Moonfall Director Roland Emmerich Says Marvel And Star Wars Are Ruining The Film Industry
Moonfall director Roland Emmerich aimed at Star Wars and Marvel, claiming they're ruining the film industry. According to him, there's nothing original beyond these huge pre-established intellectual properties anymore.
This isn't the first time Emmerich has taken a swipe at Marvel movies, in particular, once stating he likes watching them on planes to fall asleep. Emmerich is no stranger to blockbuster movies himself, having directed disaster movies such as Will Smith's box office phenomenon Independence Day.
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Emmerich is on the press tour promoting Moonfall, his new disaster movie about a team of astronauts and a conspiracy theorist who work to prevent disaster as the moon is put on a collision course with Earth. During an interview, Den of Geek asked whether the genre has changed in recent years, to which Emmerich responded, «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.”
He obviously isn't the first influential director to share his opinion on Marvel movies. It's become a compulsory question nowadays, with legendary director Martin Scorsese credited as the first influential figure to have sparked the debate when he called MCU films 'theme park movies.' Fans are often weighing in on whether Scorsese was right or not with seemingly every blockbuster released, be it from a popular IP or not.
Emmerich's point however was seemingly not about the quality of these films but rather whether they're bold. Interestingly enough, he has previously credited George Lucas' original Star Wars for inspiring him to be a filmmaker, but now
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