John McTiernan named comic-book moviemakers fascists
Renowned Hollywood director John McTiernan, who has directed movies such as Predator, Die Hard, The Thomas Crown Affair and others, criticized modern action movies and Hollywood's fascination with comic book adaptations. According to the director, quoted by the French edition of Premi & egrave; re, the creators of such pictures are "fascists". "Yes, there is action in them, but at the center of the plots are not people at all. These are movies created by the Nazis," he said. When asked by a reporter who asked for his opinion on one of the most critically acclaimed movie projects of 2015 - the action movie Mad Max 4: Fury Road, McTiernan described it as "stamping". The director turned out to have the same low opinion about pictures based on comics. "Captain America. This cult of American power is the worst thing that happened to this world in the last 50 years. Hundreds of thousands of people have died because of these illusions. I don't understand, how can you watch such movies, "he added. At the same time, he praised Ben Affleck's "Operation Argo". McTiernan believes Affleck "literally changed in this movie." Note that the director has actually retired in recent years. His last low-budget movie came out in 2011. The Topic of Article: John McTiernan named comic-book moviemakers fascists. |
