Superhero film

Hancock Superhero Film as the Storehouse of Black Stereotypes Hancock is an American superhero movie directed by Peter Berg in 2008 and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman. While in most of the contemporary superhero films, superheroes are loved and admired by the society, in this story, John Hancock (Smith) serves as a burden to Los Angeles citizens: his saving operations regularly cost the city millions of dollars. One day, Ray Embrey (Bateman), the head of a public relations firm whose life Hancock rescues, decides to show his gratitude by transforming Hancock’s public “asshole” image to the image of a “good guy”. This becomes the starting point of the whole adventure (Berg 2008). The short summary of the plot already…

Since 2008, nineteen superhero movies have been made, and not one has had a female superhero in the main role, until Wonder Woman (Behrens). Wonder Woman is one of two superhero films to have a female director. Yet, female superheroes have impacted the world both socially and culturally, while also being a source of feminism, more specifically liberal feminism. Liberal feminism can be defined as a movement fighting for gender equality, autonomy of women, and equal political rights (Bahre). This…

Women in General Film Vs. Women in Superhero Films What was the last movie you saw where the main protagonist was a female who had the same amount of power as all the other male characters? For me it has been a while. Women in the film industry have a history of being less than men. In the beginning women were either house wives or the damsel in distress. While women in film have come along way, women in superhero film are still under represented, poorly portrayed, and struggle with…

Superhero films are quite popular and can be told over and over again from different points of views. By having these films being remade so many times one is able to observe the evolution of the film. Here one takes note of the evolution of Spider-man and The Amazing Spider-man. The time difference between Spider-man and The Amazing Spider-man is not as great a gap as one would think, however the time difference is large enough for technology to advance enough to make a great impact. The…

The subject of the movie can be Superhero vs. Archenemy, or how two people can be complete opposites. As said in the movie, you have Elijah one side of the spectrum an David on the other side. Elijah can get sick and get hurt, partially because of a disease he has, whereas David has never gotten sick or injured. This is the first example of how the movie shows us how they’re opposites. The film’s first scene starts with a mom and her newborn baby. The mom has just been told that both of her…

Film: The Incredibles The Incredible is a Walt Disney superhero animated film. This film is perfect to watch with the entire family has it demonstrates a strong bond between a family that is made up with superhero who are attempting to fit in. I love animated film and I would watch this specific film over and over again. The color used throughout the film are bright and warm when the focus is on the good characters and soon become dull and cold when the focus of the film shifts to the…

With so many superhero films that we have seen it is challenging to think that we won’t see the films ever again in our cinematic lives. The superhero films have existed since 1987 when the produce the first superman film. It is apparent that the superhero films are extremely popular especially to the youth of today Superhero films are popular because the people who watch the film enjoy the transition from being a normal guy to being a superhero with powers, there is promise of two hours of…

What would happen if the average Joe got a hold of immense power? What first comes to mind is the superhero genre, where most often, the ordinary protagonist uses their newfound abilities to overcome tragedy and evil, paving themselves a path of redemption and heroism. According to philosopher Jeffery Kripal, “it was . . . Superman that gave the superhero comics its archetypal form.” Indeed, we see Superman’s moral righteousness in many classical superheroes, from our friendly neighbourhood…

As my generation has grown up, it has been a trend for movie makers to make the old superhero comics and films into new and improved superhero films. In all the films that I have seen advertised, on DVD, or in theaters, a man has been portrayed as the big and strong main character/superhero and the woman has been portrayed as the “damsel in distress.” Even on the posters for the movies the guy is made to look larger than the woman even if she has the privilege to be on the poster. Sexism is a…

Superhero films are based on adventurism and escapism that pertains to classic storytelling traditions and mythology. Most popular superhero films are built-in mythologies involving quests and special destinies for people who thought they were just ordinary people, and a consistent theme of a need to put faith in something larger than yourself. For this reason, I believe Wonder Woman is a great example of a superhero that is classified as contemporary mythology. Aside from Superman and Batman,…