As long as there have been superhero movies, there have been superhero parody movies. They range from the gritty and dark to goofy and raunchy, but they all pretty much have the same message: what happens in superhero movies isn’t what would happen in reality. But in 2024, in an era completely dominated by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, one superhero parody movie managed to create something completely brand new: a story that wasn’t just a commentary on the superhero movie machine, but an exploration of what it means to see yourself in a way that nobody else seems to agree with.
Now streaming on Mubi, this movie did more than just change my opinion on one of the most notorious superhero villains — it made me change my opinion on my own past, altering my life forever.
