With the success of Guardians of the Galaxy and now Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Chris Pratt is most certainly qualified to speak to what it takes to make a successful comic book movie. Pratt will also be in the next Avengers film so his time with Marvel has been well spent. In a recent interview with io9, Pratt had a chance to reflect on what makes a Marvel movie successful and ultimately gave some interesting and appropriate advice for the Warner Bros. squad who helm the DC Comics films that haven’t been as successful as Marvel’s.
“I really like all the Warner Bros. [DC films], I think they’re really cool and I’m not a real tough critic on those movies. But one of the flaws might have been they were introducing too many characters in ‘Suicide Squad.’ They spent 10 minutes telling us why should we care about these characters, rather than creating trilogies for each character and convincing us to care about the characters.
“It’s like hardwood. They grew it really slowly so it’s strong,” the actor continued. “They didn’t create ‘The Avengers’ first. They did ‘Iron Man’. And they tested it to make sure it worked. Then they did [‘Iron Man II’] and [‘Iron Man III’], then they did ‘Cap,’ and then they did ‘Thor.’ And they created a thirst for these characters, and that’s when they put them in ‘The Avengers.’”
Of course, Pratt couldn’t resist capping his comments off with a little Star-Lord sass and self-promotion. “It’s really fucking hard to do, and it’s kind of a miracle that anyone’s got it right. You know? So. I think it comes down to Kevin [Feige], his filmmakers, and ultimately, me, playing Star-Lord.”
It’s not a horrible strategy. When you think about it, Marvel did take the singular route to begin their meteoric comic book movie rise. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact reason for DC’s inferior movie quality but if I had to nail it down I’d say lack of humor has definitely hurt them. Marvel movies always pack a laugh with their action. DC films not so much.
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