It was a nice change of pace from Action Movie where a plucky|snarky|lone wolf hero violates police procedure and civil rights to murder scores of criminals who have sold drugs|kidnapped or murdered a family member|stole property. Isn’t that what replaced the blockbuster natural disaster movie?
Hmmm the top two are Harley Quinn and Black Widow…
Im just saying.
(Im not really, I know you arent a sexist. Just a funny coincidence. I agree, btw, in terms of blockbusters this looks to be a pretty lean year outside of maybe the new Bond movie.)
Psssh.
I had Nimrod on casette in 97. My 77 trans am didnt have a CD player and I had to blast Green day through those stock speakers, damn it.
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You mean No Time To Die, the 26th Bond movie over the past 57 years… yeah, that will be a breath of fresh air…
Hey don’t forget about Wonder Woman! Actually I’ll probably go see Wonder Woman, and watch Black Widow at some point. Heard Harley Quinn movie might actually be alright.
People probably thought that about westerns in the sixties. The superhero craze will end eventually, don’t know if it will take a year or a decade though.
There’s nothing good coming out for a long while except for Mulan.
I saw Harley Quinn last night and loved it. Give it a shot if you’re at all interested. The more people who go see this, the bigger the weekend gross and the better the chance WB/DC makes more movies like this.
Edit: Plus it co-stars the beloved Mary Elizabeth Winstead. MEWMEW4EVER.
What is like this?
A very interesting collection of quotes on Reddit from user u/LukeWilsonStupidNose on the question: Do you want to do a superhero movie?’ - answers from directors, writers, actors and actresses
Al Pacino has the best answer:
Al Pacino
I would do anything that I could understand in terms of how I fit in it. And you know, of course if I could fit in it. Anything’s possible. You know, I did Dick Tracy and I got an Oscar nomination, so come on. (Deadline, 2014)
And lots of other great quotes. Some of my favorites:
Bong Joon-ho
I don’t think Marvel would ever want a director like me. I don’t expect any offers from them anytime soon. Of their movies, I did enjoy the films by James Gunn and James Mangold’s Logan, and I think there are great directors who can handle great projects like that. (Variety, 2020)
Denis Villeneuve
No, because I’m not from that culture. I’m French-Canadian which means that my culture is European. I was influenced by authors from France and Belgium, and Europeans are graphic novelists. Honestly, I know very little about most of them. (Happy Sad Confused, 2017)
Darren Aronofsky
You never know. I mean, Superman would always be interesting. But they’re already deep into reinventing him, so that’s not going to happen for a long time. I think with those films you have to be careful because they are about communicating with as big an audience as you possibly can. Audiences who go to see those films expect a certain type of movie. (CinePop, 2017)
Danny Boyle
I wouldn’t be very good at it. I saw the Spider-Man movie, the animation, and I thought it was wonderful, but out of my league. Normally when you see a movie like that, you think, “I could maybe do that.” I didn’t think “Maybe” with this. It had a sensibility that felt truthful to its origins. Whoever made this, it is part of their bloodstream. You’ve got to recognise that you have no idea how to get there. I don’t think you should attempt one unless it’s in your bloodstream… Comics really aren’t in my bloodstream. (Empire, 2019)
Bryan Cranston
I don’t want to do a character that has been done several times before. I don’t want to be compared, like, “Well, his Commissioner Gordon was yada yada yada.” I don’t want to do that. I want to take something that hasn’t been done. (ScreenGreek, 2018)
Tom Cruise
I’ll never say no if I find something that’s interesting, and I think an audience would like to see it, and they’re going to be entertained by it, and I feel like I can contribute something. (MTV, 2018)
Rumor is that he was considered for Tony Stark.
Cynthia Erivo
Yes. My body is suited to it. And I’d love to see what that experience is like. I think I could have a good time doing it. (Hollywood Reporter, 2020)
David Fincher
Maybe. I was open to doing a zombie movie. I think in terms of stories — I don’t want to have to go and they say, “Okay, you have to dream up something for Meteor Man.” Or whatever. I don’t want to have to cobble together something around a pre-existing mask or uniform or cape or idea. (SXSW, 2019)
First of all, Meteor Man is a fun movie! I’m trying to figure out if he was just saying a funny name, or if he is actually familiar with the Robert Townsend classic.
Ethan Hawke
I guess I’ve been offered things like that that didn’t appeal to me. You have to be careful about what you’re famous for. You don’t want to be famous for something you don’t love. It brings people a lot of pain when that happens. (ScreenCrush, 2018)
Charlie Kaufman
Of course. But — no one wants me to do that. (IndieWire, 2016)
Sam Mendes
The funniest letter I got — they were sending [a packet for] The Avengers, right? For directors to pitch — and I got a package, which was full of comic books, but no treatment; there was no script. But the cover letter said “Marvel’s Avengers will be released on May 3, 2012” or whatever it was. That was the first sentence of the cover letter. Not, “We have the pleasure of enclosing the materials…” or “Here is the script for…” But the release date… I mean, that’s not my world particularly. I’ll go see it, particularly with my kids, but I didn’t want to make it. (Moviefone, 2012)
Jordan Peele
So many of those properties — it’s a childhood dream to be able to essentially see what you saw in your imagination as a child, watching or reading or whatever you were doing with that stuff. It’s a filmmaker’s dream. But you know, I feel like I only have so much time. I have a lot of stories to tell, and it just doesn’t feel right. It just doesn’t feel right. I’m a comic book and graphic novel appreciator, but I can’t call myself a true fan boy. (Rolling Stone, 2019)
Boots Riley
I have a problem with superheroes in general, because, politically, superheroes are cops. Superheroes work with the government to uphold the law. And who do the laws work for? Put it like this: We all love bank robbers, because we know that in the two sides of that equation, the robbers are the ones to root for, not the banks. Only in superhero movies and the news do they try to make us think we’re against the bank robbers. (The New York Times, 2018)
Steven Soderbergh
Well, look, those movies are bananas. I see some of them and I’m like, “I couldn’t direct 30 seconds of that.” Just because so much of my time would be spent on things I’m ultimately not interested in. You look at my career, and it’s mostly just two people in a room. Two people in a room to me is exciting. If you look at history, it’s the way gigantic things happen; it’s the result of two people in a room. I’ve always felt that was the richest tapestry you could come up with. So anything that isn’t about that, I’m immediately kind of like, “Well, why isn’t it two people in a room?” So you’re just spending all this time having conversations with VFX people, instead of with actors about what the scene is. And that’s what I’m interested in. It’s not that I’m a snob. It’s just that I wasn’t into comic books as a kid, and I’m not interested in things that don’t have to do with performance. (W Magazine, 2017)
Aaron Sorkin
I happen to have meetings coming up with both DC and Marvel. I have to go into these meetings and tell them as respectfully as I can that I’ve never read a comic book. It’s not that I don’t like them. It’s just that I’ve never been exposed to one. So, I’m hoping that somewhere in their library is a comic book character that I’m gonna love and I’m gonna wanna go back and start reading from the first issue on. (ComicBook, 2017)
Lakeith Stanfield
I would love to play the Joker. That’d be beautiful. (Jimmy Kimmel Live, 2020)
The full list:
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/f0bi81/do_you_want_to_do_a_superhero_movie_answers_from/
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Not made by Zach Snyder.
The first Batman movie came out over 50 years ago. A bit late to complaining about them imo.
Boots Riley GOAT
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Can you imagine a comic book movie by the director of Sorry to Bother You? @JohnnyTruant would be in a perpetual state of Archer Meme.
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Sounds like a whole bunch of people politely saying that super hero movies are terrible.
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Any quotes stand out to your point? I read most of them differently.
I read up to Tom Cruise and would say all of those.
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Sorry to Bother You was the greatest sci-fi movie of the decade.
Edit: BR2049 a close second.
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Fury Road
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BR2049 potentially going to be usurped by Dune. I hate the books, I hate the Lynch adaptation, I hate the TV adaptation, I hate the sequels, but I worship at the feet of Denis Villeneuve.
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That was the best action movie of the decade.