The House of Gucci director, who has spoken negatively about comic-book based films before as well, was asked by Deadline about his main gripe with the superhero genre.
Most shit that would be a mid budget movie is now a short TV series.
The number of movies coming to theaters every week that have a good sized budget is way down. Most people simply didn’t find spending $20 to a night at the movies with essentially risky purchases was worth it.
Capeshit movies generally aren’t bad - they are mediocre and people generally know what they are getting so it’s a “good investment “.
That’s what Marvel is - a guarantee of an ok movie of a type.
Most shit that would be a mid budget movie is now a short TV series.
The number of movies coming to theaters every week that have a good sized budget is way down. Most people simply didn’t find spending $20 to a night at the movies with essentially risky purchases was worth it. Capeshit movies generally aren’t bad - they are mediocre and people generally know what they are getting so it’s a “good investment “.
That’s what Marvel is - a guarantee of an ok movie of a type.