Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20190605150859/@comment-29908830-20200211082603

KalKent wrote: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson has now been recruited to help work on the script for 'Thor: Love and Thunder', along with Taika Waititi.

To be topical, it's impressive how Waititi just won the Oscar for writing 'JoJo Rabbit' for two reasons. The first is that it's after Todd Phillips (of 'Joker' fame) claiming you can't make a successful edgy comedy anymore because of "PC-culture". The second is I saw people claiming he wouldn't win, because apparently making a superhero movie makes one less respectable in their eyes.

Phillips' comment (while not entirely unwarranted) has basically just been written off as him trying to make Joker sound more important than it actually is. I'm not sure if a narrative has really been drawn as to whether or not being in a comic book movie makes you less eligible for critical praise, since there are so few examples to choose from when it comes to writing and directing. I guess to list a few others: Tim Burton has remained a household name since doing the Batman films, James Mangold just did his first Best Picture nominee as a follow-up to Logan, Jon Favreau did two billion-dollar movies after Iron Man 2, and Christopher Nolan - well, he's pretty self-explanatory. A lot of other directors just kinda faded into obscurity (Joe Johnston), went back to their roots (Shane Black), and/or made stinkers from that point onwards (Alan Taylor).