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The Fast and Furious movies literally started as an excuse for Paul Walker to drive his cool car collection, so I nominate those
and for some reason part of the plot of many of them is that a hot woman is the prize for winning the final race
I’d argue visuals are a pretty major part of a what makes a movie a movie, so you could argue this is a case where style is substance. You’re not watching Tron for the story.
That said, post-300 Snyder went up his own arse and the slow-mo action, music choices, composition from renaissance paintings - none of it informs characterisation, story beats, themes, or anything beyond “look how cool this is bruh”.
Avatar, all of them.
The first one existed purely to show off 3d film technology and push the limits of CGI.
The sequels false started under the premise that the first one had anything past colourful lights and sounds.
Also, Tron: Legacy, which I am very fond of because it’s essentially a Daft Punk music video.
I barely remember anything about Tron: Legacy besides short Daft Punk cameo that started Derezzed track.
Edit: also that they’ve used 3d model of CLU and that I have only noticed it was 3d model late in the movie.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Absolutely stunning visually with writing that, even if it had been good would never have succeeded because its stars had exactly zero chemistry.
Literally the first film that came to mind.
I haven’t even seen it and this was the movie I thought of when I saw the question.
I felt that Sucker Punch fits this. They had some cool dreamy sequences, which looked good in the trailer, but then you watched the movie and those were kinda it. I think they tried to get a little bit of depth in there by making a sad story to tie the dreams together, but to me at least it felt shallowly deep 😛
It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but Crank. All I can remember from the movie is just fast-paced action and stressful panic of doing everything to stay alive (Speed also comes to mind here), but not much in the way of drama or character development.
Avatar, most marvel and dc films, most nolan films
One of the best “all style” movies has to be:
“The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.”
Speed Racer. It was a blast. Sometimes Style is all you need.
Speed racer has tons of substance and heart. Watched it for the first time last year in a theater. Awesome movie
I call it Cinematography: The Movie
And yet I didn’t remember the plot at all until reading that page. I just remembered the two main characters and the main setting.
I read the book ages ago … wasn’t it just a kid in a boat?
Yup. With an animal.
Hardcore Henry
But its style is so good, the lack of substance does not even matter.
Speedracer
Michael Bay. Although The Rock is hilarious.
Tim Burton… most recently
Didn’t realize that Michael Bay is a movie
Well he did basically make the same film over and over again with no distinguishing characteristics other than “a film by Michael Bay”, so I guess it’s kinda true.
It’s a genre.
The Expendables franchise
The Tree of Life from 2011. I felt like half the movie was just shots of the universe with music. It was pretty nonsensical.
