Another day, another iconic filmmaker with some harsh words for the superhero movie genre. This time, they come from none other than one of the progenitors of the Hollywood blockbuster, Steven Spielberg.
In an interview with The Associated Press published Wednesday, Spielberg reaffirmed comments that he made two years ago, predicting an inevitable "implosion" in the film industry where the flop of several big-budget movies will alter the business forever. Spielberg elaborated on those comments in the interview, saying that the current popularity of superhero movies at the box office also has an expiration date.
"We were around when the Western died and there will be a time when the superhero movie goes the way of the Western. It doesn't mean there won't be another occasion where the Western comes back and the superhero movie someday returns," Spielberg told The Associated Press. "Of course, right now the superhero movie is alive and thriving. I'm only saying that these cycles have a finite time in popular culture. There will come a day when the mythological stories are supplanted by some other genre that possibly some young filmmaker is just thinking about discovering for all of us."
Those are some interesting words coming from the man whose films like the Indiana Jones franchise found a way to feature heart-pounding action without sacrificing story and paved the way for the modern superhero movie. It's not like Spielberg has abandoned mega-budget movies himself. He just executive-produced this summer's Tyrannosaurus Rex-sized hit Jurassic World. Though Spielberg's next film will be the Cold War-era thriller Bridge of Spies, he's also got the fantastical movie adaptation of Roald Dahl's The BFG in the works as well as the sci-fi epic Ready Player One currently in pre-production.
Then again, movie genres often come in and out of popularity as time goes on, so it could be a tad unrealistic to think superhero movies would be immune.
Via: Entertainment Weekly
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