History FandomRivalry / LiveActionFilms

*** It got cranked up when ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' came out. A stream of articles and videos, some by people who had previously defended ''The Last Jedi'', came out in the wake of ''Infinity War'' claiming that the Marvel movie had been able to do what ''Last Jedi'' had wanted to do but better and without the ''Star Wars'' film's pitfalls. Common points were that ''Infinity War'' handled subverting audience expectations better, had the heroes make mistakes without seeming stupid, and was able to keep its plot more focused despite having even more main characters. ''Last Jedi'' fans were less than thrilled and made their own videos counting these points and criticizing ''Infinity War,'' often making jabs at how Thanos's plan makes no sense. The rivalry was ignited again, when the respective grand finales ''Endgame'' and ''The Rise of Skywalker'' came out in the same year. While ''Endgame'' received superior critical reception, some ''Star Wars'' criticized Thor's portrayal in ''Endgame'' as a more shallow imitation of Luke's portrayal in ''The Last Jedi''[[note]]While both Luke and Thor are shown becoming jaded recluses, Luke's arc was received more positively even among detractors of ''The Last Jedi''[[/note]]. The fact that ''Endgame'' would go on to defeat ''The Rise of Skywalker'' in overall box office numbers probably didn't help.

** Another ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' rivalry has sparked with fans of the Burton directed ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' movies. Particularly over whether Creator/JackNicholson or Creator/HeathLedger is better as Comicbook/TheJoker (then there are those who like [[Series/Batman1966 Caesar Romero]], clown-whited-out mustache and all).

* As with Creator/{{Sony}}'s ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', many fans of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse criticize ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' just for existing and maintaining {{Creator/FOX}}'s hold on the X-Men film rights, since they wish the rights would go to Marvel Studios. All the more since Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, two characters synonymous with both the Avengers and the X-Men, were in something a legal grey area (and appeared in both franchises). And then there are the accusations of Marvel trying to undermine Fox's success by downplaying its ''ComicBook/XMen'' marketing in the comics and cancelling its ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' titles, while playing up lesser-known teams and characters such as the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy and Inhumans that will appear in its upcoming movies.[[note]]This is something it ''isn't'' doing with Franchise/SpiderMan, for obvious reasons, but Marvel is known to be on better terms with Sony than with Fox as well.[[/note]] Given that most of these franchise's box office draw comes from movie goers and not comic fans, however, one has to wonder how people got this assumption.

* Some fans of ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' have a beef with those of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' for AwardSnub reasons: during the 1986 Academy Awards, Back To The Future was nominated for awards that Breakfast Club should have been nominated for (the most notable being Best Song).

*** There's also a great feud between fans of Creator/MarkHamill's Joker from the Franchise/{{DCAU}} and fans of Creator/HeathLedger's Joker.

** Surprisingly, some Wonder Wonder AND Captain Marvel fans have an intense one with the 2019 version of Charlie’s Angels. The sad thing is, this didn’t have to be the case at all. As is WELL DOCUMENTED on this site, Charlie’s Angels writer/producer/director/costar Elizabeth Banks brought this on herself with a very bad case of Dear Negative Reader. In the months leading up the the release of her movie, she described it as a “kickass action film for women who don’t need men” effectively alienating half her audience. Then, when the production troubles and early negative reviews came in, she backtracked and said if it didn’t work that was “proof that men would not go see an action movie about empowered women”. Sure enough, the film was a DOA disaster and flopped HARD at the box office, critically and commercially. Banks then said that was proof men won’t go see action movies about women. When it was pointed out to her that Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman (both huge critical and commercial hits), she said neither film counter because they were part of a larger scope of films. This angered a LOT of DC and Marvel fans, as well as people involved in both films, with some fans leaving reviews of Charlie’s Angels taking GLEE in its failure. By this point, the damage was beyond done, and Banks had little choice but to apologize.

** Surprisingly, some Wonder Wonder AND Captain Marvel fans have an intense one with the 2019 version of Charlie’s Angels. The sad thing is, this didn’t have to be the case at all. As is WELL DOCUMENTED on this site, Charlie’s Angels writer/producer/director/costar brought this on herself with a very bad case of Dear Negative Reader. In the months leading up the the release of her movie, she described it as a “kickass action film for women who don’t need men” effectively alienating half her audience. Then, when the production troubles and early negative reviews came in, she backtracked and said if it didn’t work that was “proof that men would not go see an action movie about empowered women”. Sure enough, the film was a DOA disaster and flopped HARD at the box office, critically and commercially. Banks then said that was proof men won’t go see action movies about women. When it was pointed out to her that Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman (both huge critical and commercial hits), she said neither film counter because they were part of a larger scope of films. This angered a LOT of DC and Marvel fans, as well as people involved in both films, with some fans leaving reviews of Charlie’s Angels taking GLEE in its failure. By this point, the damage was beyond done, and Banks had little choice but to apologize.

*** It got cranked UpToEleven when ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' came out. A stream of articles and videos, some by people who had previously defended ''The Last Jedi'', came out in the wake of ''Infinity War'' claiming that the Marvel movie had been able to do what ''Last Jedi'' had wanted to do but better and without the ''Star Wars'' film's pitfalls. Common points were that ''Infinity War'' handled subverting audience expectations better, had the heroes make mistakes without seeming stupid, and was able to keep its plot more focused despite having even more main characters. ''Last Jedi'' fans were less than thrilled and made their own videos counting these points and criticizing ''Infinity War,'' often making jabs at how Thanos's plan makes no sense. The rivalry was ignited again, when the respective grand finales ''Endgame'' and ''The Rise of Skywalker'' came out in the same year. While ''Endgame'' received superior critical reception, some ''Star Wars'' criticized Thor's portrayal in ''Endgame'' as a more shallow imitation of Luke's portrayal in ''The Last Jedi''[[note]]While both Luke and Thor are shown becoming jaded recluses, Luke's arc was received more positively even among detractors of ''The Last Jedi''[[/note]]. The fact that ''Endgame'' would go on to defeat ''The Rise of Skywalker'' in overall box office numbers probably didn't help.

* ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' and ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'' have one as both are sci-fi films about the multiverse with surreal visuals that came out the same year. Fans of the former film disdain this one for being a big-budget Marvel production that gets more attention and money than an original film they think is superior. This really got started when Creator/JamieLeeCurtis jokingly took a shot at ''Multiverse of Madness'' in an Instagram post. Some have even called the film the '''true''' ''Multiverse of Madness''. It's worth noting that the rivalry is largely one-sided. With much of the discourse coming from fans of the former film.[[note]]It's worth noting that the rivalry is largely one sided. With much of the discourse coming from fans of the former. Fans of the latter, on the other hand, are much less heated in the debate. Either agreeing that [=EEAaO=] is a superior film or thinking that both films are good in their own ways.[[/note]]

* ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' and ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce have one as both are sci-fi films about the multiverse with surreal visuals that came out the same year. Fans of the former film disdain this one for being a big-budget Marvel production that gets more attention and money than an original film they think is superior. This really got started when Creator/JamieLeeCurtis jokingly took a shot at ''Multiverse of Madness'' in an Instagram post. Some have even called the film the '''true''' ''Multiverse of Madness''. It's worth noting that the rivalry is largely one-sided. With much of the discourse coming from fans of the former film.[[note]]It's worth noting that the rivalry is largely one sided. With much of the discourse coming from fans of the former. Fans of the latter, on the other hand, are much less heated in the debate. Either agreeing that [=EEAaO=] is a superior film or thinking that both films are good in their own ways.[[/note]]

''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' and ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce have one as both are sci-fi films about the multiverse with surreal visuals that came out the same year. Fans of the former film disdain this one for being a big-budget Marvel production that gets more attention and money than an original film they think is superior. This really got started when Creator/JamieLeeCurtis jokingly took a shot at ''Multiverse of Madness'' in an Instagram post. Some have even called the film the '''true''' ''Multiverse of Madness''. It's worth noting that the rivalry is largely one-sided. With much of the discourse coming from fans of the former film.[[note]]It's worth noting that the rivalry is largely one sided. With much of the discourse coming from fans of the former. Fans of the latter, on the other hand, are much less heated in the debate. Either agreeing that [=EEAaO=] is a superior film or thinking that both films are good in their own ways.[[/note]]

''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' and ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce have one as both are sci-fi films about the multiverse with surreal visuals that came out the same year. Fans of the former film disdain this one for being a big-budget Marvel production that gets more attention and money than an original film they think is superior. This really got started when Creator/JamieLeeCurtis jokingly took a shot at ''Multiverse of Madness'' in an Instagram post. Some have even called the film the '''true''' ''Multiverse of Madness''. It's worth noting that the rivalry is largely one-sided. With much of the discourse coming from fans of the former film. Fans of this film, on the other hand, are much less heated in the debate. Either agreeing that [=EEAaO=] is a superior film or thinking that both films are good in their own ways.

* ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'' with ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy.'' They were released a week apart from each other, and they're both based on comic books with an anthropomorphic animal as one of the main characters. Didn't help that the film managed to steal the number 1 spot from them at the box office (although ''Guardians'' had a higher opening). Even more, ''Guardians'' actually took back the number 1 spot sometime afterward.