Plenty of people aren’t fans of certain genres, and for filmmaker Ridley Scott the one he’s not a fan of is superhero films.
In 2019, Martin Scorsese famously compared superhero films to theme park rides and called them ‘not cinema’ which set off a firestorm of social media debate that lasted months.
On Friday Scott spoke with Deadline to promote the “House of Gucci” film and went on a longer spiel about superhero films with his issues stemming mostly from their scripting and over-dependence on 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. I’ll f—ing crush it. They’re f—ing boring as s–t. Their scripts are not any f—ing good.
I think I’ve done three great scripted superhero movies. One would be Alien with Sigourney Weaver. One would be f—ing Gladiator, and one would be Harrison Ford [Blade Runner]. They’re superhero movies. So, why don’t the superhero movies have better stories?
Sorry. I got off the rail, but I mean, come on. They’re mostly saved by special effects, and that’s becoming boring for everyone who works with special effects, if you’ve got the money.”
Scott, who is next doing the Napoleon film “Kitbag,” is also readying the “Gladiator” sequel to film and confirms to the outlet its already been written and “we have a good footprint, a good, logical place to go… there’s enough components from the first one to pick up the ball and continue it.”
