deird1 | (Reply)

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And one of the major points in the story is the conflict between their ordinary life and their superhero life.

Yes, exactly. I love that quiet example of heroism -- doing the right thing / saving others even when it means that you're own life is less comfortable / still crummy. I feel like heroics should involve some kind of sacrifice/compromise, it shouldn't come as easy as the MCU seems to make it.

the movie arcs tend to be "Everything is fine and awesome... and now the bad guys have attacked... and now my life is back to being awesome in every way."

Yes, that's it exactly. I mean, hmmm, one of the reasons Capt America and Winter Soldier work better for me is that you get the impression that Steve's life isn't easy. He gets/has superpowers, sure, but in the rest of his life he's just trying to figure out how to get through it.

But the MCU ensemble movies feel like a whole bunch of super powers thrown together just because it looks cool. It doesn't inspire me like Buffy does.