Speaking to the New Yorker, Gray had this to say about the infantilism of the genre [via Jordan Hoffman:
Gray has a very good movie being released on 10.28, his most personal one yet, it’s titled “Armageddon Time” and I’ll be talking more about that one in the next week or so. It’s a perfect addition to a filmography that already includes excellence such as “Two Lovers,” “Lost City of Z,” and “We Own the Night.”
While we’re at it. Alan Moore, creator of the legendary comic graphic novel “Watchmen,” which revolutionized the superhero genre, is now warning people about their fascination with superhero movies. So much so that he believes the infantilism that has arisen because of the genre might lead to a much easier transition to fascism. I’m not joking [via The Guardian]:
Criticizing adult fans of superhero movies is not out of our ballpark for us, and it neither is for some of the world’s best filmmakers.
Over these last few years, I’ve been updating a list of all the directors that have publicly criticized Marvel movies. We can now add James Gray’s name to this very impressive list that includes Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Denis Villeneuve, Bong Joon-ho, Lucrecia Martel, David Cronenberg, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, David Fincher, Paul Verehoeven, Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Jane Campion, James Mangold, Martin McDonagh, Luc Besson, William Friedkin, Ken Loach, and John Woo.
Of course, there will always be exceptions to the rule. Over the years, I’ve found shades of greatness in some DC/Marvel movies: Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man 2,” Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Trilogy,” Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man,” James Mangold’s “Logan,” and The Russo’s “Captain America: Winter Soldier.”
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