EDGAR WRIGHT's Directing Style Compared to Some Potential Replacements

Why does it always have to be comedy with marvel. Why cant we get more movies like cap 2

Because The Winter Soldier arc is great in comics too.

Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End have much better human drama then any Marvel film has ever had to be honest so Marvel didn't just lose a great comedy director but also a great emotional director and writer.

Interesting video, and I love the Edgar Wright movies I've seen, but I think I am glad he's off Ant-Man. If there is going to be a conflict, I want Ant-Man to be an MCU movie, not an Edgar Wright movie.

I recognize that my saying that puts me in the "fast food homogenized art-as-product bourgeoisie" but in this case, I believe it. A really strong unique style is all fine and good for an individual film, in fact is great, but for a movie that is supposed to be one chapter in a larger story, too much variance can be jarring.

@Enphlieuwince

I would put up the "Pepper replacing Tony's heart" scene, "Cap and Peggy's radio conversation", and pretty much anything between Steve and Bucky in Winter Soldier. I nearly cried watching them beat the shit out of each other on the Helicarrier.

Sure, my initial investment in them as characters is probably stronger than my investment in any Nick Frost character, but those scenes stand on their own in terms of human drama.

Spock...that scene at the end on the helicarrier with Steve and Bucky....the Whitney Houston song "I Will Always Love You" played in my head.

@McGee

You mean that wasn't in the soundtrack?! I could have sworn it started playing in the theater...

The only other scene that almost made me cry manly tears was with Steve and old ass Peggy.

Reminded me of the Highlander outliving his bitch....*sniff* :(




^^ MANLY TEARS RIGHT THERE!!!

Spock Agreed. Also when 'Loki' finds out 'Frigga' in Thor: The Dark World or when the old man stands up to 'Loki' (personally a favorite scene) in The Avengers. Ppl get so caught up on the comedy or aspects that they don't like, like 'Thor' not wearing a helmet, that they tend to tune out/dismiss the things MS does get right. You can argue if the movies have too much comedy but it's not even debatable to as whether or not they are successful with the dramatic aspects of their film. They are -- hands down.

@McGee

I started looking up Invention of Lying clips because of the other thread, but I'll put this here, because it's more relevant.

I think fans' excitement for Wright directing ignited fully when the test footage was released. The majority of us were confident in his passion and commitment for the character after watching that one scene. It's hard to put your trust in another director after you've been supporting another for so long :(

Enphil gets so defensive it's hilarious.

@Enphlieuwince
"MrCBM56 Yeah, I think we all get defensive sometimes."

You take that back or I'll stab you in the eye.

Depp for Strange can Work.

Theambassador-i really like edgar wright.he is a true talent but then again..it doesnt mean with him gone, it cant be good, if Adam Mckay does get the job,i think he can still make a good film.. its gonna be different from wrights but it can still be good..i hope marvel makes a good ant man film and wright continues to make good films of his own..plus wright is an auteur and an auteur is aperson who has an individual style and has complete control over every element of production and marvel is still a studio, they need to still have some control because at the end of the day, it is still their universe and they built it up and they need to keep building it, its just imo what james gunn said on his facebook, in that, their personalities and their way of filmmaking just dont mesh in a comfortable way..to me..people like whedon, shane black, james gunn can collaborate and compromise with studios hence why while each of their films has a marvel feel and mold to it, avengers in terms of dialogue and interactions is very whedon,IM3 is very shane black and guardians, from the looks of the trailer, is very james gunn in its quirkiness and tone so yeah ..we can just hope for the best now

regardless of what happens with this film,i still hope it is a good film at the end of the day because i want all the superhero films coming up to be good and successful and while im not all that interested in some(FF, B V S) im still gonna see them opening weekend because i want these films to be successful so we can continue to get more good superhero films in the future, even if they turn out to be good or not