It's funny to think about the movies that are being released today and how the people that dislike them wish for more of the classic films to return because these are nothing more than popcorn flicks. Yet a whole heap of what are considered classics were not received that well back when they were first released. And the big example of this are Westerns. Back at the boom of Westerns in the 50's and 60's, a lot of critics and arthouse fans considered them to be nothing more than popcorn flicks and were just mindless entertainment, even the big hits of the time like The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, as beloved as it is nowadays by casual movie watchers and high art critics, back then, it was just a stupidly-fun movie. Which makes me think, what if in 50 years from now, The Avengers is held up to as high regards as GBU. What if the entire superhero genre is considered a worthy subject at university level Film Studies. Because think about it, think of how iconic these movies have already become, and think of superhero movies trying harder to be more than just superhero movies, like The Dark Knight, or Winter Soldier, or Sin City or Watchmen or X-Men: First Class. I know a lot of people laugh at the idea of these films being seen as cinematic masterpieces but, that's the way our modern day society views them because of how overstuffed the genre is. In 50 years when the genre has died down, will people look back at these and have a different view on them like what happened with Westerns? I kinda hope so, because I love these movies, and if we actually lived in a world where they were seen as more than just a fad, and an actual artistic art form that were beloved for their depth...then hot diggity, that'd be swell.
-Danny
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