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The box office has been ruled by superhero movies for over a decade now, with several franchises raking in billions of dollars in ticket sales. Not every film is guaranteed to be a smash hit, and with Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and DC's Shazam: Fury of the Gods struggling at theaters, it looks like superhero fatigue may be setting in. But it's not that simple, says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 director James Gunn, as he believes that some films focus more on spectacle instead of story.
"I think there is such a thing as superhero fatigue," Gunn explained in an interview with
Gunn added that when a film is basically "just watching things bash each other" at the expense of the story, that's when audiences will grow tired of what they're seeing on the big screen. "No matter how clever those bashing moments are, no matter how clever the designs and the VFX are, it just gets fatiguing, and I think that's very, very real."
<p>The box office has been ruled by superhero movies for over a decade now, with several franchises raking in billions of dollars in ticket sales. Not every film is guaranteed to be a smash hit, and with Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and DC's Shazam: Fury of the Gods struggling at theaters, it looks like superhero fatigue may be setting in. But it's not that simple, says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 director James Gunn, as he believes that some films focus more on spectacle instead of story.</p><p>"I think there<em> is</em> such a thing as superhero fatigue," Gunn explained in an interview with <a href="
"I think there is such a thing as superhero fatigue," Gunn explained in an interview with
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. "I think it doesn’t have anything to do with superheroes. It has to do with the kind of stories that get to be told, and if you lose your eye on the ball, which is character. We love Superman. We love Batman. We love Iron Man. Because they’re these incredible characters that we have in our hearts. And if it becomes just a bunch of nonsense onscreen, it gets really boring. But I get fatigued by most spectacle films, by the grind of not having an emotionally grounded story.Gunn added that when a film is basically "just watching things bash each other" at the expense of the story, that's when audiences will grow tired of what they're seeing on the big screen. "No matter how clever those bashing moments are, no matter how clever the designs and the VFX are, it just gets fatiguing, and I think that's very, very real."
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<p>The box office has been ruled by superhero movies for over a decade now, with several franchises raking in billions of dollars in ticket sales. Not every film is guaranteed to be a smash hit, and with Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and DC's Shazam: Fury of the Gods struggling at theaters, it looks like superhero fatigue may be setting in. But it's not that simple, says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 director James Gunn, as he believes that some films focus more on spectacle instead of story.</p><p>"I think there<em> is</em> such a thing as superhero fatigue," Gunn explained in an interview with <a href="
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">Rolling Stone</a>. "I think it doesn’t have anything to do with superheroes. It has to do with the kind of stories that get to be told, and if you lose your eye on the ball, which is character. We love Superman. We love Batman. We love Iron Man. Because they’re these incredible characters that we have in our hearts. And if it becomes just a bunch of nonsense onscreen, it gets really boring. But I get fatigued by most spectacle films, by the grind of not having an emotionally grounded story.</p><p>Gunn added that when a film is basically "just watching things bash each other" at the expense of the story, that's when audiences will grow tired of what they're seeing on the big screen. "No matter how clever those bashing moments are, no matter how clever the designs and the VFX are, it just gets fatiguing, and I think that's very, very real."</p><a href="
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