A little insight into Superman’s psyche as the issue of two very different cultures – one exotically alien, the other homespun and rustic – would help make for a different kind of superhero blockbuster. Many fans felt Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill, was two-thirds of a decent movie, followed by a final act resembling a whirlwind of pixels smashing into each other ad infinitum. And you have to say, his comments bode well for Superman: Legacy, which the one-time Marvel stalwart is writing and directing. Perhaps this is the reason Gunn has been brought in. James Gunn: ‘We love Superman, Batman and Iron Man – because they’re incredible characters’ Photograph: Chris Delmas/AFP/Getty Images I am struggling to remember any moments in which he sat down with his therapist and discussed a troubled youth on the mean streets of ancient Kahndaq.
The recent Black Adam was two hours-plus of Dwayne Johnson smashing into people and things. Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice’s idea of emotional grounding was the preposterous bit near the end where Bats and Supes stop smacking the living bejesus out of each other for five minutes because they realise their mothers shared the same name. Remember, these comments come from the man newly installed as the head of DC, the studio responsible for some of the most knuckle-headed, least character-driven movies in history.
If you don’t have a story at the base of it, just watching things bash each other, no matter how clever those bashing moments are, no matter how clever the designs and the VFX are, it just gets fatiguing, and I think that’s very, very real.” Remember, these comments come from the head of the studio responsible for some of the most knuckle-headed, least character-driven movies in history It doesn’t have anything to do with whether they’re superhero movies or not. “But I get fatigued by most spectacle films, by the grind of not having an emotionally grounded story.
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