Is it the studio? Is it the unfinished screenplay? Or is it the lack of care from the director?
When is the last time you saw a good, big-budget movie in theaters?
It is difficult to come across a big-budget movie that left you feeling impressed nowadays. While it isn’t impossible, it feels like an upward fight that isn’t worth the expensive movie ticket.
But where did things go so wrong in the movie-making pipeline? While our favorite person to blame is the studio executives, their meddling and desire for a profitable big-budget film add some weight to the problem, James Gunn believes that the root of the issue might be with the screenplay and the director.
The writer/director often answers some fan questions on his Twitter, and one question about film scores snowballed into Gunn expressing some harsher opinions on the state of cinema.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
