Wednesday, August 27, 2014

No jokes rule

Hey guys,
today I wanna give you my opinion on this report that has come out saying that DC has ordered a no joke rule for their upcoming dc movies. There have been over the past days speculation as to why DC would implement such a decision. Many speculated that it is because of the Green Lantern movie which bombed at the box office. Obviously the flaws of the movie were not the jokes but perhaps other factors. Still I do not believe that it has anything to do with Green Lantern. I believe that the main difference between Marvel and DC movies has always been the tone. Marvel is controlled by Disney hence the kid friendly tone with jokes even in the middle of fighting scene when the hero's life is at risk and then you have DC with the dark knight trilogy and Man of Steel with a more serious tone. To me this looks like a good move on the part of DC.
I admire them because they want to respect their characters and they want to treat them properly. Now this does not exclude the possibility of having humor in the movies just like we had it in the Dark Knight trilogy with Alfred making some funny statements here and there but what they are trying to avoid is to make a movie like Guardians of the Galaxy. Believe it or not, Guardians of the Galaxy has been a turning point for WB/ DC it has showed them what to do and what not to do at the same time. It has showed them that they need to have more confidence in their lesser known property like Shazam or Cyborg or Aquaman and that those property have the potential to also be a box office success but at the same time Guardians of the Galaxy has shown them that too much humor doesn't make a good movie. What they want to avoid is to have a character like Starlord basically. They do not want to mistreat their characters by making them do something stupid thing like a dance off in the middle of a crucial fighting scene.
So here's my take on this. I believe that DC is heading in  the right direction and perhaps they will show that there's another side to a comic book movie, a more serious side which does not involve an all out comedy.
What do you think?
Let me know down below!
-theheroblogger

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