James Harvey
04-28-2002, 03:45 PM
USA Today's website has an interesting article about the recent explosion of comic book movies. Below is an excerpt from this extremely detailed article, covering comic movies past and present. But since when does Peter Parker have an 'Uncle Bill'? I suppose that small mistake can be overlooked. Here is the excerpt:
<img src="http://news.toonzone.net/images/batmanmovie.jpg" align="right">The blueprint in place for the 21st century is the one established by an even more successful franchise bow: 1989's Batman, a grim urban fairy tale infused with Tim Burton's peculiar brand of battiness.
Alas, its declining-in-quality sequels sucked a good idea dry. As filmmaker Kevin Smith (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), who runs a comic-book emporium in Red Bank, N.J., says, "Batman & Robin, the fourth film, was the death of the comic-book movie. It was too hokey. But X-Men suddenly opened the floodgates again."
Singer brought about a Marvel-led genre revival with X-Men by remembering why the original Batman worked so well: Focus on the human, not the hero. Recalls Uslan, "Tim said on the first Batman that it wasn't about a guy with a square jaw and rippling muscles. It's about Bruce Wayne, the man inside the suit, not Batman."
Similarly, the Spider-Man moments that Raimi is most proud of aren't the flashy web-flings over noisy Manhattan traffic but quiet times "when Tobey is thinking and he's understanding the mistakes made in the past. I let him do his thing and trusted the story."
To read the entire article, click here (http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/2002/2002-04-26-comics.htm). To discuss this article, click here (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31390).
<img src="http://news.toonzone.net/images/batmanmovie.jpg" align="right">The blueprint in place for the 21st century is the one established by an even more successful franchise bow: 1989's Batman, a grim urban fairy tale infused with Tim Burton's peculiar brand of battiness.
Alas, its declining-in-quality sequels sucked a good idea dry. As filmmaker Kevin Smith (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), who runs a comic-book emporium in Red Bank, N.J., says, "Batman & Robin, the fourth film, was the death of the comic-book movie. It was too hokey. But X-Men suddenly opened the floodgates again."
Singer brought about a Marvel-led genre revival with X-Men by remembering why the original Batman worked so well: Focus on the human, not the hero. Recalls Uslan, "Tim said on the first Batman that it wasn't about a guy with a square jaw and rippling muscles. It's about Bruce Wayne, the man inside the suit, not Batman."
Similarly, the Spider-Man moments that Raimi is most proud of aren't the flashy web-flings over noisy Manhattan traffic but quiet times "when Tobey is thinking and he's understanding the mistakes made in the past. I let him do his thing and trusted the story."
To read the entire article, click here (http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/movies/2002/2002-04-26-comics.htm). To discuss this article, click here (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31390).