1. Charm and Cast - It sounds so simple "cast charming and likable people and let them be fun!" But one look around at the landscape of other movies and you'll see the way that this intention can easily fall flat. Marvel makes it look easy, but it's NOT easy.
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Moreover, they're so good selling the idea that everything is different when in reality it's similar. I'm not just talking about music choices and digital effects (they sure have a house style). It's right down into the DNA of plotting their action movies with touches of genre.
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They sell winter soldier is "a 70's paranoid thriller," but there's just like one scene with a dude is like "quiet, we can't talk on the phone!" They sell Dr. Strange as an acid trip but there's like one weird out of body sequence.
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I'm not really ragging on that, I'm saying it's good salesmanship. Because they're so good at giving you the same thing you want while gussying the little corners and images and ideas and characters to make it seem like its really new.
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And after my reaction yesterday, I wonder if they're just getting better at it...
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