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4. "those 80's/90's action heroes were as indestructible as superheroes"
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>But action movies have been supplanted by superhero movies.
>While the best of these movies rank among the best
>blockbusters of all time - Nolan's Batman movies, Iron Man,
>Captain America: Winter Warrior and Civil War, The Avengers,
>Wonder Woman - for the most part the structure of these movies
>fall flat to me because the superheros are indestructible and
>so the stakes are lowered for every battle.

hell, they WERE superheroes for all intents and purposes. were there ever really stakes in the battles in Rambo, Die Hard or Schwarzenegger movies?

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What happened to action movies? [View all] , obsidianchrysalis, Mon Jul-17-17 03:33 AM
 
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probably a studio problem.
Jul 17th 2017
1
Good point about John Wick's success
Jul 17th 2017
2
The 80s and 90s were packed with shitty studio action films.
Jul 17th 2017
3
Drug War is soooooooo dope.
Jul 17th 2017
5
RE: The 80s and 90s were packed with shitty studio action films.
Jul 20th 2017
13
Edge of Tomorrow was dope as shit too
Jul 21st 2017
16
Check out this AV Club piece...
Jul 18th 2017
6
Thanks for this
Jul 20th 2017
14
      in college we used to troll the $5 bins and get gems
Jul 21st 2017
18
better go see Atomic Blonde. gotta support.
Jul 18th 2017
7
on my list
Jul 19th 2017
10
It's been said ad nauseum.....
Jul 18th 2017
8
By and large...
Jul 19th 2017
9
ehh
Jul 20th 2017
11
Taraji P. Henson got one coming - Proud Mary trailer - link
Jul 20th 2017
12
Nice to know that the universe is listening to me
Jul 21st 2017
15
      not sure if you'll thank the universe for this.....
Aug 03rd 2017
21
           RE: not sure if you'll thank the universe for this.....
Aug 03rd 2017
22
RE: What happened to action movies?
Jul 21st 2017
17
The combo of John Woo, The Matrix, Explosions, and sequels.
Jul 24th 2017
19
All good points
Jul 26th 2017
20
As meh as they genrally were...I looked fwd to Expendables
Aug 11th 2017
23
already happened. Gareth Evans.
Aug 12th 2017
24

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