The last few months have brought with them a load of new films that appear to be capturing the attention of people everywhere; from The Theory of Everything and Whiplash to Big Hero 6 and The Imitation Game, this year’s Academy Awards ceremony proved a real nail biter as dozens of amazing performances, stunning special effects, inspiring music and moving plots hit our screens. The latest of new releases I have seen is Birdman, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, and I cannot stop thinking about it for a number of reasons; the smart editing, edgy score and special effects, but mostly the mocking and downgrading of superhero films. As a super-movie film buff myself, I was almost offended by the term coined by the characters that label such films as “cultural genocide”. How could these epic sagas fall short on culture referring to the custom, civilisation and achievements of a particular time or people (in this case, heroic universe)? Iñárritu quotes; because the audience is so overexposed to plot and explosions a  nd shit that doesn’t mean nothing about the experience of being human. However, I disagree. Modern Superhero films cash in on making their characters more relatable (for example, Iron Man’s anxiety issues in his third feature film) and although they are wrought with explosions, modern remakes offer far more meaningful backstories than the cape crusaders of the past.