“Superman” director James Gunn Think that modern superhero films can no longer rely on the same tricks as they did 10 and 15 years ago.
In a video interview with GQ, which was published on Wednesday morning, Gunn reflected on some of his own films, including 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Superman” and opened the current situation in both comic book films and Hollywood in general. “I don’t believe in Superhero fatigue. I think there are mediocre movie fatigue, ”said DC Studios Co-Ceo.
Gunn explained that it simply is no longer enough to just give viewers the type of big screen transitions and team-ups that originally made franchise that Marvel Cinematic Universe seemed so rare and special. “If the only thing we have to offer is a character that shows up and see two characters together that we have never seen on the screen before – it was really exciting when it first happened (but) no one cares anymore,” commented the filmmaker.
You can see Gunn’s full GQ interview yourself in the video below.
Gunn added that he does not think that comic book films are fighting because the audience is actually tired of superheroes. “This” concept “of super -hero fatigue in a way is real because there have been many superhero films that may not have been up to what they should have been,” he noted. “You see the same thing happen across the line with movies in general – that people don’t make the movies that need to bring people to the cinemas.”
“That’s why” Barbie “works so well.” Barbie “did something different from what other big films it did, and people went to the theater,” Gunn added and praised blockbuster 2023. “I wrote Margot (Robbie) the morning that came out. I said:” Thank you for helping to keep theaters alive. “I saw Greta Gerwig the other day.
He noted that there are other filmmakers like Gerwig who continue to make films that the audience wants to go to the theater to see, including “The Batman” director Matt Reeves.
“He is a filmmaker who makes big pop films, but they have soul and they are different,” Gunn said about his colleague DC veteran. “Whether you like his movies or not, that’s not the important thing. He is doing something else. To be able to see these chances to be taken on a large cloth is important.”
In the end, the “Superman” author -director said he wants cinemas to remain an important part of modern culture.
“I want the biographical experience to continue. I want my nephew and siblings and their children to be able to experience what I have been able to experience going to a theater and seeing the film’s magic,” Gunn told GQ. “I just think we have to take risks. It hasn’t happened because people are so afraid to make a mistake. I think we should make a lot more mistakes.”
