the chris evans movies pre-captain america or the chris hemsworth flops, none of them did well at the box office.
also we do have capable male actors, such as Glen Powell who was around for years doing bit roles in tv shows, literally playing the CHAD, but the major movie roles weren't there so there was no reason to cast them, at least in film. look at the Arrowverse and you'll be shocked at the shitload of men in action roles, same thing with Teen Wolf on MTV, everyone assumed they'd all get cast in superhero roles after the show was over, but nope. there are tons of dudes out there that have the swagger of a 90s action hero, but no roles to take advantage of that, look how they waste Henry Cavill in shit.
the Maze Runner is another film where it did try to give people the young action heroes and it chugged along. Also guys like RPats or Ramy Malik do end up in these starring roles in action heavy films and they flop hard, the biggest lie in hollywood is that studios don't give creatives chances, its the audiences that don't give people chances.
Scott Pilgrim was a cult classic despite having the closest thing to an a-list cast at the time, because audiences refused to see it.
I actually think CPS is gonna be a plot point in the new FF movie. Something about Reed and Sue showing that guy around the Baxter Building’s living area and telling him about how they have dinner together every night makes me think he’s an inspector making sure Franklin is being raised in a safe environment.
the universe is inspired by the 1960s optimism yet has CPS?
