James Gunn Reacts To Soderbergh's Superhero Movie Sex Scene Criticism
Director James Gunn responds to director Steven Soderbergh's belief that «nobody's f*cking» in superhero movies. Soderbergh is the director of the Oceans Eleven trilogy, as well as acclaimed movies such as Out of Sight, Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Magic Mike, and Logan Lucky, who began his career with Sex, Lies, and Videotape in 1989. Gunn is the famed director of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, as well as The Suicide Squad and its spinoff show,Peacemaker, currently playing on HBO Max.
Soderbergh stated recently in an interview with The Daily Beast that the reason he doesn't direct big-budget superhero movies is that «apart from the fact that I can bend time and defy gravity and shoot beams out of my fingers—there’s no f*cking.» Soderbergh goes on to say that he's "too earthbound" in his storytelling to embrace the superhero genre, claiming he's «not a snob» about it and doesn't consider the genre «lower tier in any way.» For many, the problem with his statement is that it doesn't take into account the long list of superhero movies and TV shows, going all the way back to Superman II, that defy his theory.
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Now, Gunn is calling out Soderbergh's theory as well, showing off just a few examples from his own films to disprove it, including shots from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Suicide Squad, and Peacemaker. While Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is more of a post-coital scene involving Yondu, both The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker have actual sex scenes, one involving Harley Quinn and a South American dictator, the other with Peacemaker, Vigilante, and a random woman — not to mention an earlier scene that involved Peacemaker and a woman who
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