Darker shade of blue: Just as Superman first appeared at a dark time in world history, does the same apply to the latest Superman movie reboot - both in terms of global events and Hollywood's obsession with costly superhero tentpole films?
Is an endless, insanely expensive parade of semi-fascist bores (read: superheroes) strangling the film industry? Do we need saving from the heroes?
TWENTY years ago, after appearing in two phenomenally successful, visually opulent and generally brilliant Batman movies, Michael Keaton decided he didn’t want to make any more Caped Crusader films. So he walked away. It was a disastrous move that effectively ended Keaton’s career as a leading man, the actor learning the hard way that the only unforgivable crime in Hollywood is to walk away from a phenomenally successful franchise.
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