Originally posted by John MurdochApart from The Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Absolutely. Watched it last year and got tears in my eyes when Jonathan Kent dies in the first act.As far as I'm concerned, the two best templates for a superhero origin movie are either Superman: The Movie or Batman 1989. Either go with an in-depth origin or start in medias rex/"in the midst of things".
So many Marvel movies and comic book movies in general have used either of these templates to great success:
- The deep origin story of Superman template: Spider-Man, Batman Begins, all of the solo MCU films, even Man of Steel 30+ years later.
- The in medias rex Burton/Keaton Batman approach: Blade, X-Men, BvS, Suicide Squad