Superhero movies are primarily about good dudes punching bad dudes.
Take, for example, Captain America 2, opening on a whole bunch of different release dates, but relatively soon no matter where you live.
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It stars Chris Evans as Captain America, a dude who punches dudes with his fists and a shield.
It also starts Scarlett Johansson as recurring character Black Widow, who punches dudes with her fists, bullets, and sometimes some sort of wrist-taser.
New to the cast is Anthony Mackie, aka Falcon, who punches dudes with bullets while flying. KA-CAW, etc.
After that comes a movie which may have too many dudes punching dudes (if such a thing can even be achieved), X-Men: Days of Future Past.
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In it, every X-Men character you've ever cared about is returning for, presumably, a five minute scene each so we can get back to watching Wolverine do more things.
And then, later this year will be Guardians of the Galaxy!
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This stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, a dude who specializes in Han Solo impressions and punching dudes.
It co-stars Batista as a giant green dude who punches dudes named Drax, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, an olive green alien lady-dude who punches dudes, Vin Diesel playing Groot, a large tree who punches people, and Bradley Cooper playing Rocket Raccoon, a raccoon with attitude who punches dudes with bullets. It also has Glenn Close, Glenn Close's Amazing New Haircut, and John C. Reilly.
Next summer comes Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, the sequel to one of the best-selling dude punching movies of all time.
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In it, the cast of the original Avengers reprise their roles, and fight James "lizard king" Spader, who's playing the titular robotic protagonist, Ultron. There aren't many details out right now, except that somehow Hank Pym won't be involved as he was in the comic, and that it's going to introduce Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver into the MCU.
Shortly after Avengers 2 comes Ant-Man, a movie starring Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and the titular Insect-Dude, and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, the one who, at least in the comics, originally created Ant-Man. It's directed by Edgar Wright, so it's sure to, if nothing else, look really good and be really funny.
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And then, on the same day in 2016 comes Captain America 3 and Batman vs Superman. The former was just recently announced, while the latter has a much more detailed, checkered history thus far.
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In it, Henry Cavill reprises his role as Superman from 2013's Man of Steel, a movie in which he may have punched dudes too much. Luckily, to balance him out, Ben Affleck is playing a Batman who, if the sources speak true, has retired from punching dudes. It also has Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, and maybe or maybe not Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, May His Punching Remain Ever Entertaining.
The movie was delayed from its original release date due to, reportedly, injuries Ben Affleck sustained on set reasons no one really knows, and was pushed back to the same release date as Marvel's Captain America 3. This marks the first time the two companies have competed on the release date (or at least I assume)
After that come a handful of unannounced superhero movies, including at least two more helpings of Marvel Studio's films, and Fox releasing a Wolverine sequel/X-Men: Apocalypse.
So, SE++, let's talk about punches and the brightly-clad people who deliver them.
Take, for example, Captain America 2, opening on a whole bunch of different release dates, but relatively soon no matter where you live.
It stars Chris Evans as Captain America, a dude who punches dudes with his fists and a shield.
It also starts Scarlett Johansson as recurring character Black Widow, who punches dudes with her fists, bullets, and sometimes some sort of wrist-taser.
New to the cast is Anthony Mackie, aka Falcon, who punches dudes with bullets while flying. KA-CAW, etc.
After that comes a movie which may have too many dudes punching dudes (if such a thing can even be achieved), X-Men: Days of Future Past.
In it, every X-Men character you've ever cared about is returning for, presumably, a five minute scene each so we can get back to watching Wolverine do more things.
And then, later this year will be Guardians of the Galaxy!
This stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, a dude who specializes in Han Solo impressions and punching dudes.
It co-stars Batista as a giant green dude who punches dudes named Drax, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, an olive green alien lady-dude who punches dudes, Vin Diesel playing Groot, a large tree who punches people, and Bradley Cooper playing Rocket Raccoon, a raccoon with attitude who punches dudes with bullets. It also has Glenn Close, Glenn Close's Amazing New Haircut, and John C. Reilly.
Next summer comes Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, the sequel to one of the best-selling dude punching movies of all time.
In it, the cast of the original Avengers reprise their roles, and fight James "lizard king" Spader, who's playing the titular robotic protagonist, Ultron. There aren't many details out right now, except that somehow Hank Pym won't be involved as he was in the comic, and that it's going to introduce Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver into the MCU.
Shortly after Avengers 2 comes Ant-Man, a movie starring Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and the titular Insect-Dude, and Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, the one who, at least in the comics, originally created Ant-Man. It's directed by Edgar Wright, so it's sure to, if nothing else, look really good and be really funny.
And then, on the same day in 2016 comes Captain America 3 and Batman vs Superman. The former was just recently announced, while the latter has a much more detailed, checkered history thus far.
In it, Henry Cavill reprises his role as Superman from 2013's Man of Steel, a movie in which he may have punched dudes too much. Luckily, to balance him out, Ben Affleck is playing a Batman who, if the sources speak true, has retired from punching dudes. It also has Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, and maybe or maybe not Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, May His Punching Remain Ever Entertaining.
The movie was delayed from its original release date due to, reportedly, injuries Ben Affleck sustained on set reasons no one really knows, and was pushed back to the same release date as Marvel's Captain America 3. This marks the first time the two companies have competed on the release date (or at least I assume)
After that come a handful of unannounced superhero movies, including at least two more helpings of Marvel Studio's films, and Fox releasing a Wolverine sequel/X-Men: Apocalypse.
So, SE++, let's talk about punches and the brightly-clad people who deliver them.