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megladon8 (view post)
You're 100% putting words in my mouth.
First, I don't agree that he's terrible at making films. He's great at making films, he just needs help writing them.
With regards to my statement about it being hopeful for the future of big budget film - the entire theatrical film experience has been monopolized by Disney and superheroes.
His last 3 films have been an intellectual space exploration drama, a war film which many consider one of the best ever made (including Quentin Tarantino), and now a time travel-infused espionage thriller.
Studios are giving him bid budgets to do films without a cape or lightsaber in sight.
And of course making a film outside of the studio system is no less of an achievement.
My point is simply that we have had 10 + years of Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney being all that audiences care about. He draws large crowds for films that want the audience to think about something other than "bang! Pow! Kah-blammo!"