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Blog Entries by Scott Mendelson from 05/2012

Why The Avengers' $207m Opening Weekend Is Even More Impressive Than You Think

| Posted 05.07.2012
Read More: Chris Evans, Box Office (Weekend Box Office Rundown), The Avengers, Summer 2012, Marvel, Mark Ruffalo, Joss Whedon, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Imax, 3d, Disney, Jeremy Renner, Robert Downey Jr, The Avengers Box Office, Marvel's the Avengers, News

The total weekend number only tells part of the story. Arguably as important as the massive three-day figure is the manner in which it was earned.

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Review: Dark Shadows

| Posted 05.10.2012
Read More: Johnny Depp, Dark Shadows Review, Dark Shadows, News

Whether it is better or worse than Planet of the Apes or Alice In Wonderland is a moot point, Dark Shadows is simply yet another very bad Tim Burton film.

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Why The Avengers May Be This Summer's Most Progressively-Feminist Blockbuster

| Posted 05.16.2012
Read More: Social Change, The Avengers, Gender Roles, Joss Whedon, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson, Black Widow, Gender Issues, Feminism, Movies, News

The way Joss Whedon and company present their female superheros merits acknowledgment primarily because of what they don't do. In short, they don't draw one damn bit of attention to it.

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Unconventional Wisdom: So Chris Nolan's Batman Films Inspired a Trend of Dark/Gritty Blockbusters? Such As?

| Posted 05.29.2012
Read More: Iron Man, The Dark Knight, The Avengers, Joss Whedon, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises, Comic Book Movies, Christopher Nolan Batman, Christopher Nolan, Spider-Man Movies, News

in the seven years since Batman Begins debuted, where exactly are all of these grim/gritty blockbusters that Nolan is constantly credited with inspiring? In short, they basically don't exist.

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Review: Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

| Posted 05.31.2012
Read More: Kristen Stewart, The Avengers, Gender Roles, Summer 2012, Universal, Chris Hemsworth, Snow White and the Huntsman, Twilight Saga, Thor, Charlize Theron, Feminism, Reviews, News

Snow White and the Huntsman is a failure both as a reinvention and a movie. It earns points for production value, Theron and Hemsworths' respective star turns, and for a promising initial reel that makes promises the film can't keep. But it goes nowhere.

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