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Ridley Scott does not have a high opinion about superhero movies, calling them boring and not good. Scott is having a great year with two of his movies being released months apart, with The Last Duel, a historical epic starring Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, and Ben Affeck, and the biographical crime House of Gucci premiering Thanksgiving starring Driver, Lady Gaga, Jared Leto, and Al Pacino.
Scott has had a decades-long career as a director and is known for his variety of films including The Martian, Thelma & Louise, and American Gangster, reports Screen Rant.
Scott has also directed a number of blockbuster movies that have held up and are deemed classics, directing the science fiction films Alien and Blade Runner early on in his career. He also directed the war film Black Hawk Down and the historical Roman epic Gladiator, which won Best Picture at the Oscars and is getting a sequel from Scott. While his projects have had a wide range in time period and setting, Scott has maintained a unique directorial style no matter the genre and is not afraid to step out of his comfort zone. However, there is one genre that Scott is currently very critical of and may not be a part of any time in the future.
In an interview with Deadline for House of Gucci, Scott has spoken out on superhero movies, joining the beliefs of previous directors and saying that the scripts are not well done and are mostly just about the visual effects.
“Almost always, the best films are driven by the characters, and we’ll come to superheroes after this if you want, because I’ll crush it,” he said.
Scott is certainly not the first powerful filmmaker to blatantly bash superhero films. There has been an ongoing debate regarding the Marvel franchise with many directors, including Denis Villeneuve and Martin Scorsese, who have both expressed their distaste for the films. The statements have generated much controversy with actors and directors in the industry as well as fans of the superhero genre.
