Thoughts on movies, comic books, life, and other nonsense, by someone who should know better
While I’m a sucker for the Marvel movies, my personal favourite movie about superhumans is 2012’s Chronicle, a movie that appeals to the side of me that sees the crossover potential of the superhuman in fiction, and not keep it limited to the kind of material that’s been pounding the cinemas for decades now, and now Brightburn, a modestly made indie movie produced by Guardians of the Galaxy‘s James Gunn has cemented itself right by it.
Yeah, 22 years old. That is an astounding fact for a number of reasons. When you look at franchises, the biggest one of all is probably Star Wars, but the Marvel cinematic Universe is right up there too. The Star Trek movie franchise has been around since 1979, and in western cinema at least, there are few others (trilogies don’t count). James Bond has been going since the 60s, but is showing its age. Mission Impossible may only have reached 6 movies, but it has endured for 22 years, and after the global commercial and critical success of Fallout, you’d put money on at least one more. As much as I enjoyed Mission Impossible 3, I have to agree with some critics that this is the best one yet.
AT THE FOOTHILLS OF MADNESS 