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Is Superheroe a film genre?

posted 8 years ago by Sham33
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What do you think? I think each superhero movie can fit in a genre but some people call it a genre on its own.

Examples

Action/Adventure

Most of the MCU

Action/Thriller

The Dark Night trilogy
Winter Soldier

Action/Horror

Spawn
Ghostrider
Blade

Sci-Fi/Action

Spiderman
X-Men

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[–] Ultradog 8 years ago

It's arbitrary and things overlap any way you look at it. I generally consider "superhero" to be a sub-genre of sci-fi, as any superhuman powers are really just that.

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[–] RobTimMor 8 years ago

I would call it Action-Adventure.

But I understand why UltraDog says it would fit into the science-fiction genre.

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[–] Strannger (2007) 8 years ago

Yeah stick with old terms. Superhero movies are adventure and action

[–] Sarmoviefan26 (1368) 5 years ago

I’d say it’s a sub genre.
A mixture of Action and Sci fi