While superhero movies continue to do great business at the box office (well, mostly), it’s only recently that the films in the genre have begun to get the wider recognition that many feel they deserve.
Take last year’s Logan for example; a huge critical and commercial success, the James Mangold-directed Wolverine movie even managed to get some recognition by the Academy with a rare-non technical category nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at last year’s Oscars.
However, speaking to The Film Stage at the Locarno Film Festival, actor and filmmaker Ethan Hawke has spoke critically about Logan and the superhero genre in general, believing that smaller films are being harmed by “big business”.
“Now we have the problem that they tell us Logan is a great movie,” said Hawke. “Well, it’s a great superhero movie. It still involves people in tights with metal coming out of their hands. It’s not Bresson. It’s not Bergman. But they talk about it like it is. I went to see Logan cause everyone was like, ‘This is a great movie’ and I was like, ‘Really? No, this is a fine superhero movie.’ There’s a difference but big business doesn’t think there’s a difference. Big business wants you to think that this is a great film because they wanna make money off of it.”
Hawke’s comments are sure to cause plenty of debate amongst both fans and critics of superhero and blockbuster movies, and it seems safe to assume that we won’t see him popping up in any Cinematic Universes any time soon.
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In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan’s attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
Logan reunites Hugh Jackman with The Wolverine director James Mangold and also stars Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen, Eriq La Salle, Elizabeth Rodriguez and Elise Neal.
