What started as good news
(McG no longer to direct the new Superman movie, and the script so many dreaded is dropped) got even better
(the new director is Bryan Singer).
If whoever I loaned my time machine to could please return it, I'd like to go see this now.
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Thank god someone woke up at WB.
Bryan Singer directing is very good news. He's the X-men guy, right? Let's hope he does a better job with the Supeman costume than he did with the X-men...
...And if we're very lucky, whoever takes over on X-Men 3 (the downside of this arrangement) will have better judgement in regard to the costumes.
That first Mortal Kombat film hit the mark beautifully. And while I haven't seen Resident Evil, I admire his decision to limit the use of CG to only accentuate (rather than replace) traditional makeup effects. Heck, even Event Horizon (my vote for "most unpleasant film ever") played it's one note masterfully.
I mean, if we're doing the whole Dark Phoenix thing in this next film, I think he'd at least have an interesting take on it.
But, handing this to Joel Schumacher would indeed cost lives...
Though.. How much time do they spend in post-production on one of these?
Anyway, he epitomizes the whole "style over substance" complaint that a lot of critics have about music-video-directors-turned-movie-direc
As for Bryan Singer, yes, he directed the two "X-Men." But also "The Usual Suspects!"
McG may have had the ear of those music artists, but I'll never spend a dime of mine on his work again, knowingly.
Also, 2 was written and co-produced by James Gunn, who brought us the Specials (and starred as Minute Man). If you're watching with that in mind, it's pretty fun.
Scooby Doo was about kids catching bad guys pulling one over on the locals. The first movie dismissed all of that (though thoroughly recognizing how bad Scrappy was).