‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and the Modern Comic Book Movie - NYTimes.com
Why so many angst-filled, serious superheroes these days?
"Perhaps this is a reflection of the state of the world after Sept. 11, 2001. Certainly the superhero movies of today are, like the gangster pictures of the Depression and the westerns of the ’50s, a screen onto which our society projects its fears and dreams."
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It's Marilyn Manson's fault.