The Three Most Important Failures of “Miracles”

2023 will be remembered for cinematic phenomena that took most analysts by surprise. On the one hand, there was Barbenheimer, which brought together two completely different films on one stage, creating a resounding box office success. The other extreme is the decline—at least relative and temporary—of the superhero genre. From the official end of the DC Extended Universe to Marvel’s first box office failure in ten years. The truth is that today there has been a revolution in the way cinema and pop culture are analyzed.

But specifically, it was a mediocre performance both in theaters and on a critical level. Miracles Nia DaCosta, who showcased the problems that plague the genre. Particularly as we face the dreaded burnout and oversaturation of stories on the big screen. However, the real weakness demonstrated by the film was the franchise’s inability to reinvent itself. At the very least, to learn from its recent mistakes and focus on new audiences or, as much as possible, revitalizing its central areas. The film of the three heroines together pointed out the sloppiness of the script, direction and ultimately the failure to generate interest among the audience. The most dangerous elements for the survival of the saga that depend on maintaining curiosity and anticipation regarding its next projects.

We leave you with three of the most obvious and difficult mistakes that you will have to solve. Miracles. A journey through a scenario that shows the fragile sides of superhero franchises and other intellectual properties. At the same time, what could this mean for the near future of other shared universes.

Background of Miracles

It took time and effort for Marvel to raise interest in their stories and include characters in the central plot of their cinematic universe. This meant that since Hombre de Hierro Jon Favreau, released in 2008 before Avengers Joss Whedon explored a variety of stories in 2012. Over time, the relationship between films, settings, and characters became more important. To close the third stage The final Russo brothers, ended the journey and said goodbye to several of the franchise’s most famous faces. Everything, in the middle of the script, which united the threads of the narrative, closed a few more and opened a few for the future.

Kevin Feige, who several times called the film “an event like no other,” tried to repeat this process. But under pressure from Bob Chapek, he artificially accelerated it. So, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not only the number of premieres has grown exponentially, but also the number of characters on stage.

Compared to six films in the first phase, the number of projects in the fourth phase has quadrupled.. What caused the saturation of heroic figures, plots and possible relationships. Some important franchises for the future (for example, the continuation Doctor Strange or two seasons Loki) and others, for example Eternalscompletely unimportant.

But it was the fifth stage that demonstrated that the amount of information, backstory and accumulation of stories filling the saga presented a peculiar problem. Particularly because none of the films that introduced new characters or delved into others really managed to connect with audiences. So Miraclesit becomes necessary to watch two TV series and at least one film to understand the situation.

What’s even more troubling is that because of the rush to connect stories, Marvel failed to make its characters important or give them weight. With a character whose feature film premiered in 2019, and two characters who depend on their streaming series. Miracles There was a lack of connection with the audience. Especially when the three heroines had to interact with each other, and the real weight of the plot fell on their chemistry. Or at least the interest they might generate. Something that didn’t happen and it shows the erosion of Marvel as a brand.

bad villain

The franchise seems unable to learn the recurring lesson that a film is only as fragile as its villain. And in Miracles, this phrase is much more obvious than before. Zawe Ashton’s supposedly evil Dar-Ben is not only completely expendable. Moreover, she is a sworn enemy who contributes little, she is not part of the conspiracy. If that wasn’t enough, He is so easy to defeat that his importance is immediately reduced.

This leads to another defining moment in the defeat of the superhero genre. Bad, repetitive and undeniably tedious scripts. From inventive stories full of references or well-thought-out risks, Marvel has evolved into a string of origin tales. Much worse is the repetition of the direct line of events: superheroes trying to understand their powers. They then find a greater purpose and ultimately defeat evil. The days when the Russos had the audacity to destroy almost the entire Marvel Universe with a single click seem to be behind us.

The biggest challenge they take on Miracles, is to connect the three stories and analyze – through a post-credits scene – the future of the saga. But he does this, again, with a character who doesn’t get the point and with another whose appearances are summed up in less than twenty minutes in two films in which he is killed off. lor it leads to the most serious circumstances Marvel is going through.

Excess of information in the shared universe

At this rate, it’s likely that no one could watch a Marvel movie without having a basic knowledge of what happened in at least 33 movies. To this should be added more than a dozen series, both on Disney+ and many others that have recently entered the canon.

To see Miraclesit is important to know the events described in Captain Marvel 2019, TV series Scarlet Witch and Vision And Ms. Marvel. That is, if you want to understand the dynamics between the characters. But it takes at least two more films to figure out why the space base exists and why Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is there. A few more are thrown in to flesh out the Skrull-Kree conflict, among other rushed script nuances.

The failure of Nia DaCosta’s film shows more than just numbers and alarming dynamics that Marvel needs to examine its mistakes. In particular, if you want a fifth phase – bumpy and currently on uncertain ground – it will be responsible for showing the next universe of the franchise. Namely: mutants and their connection with the rest of the stories of the saga.