I'd check back on that the chart again, remember that line thickness corresponds to number of releases. Studios are still making way more rom-coms than superhero movies (granted, rom-coms is a much broader category), but these rom-coms are making a lot less money than they used to.
Very true. The test criteria sound almost comically simple to meet, and yet so many movies don't.
Fair enough, the problem is that the first Iron Man was just so good!
The problem with Iron Man 2 is that the first Iron Man exists to make it look bad. Yes, I thought The Last Stand was bad, but I just can't put in the same category as Wolverine Origins, which was beyond bad.
This was almost going to be a chart on the number of movies passing the Bechdel Test over time, but it had already been done.
True in part, but Spider-Man 3, Iron Man 2, and X-Men: The Last Stand all made over $250 million, and those movies were decidedly mediocre. X-Men Origins: Wolverine made $193 million and that was terrible.
Read my original post for my feelings on that.
