Yesterday penguinz0 made a video about the current state of modern blockbusters and its something I think would be interesting to discuss here. In my opinion it would be for the best if the MCU was put out to pasture and the Disney monopoly was broken up.
It seems like more and more blockbusters have the sane tone, the same style and the same direction. Its like they are written and directed by the same handful of people. The Flash, Indiana Jones 5, and Ant Man 5 all felt like they had the same writers and directors. I place a lot of the blame for this on Disney. Ever since Disney Plus launched everything marvel put out has been so paint by numbers.
What do you all think. Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
Chris Nolan and Denis Villeneuve are the only directors making blockbusters that I’m genuinely excited for, these days.
Tom Cruise isn’t the director, but should probably get the auteur tag for being behind Top Gun Maverick and the recent MI movies which are as good as blockbusters get.
I think what Nolan, Villeneuve and Cruise get right is it’s important to do as much as you can practically. The weightlessness of so many blockbusters is chief among the things dragging them down right now.
I liked the Mission Impossible movies a lot more when each entry got a new director. Once Christopher McQuarrie took over they started feeling pretty samey.