Since the launch of Marvel’s cinematic universe, fans have had a closer interpretation of their comic book favorites than we could ever have expected ten years ago on the big screen. While the Iron Man, Thor and Captain America films may not have been based on any one comic book story, the studio worked tirelessly to ensure that the overall tone and feel of the movie and the personalities of the characters reflected the source material accurately.Following the failure of Batman & Robin and The Hulk, gone (mostly) are the days of “Tim Burton’s Batman,” when a director can come aboard a major comic book property and make a movie that bears only a passing resmblance to the character fans have read for years. This is especially true at Marvel where the interconnected universe means that every failure has the potential to taint the brand, the universe and impact the rest of the movies.Even where an auteur’s touch exists, such as in the Nolan films, it seems that the director and the studio have done better to more closely reflect the source material.Most comic book movies remain adaptations of the concepts and characters, though, rather than particular plots, so the need to be “true” to the source material has been mostly about establishing a feeling, or making sure characters don’t do crazy things. Moving forward, though, more and more elements of existing comic book stories are seemingly being incorporated into the films themselves.There was X-Men: First Class. The Dark Knight Rises took obvious cues from Knightfall and No Man’s Land; Iron Man 3 used Extremis; a film version of The Winter Soldier is coming, and rumor has it The Avengers 2 will be a modified take on a classic Marvel crossover.
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