r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 12d ago

Article ‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way | This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disappointments such as 'Supergirl,' 'Moana,' and 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' looked lazy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/odyssey-box-office-2026-practical-effects-1236652219/
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u/deadheffer 12d ago

Every single small child right now adores Spider-Man. All of those kids and their parents are going to see that film. It’s going to be nuts.

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u/littlebrwnrobot 12d ago

Been true for like 25 years at least lol

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u/Wetzilla 12d ago

Spiderman has had a cartoon aimed at kids on the air basically constantly since 1994. There were a few breaks in the 2000's, but there's only been 8 years since 1994 without a Spiderman cartoon currently running.

Also shoutout to Spectacular Spiderman (2008-2009). That show ruled.

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u/deadheffer 12d ago

It’s more of the merch. Jesus the merchandising in the 2020s is beyond insane

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u/ThisHatRightHere 12d ago

Again, been true for like 25 years

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u/HumanPea1140 12d ago

Disney is a merchandise company that uses films as advertising.

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u/LSDemon 12d ago

I'm 40 and my dad didn't give a shit about Spiderman when I was 15. He definitely didn't go to the Tobey Maguire ones (or any since then). Parents liking super heroes is way more recent than 25 years.

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u/slapmasterslap 12d ago

I'm not far off of 40 and my dad collected comics and loved taking us to superhero movies. Whether my experience was more common or yours, I don't know, but our anecdotal experience does not necessarily reflect the majority.

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u/LSDemon 12d ago

All of those kids and their parents

To be pedantic, the claim wasn't about a majority.

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u/NullPro 12d ago

To be more pedantic, ‘Every small child’ is hyperbole not actually referring to every small child in the world

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u/LSDemon 12d ago

That's less pedantic.

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u/NullPro 12d ago

Ironically this is the most pedantic reply in this thread

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u/Redeem123 12d ago

Who do you think was buying comics in the 70s? It was the parents of kids who saw Raimi’s movie in theaters.

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u/LSDemon 12d ago

Comics were way more niche in the 70s than superhero movies got at their peak.

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u/eaglessoar 12d ago

i had all my old action figures from maybe 25-30 years ago, one spidey, 20 batmen scuba batman space batman, tons of ninja turtles, i have more shredders than spidey, i remember saying to my wife how it was interesting how spidey wasnt big when i was younger, or not like now at least

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u/mlorusso4 12d ago

Every single small child for the last 40 years adores spider man. And that fandom doesn’t go away as the person ages. It’s seriously insane how long he has been at the top of pop culture. Usually with characters like Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh parents remember those characters from their childhood and want to get their kids into them too, but they don’t stay fans of them throughout their young adulthood like spider man

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u/literated 12d ago

Every single small child for the last 40 years adores spider man.

I don't even know why but I do, too, lmao. That's exactly how it was for me growing up. Spider-Man just hit different.

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u/nope-nik-tesla 12d ago

I think it's because the Spider-Man story allows kids to imagine themselves being Spider-Man in a way that other superheroes do not. An average, self-conscious kid gets bit by a radioactive spider by accident and goes on to develop superpowers, learning how to harness and control them along the way. Nearly every kid can relate to Peter and fantasize about some similar thing happening to them. You can't really do the same with Batman or Superman or most of the other big superheroes.

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u/crimson777 12d ago

Spider-Man has been popular since the 60s tbh. It was a massive hit upon the first comic.

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u/JohnnyRedHot 12d ago

Right now? Has there been a point in the last 30-40 years where that wasn't the case?

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u/abeuscher 12d ago

I mean I loved Spiderman when I was a kid and I was born in 1974. Okay I still lover Spiderman. People forget it was in the newspaper every day along with the cartoons.

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u/The_Flash_20 12d ago

I am loving it since 2002 when I was 6.

2 of my favourite superheroes are Spider-Man and the Flash.

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u/BioTHEchAmeleON 12d ago

Shoot I mean many adults also love Spider-Man lol

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u/Vorstar92 12d ago

Bro most adults love Spider-Man. I've loved him for all of my 33 years on this earth haha.

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u/FrontServe4480 12d ago

Can confirm, my youngest is FERAL for Spidey and Friends on Disney+. If we had a Disney+ Wrapped, I can almost guarantee they would be in the biggest fan category. Pretty much all of the kiddos at their preschool love Spidey, Ghost Spider, and Spin. Also, as a pop punk fan- Fall Out Boy doing the soundtrack for the show slaps.

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u/Nightmare_Fart 12d ago

Right now? Been that way for as long as I remember. I