5 Golden Rules For Comic Book Movies

1. The villain should be a villain. Pure evil incarnate. An example will be Dark Phoenix without her stupid Jean Grey persona. Not someone who has had a string of bad luck or can be cured of evil. I want a nihilist power-hungry megalomaniac that would rather kill than obey anyone's laws save his/her own. And they must kill in the most artistically and creatively evil manner, like evisceration or vivisection while their victims are alive that kind of gory kill, think Kill Bill slash and dice.

2. The heroes do not have kids or have a relationship, nothing that grounds them or leaves them with strings. He/she must live like a monk and his/her dedication to fighting evil 24/7 must be absolute. The hero may have casual encounters but a family life is never possible, family can either be tragically killed and/or held hostage and then wickedly murdered.

3. The movie should be 90 minutes, or less. Did you watch Spiderman 3? Way too long and draggy with the love triangle, probably it's failing. That, and too much special effects, with the Sandman looking like Arnold Vosloo in The Mummy.

4. The villain must be able to go mano-a-mano with the hero OR have interesting minions that can. Don't just have the hero lift stuff like in Superman Returns - have him fight someone. If the villain can take on the hero awesome, let them go at it. Added brownie points if the villain wins in the fight and the hero gets bashed left, right and centre. Way too many movies stress on the good side winning, never the evil side ever winning.

5. The Final Fight should be at least 15 minutes of the film, think Revenge of the Sith lightsabre battle, except on a larger more magnific scale! No bullshit Fantastic Four endings. The fight should be Infinity Gauntlet / Infinity War kind of fight with 2 super forces clashing causing insane destruction in the process. Super Heroes produce super action otherwise, it's super letdown.

There you have it 5 suggestions for better superhero movies. Comments or critique anyone? Do add your suggestions below.

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