Why Logan Director James Mangold Is Not A Fan Of Superhero Films?
Director James Mangold who has successfully helmed the recent superhero flick Logan in a different light altogether says he hates superhero movie genre.
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Director
James
Mangold
has
deliberately
produced
Logan
in
a
different
tone
than
a
typical
superhero
film,
and
that
has
created
such
a
ripple
in
Hollywood
that
it
has
been
regarded
as
one
of
the
best
entries
in
superhero
movie
genre
in
the
recent
times.
However,
the
director
himself
said
that
he
is
not
a
fan
of
the
superhero
genre
and
that
he
does
not
like
the
self-exaggeration
of
human
beings
beyond
its
stipulated
capacity
which
is
being
sold
as
the
heart
and
matter
of
all
superhero
movies.
Talking
about
superhero
film,
James
Mangold
said,
"Tentpole
movies
in
general,
they
are
not
movies,
generally.
They
are
bloated
exercises
in
two-hour
trailers
for
another
movie
they
are
going
to
sell
you
in
two
years."
"There
are
so
many
characters
that
each
character
gets
an
arch
of
about
six
and
a
half
minutes
at
best,
and
I'm
not
exaggerating." Said
the
director.
"You
take
120
minutes,
you
take
45
of
it
for
action,
what
are
you
left
with,
divide
it
by
six
characters,
you
have
the
character
arc
of
Elmer
Fudd
in
a
Warner
Brothers
cartoon.
That
formula
is
empty
for
me."
James
Mangold
added
further.
After
Logan,
James
Mangold
is
now
busy
working
on
an
NYPD
cop
TV
drama
titled
The
Force.