At this level, it appears like there may be virtually no person left in Hollywood who isn’t a part of a significant superhero franchise. Whenever you add in those that have been a part of earlier franchises, the record of actors who’ve by no means performed masked vigilantes will get even smaller. For this reason even a film like The Accountant 2 seems like a superhero crossover, because it co-stars each The Punisher and Daredevil.
Jon Bernthal is the official MCU Punisher (once more) because of his look within the almost accomplished first season of Daredevil: Born Once more, however his subsequent film will likely be reverse the earlier huge display screen Daredevil, i.e. Ben Affleck, when the 2 seem within the upcoming film The Accountant 2. Our previous Reelblend host Jake Hamilton just lately requested the pair about The Punisher and Daredevil, and Affleck talked in regards to the distinction between the 2 eras of Marvel and what often is the largest achievement of the MCU, a “readability of tone.” Affleck mentioned…
Properly, his Punisher is nice. Daredevil was an fascinating story. It was earlier than Kevin Feige had stepped into the position of operating Marvel. He imposed a type of readability of tone throughout these films that type of found out the trickiest factor, which is, ‘How do you steadiness a film the place you bought folks carrying pajamas and have superpowers, and the way significantly you are taking it, and the way a lot humor is in it, and the way a lot you wink on the viewers, and what does the motion must seem like?’ It coincided with visible results attending to a spot the place it may look actually convincing. It made the best way for excellent actors like him to step in and actually get it completed.’ There is a new Daredevil, I have never seen it but, however I definitely love the character, I want him one of the best, however I would not tangle together with his Punisher.
As Ben Affleck factors out, the factor that basically separated superhero films earlier than the MCU and after wasn’t the continuity of storyline, however the continuity of tone. As a result of each superhero film was made in a vacuum, the characters, visuals and the whole lot else usually didn’t really feel like they belonged in the identical universe.
The concept of placing Ben Affleck’s Daredevil along with, say, Thomas Jane’s or Ray Stevenson’s Punisher, would by no means have labored even when licensing rights had allowed for such a factor. That is as a result of the world’s the characters inhabit, and the tone of their tales, have been so wildly totally different that they wouldn’t have felt like they belonged collectively.
In fact, that consistency of tone has its downsides too. A whole lot of the MCU films really feel too comparable to one another, with many critics and followers perhaps not as enthusiastic about every installment as they as soon as have been, maybe partly as a result of the films don’t really feel totally different sufficient.
Even the MCU isn’t good in that regard. There’s a cause that Deadpool and Daredevil haven’t teamed up with the Avengers but, and primarily based on the present solid of Avengers: Doomsday, it gained’t be occurring for the foreseeable future. Even throughout the franchise, some characters don’t really feel like they match collectively fairly completely.
It is actually too dangerous that Ben Affleck by no means discovered success within the superhero world, as a result of the man clearly understands all of it in a method that not all people does, and he definitely needed to make it work. Maybe there’s nonetheless an opportunity that he can discover the best character and the best inventive group to make all of it work. For now, Affleck himself appears largely completed with superhero films, and I am unsure anyone can blame him.