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Superhero Movie
2008 · Film · 82 min
Directed by Craig Mazin
Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.
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Great website! One thing that is missing: Availability is not the only criteria people use. One example: Last month I wanted to watch Superhero Movie, but I was in Spain, where a lot of movies are dubbed. I found out it was available on Amazon Prime (via another similar website to the one in the submission) but when I tried to watch it, it was only available in Spanish voice with English/Spanish subtitles, so obviously wouldn't work. Instead I had to result to using the holy pirate cove again to be able to watch what I want.
So if also audio/subtitles language could be added to this service, it would make it 100% better and more useful for solving the problem it's trying to address!
> Airplane! is another movie that "wouldn't be allowed to be made today"
Yes, the kind of comedy it has is very tied to the immediate social context for commercial viability, both as to the what it is lampooning (late-70s disaster films) and how.
The broader template of Airplane! (broad take-it-to-11 parody of recently popular film patterns) because it was itself the pattern for its own flood of films in the 2000s (Scary Movie, Date Movie, Superhero Movie, and several sequels to Scary Movie).
You walk away different from great art whether its film, television, books, music, painting/plastic arts, etc. Box office pablum like the latest superhero movie is largely forgettable, but great culture will give you new perspectives on identity, relationships, morality, society, etc.
"So what did you do today?"
"Oh you know: caught a weedle, voted for the pirates, and downloaded a cam of that new superhero movie."
Is this scary or wonderful? I'm so torn.