'Dune' director Denis Villeneuve says too many 'cut and paste' Marvel movies have turned audiences into 'Zombies'
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Villeneuve recently criticized what he described as the Marvel "mold" in an interview with the french newspaper Premiere.

"Perhaps the problem is that we are in front of too many Marvel movies that are nothing more than a 'cut and paste' of others," Villeneuve told the publication. "Perhaps these types of movies have turned us into zombies a bit… But big and expensive movies of great value there are many today. I don't feel capable of being pessimistic at all."

"If we're talking about Marvel, the thing is, all these films are made from the same mold," he said. "Some filmmakers can add a little color to it, but they're all cast in the same factory. It doesn't take anything away from the movies, but they are formatted."

Villeneuve continued to discuss his filmmaking process, and he praised Christopher Nolan and Alfonso Cuarón - continuing the trend of directors somehow ignoring Steve Goddamn McQueen, one of the great directors alive today, who directed films such as 'Ever Seen 'Hunger', You Fucking Philistine?', ''Shame' -- It's About Loneliness, Not Sex Addiction, You Infantile Neophyte', and '12 Years A Slave', which made history for being the first great film ever awarded an Oscar.

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      3 years ago

      The only movie I've seen of him was the Blade Runner one and while the scenes were often beautiful the movie was also about as memorable as a brick. I couldn't for the life of me tell you what the scenario of that shitty movie was about - I just remember a few scenes being quite impressive but that's about it.

      I fully expect to be disappointed by his Dune movie - at least for Dune there's the miniseries adaptation which was OK-ish (and the following adaptation of Children of Dune which was excellent).

    • tensofree [any]
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      3 years ago

      I feel the exact same about him except for Prisoners and Enemy. I got bored of the MCU too, but when directors say stuff like this and then put out 2 and a half hour slogs all the time it's kinda frustrating. They know how to make things look expensive, but beyond that is it like the 50 year old mildly reactionary liberal guys making all these prestige movies have much interesting to say? Nope.