Marvel, DC & Star Wars Are Ruining Movies, Says Roland Emmerich
Independence Day director Roland Emmerich has recently claimed that franchises such as the MCU, DCEU, and Star Wars are ruining movies. Besides Independence Day, Emmerich is also the mind behind several of the last three decades' defining disaster movies, including The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, and 2016's sequel to his smash hit film, Independence Day: Resurgence. Emmerich's newest film, Moonfall, will be released on February 3rd, 2022.
Emmerich is, of course, not the first big-name Hollywood director to take a dislike to many of the modern super-franchises. While promoting his film The Irishman, famed director Martin Scorsese stated that MCU films weren't cinema. Scorsese suggested that the action-packed blockbusters were «closer to theme park rides» than anything else. There often seems to be a general feeling amongst Hollywood filmmakers that massive franchises suppress creativity. For example, Last Night in Soho director Edgar Wright reportedly left the production of MCU's Ant-Man after the studio re-wrote the script, leaving Wright's voice out entirely.
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It seems that this lack of director creativity is a sentiment that Emmerich shares. In a recent interview with Den of Geek, Emmerich was asked if it was difficult to get an original action movie made in the age of the MCU and DCEU. Emmerich immediately answered yes, stating that «Marvel and DC Comics, and Star Wars, have pretty much taken over.» You can read his full comment below:
“Oh yes. Because naturally Marvel and DC Comics, and Star Wars, have pretty much taken over. It’s ruining our industry a little bit, because nobody does anything original anymore.”
Emmerich did not stop there, however. Emmerich continued
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