Marvel Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Says There's A Limit On The Number Of Good Superhero Movies That Can Be Made

Marvel Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Says There's A Limit On The Number Of Good Superhero Movies That Can Be Made

Gwyneth Paltrow is part of the ensemble cast that helped usher in the age of comic book movies so it's interesting to see her make such a controversial statement about their quality.

By MarkJulian - Mar 21, 2024 08:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man
Source: via THR

Pepper Potts actress Gwyneth Paltrow was a recent guest on the Hot Ones YouTube talk show where she was asked to comment on the recent Academy Awards speech from Cord Jefferson, who won Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on American Fiction.

In his speech, Jefferson pleaded for the industry to make more, smaller-budgeted films instead of reducing output to push out generic blockbusters.

"I understand that this is a risk-averse industry, I get it,” Jefferson stated. “But $200 million movies are also a risk. And it doesn’t always work out, but you take the risk anyway. Instead of making one $200 million movie, try making twenty $10 million movies. Or fifty $4 million movies.

Asked to comment on his galvanizing speech, Paltrow stated, "I absolutely understand where he’s coming from,. You want to have the best chance of having a strong ROI. People put a lot of money into these things and they want them to be profitable. But I think if I look at the industry as a whole, this big push into superhero movies … you can only make so many good ones that feel truly original, and yet they’re still always trying to reach as many people as possible, which sometimes hinders quality or specificity or real point of view."

Paltrow makes this comment at the 10:25 mark in the video below.

In some ways, Paltrow is right, as there's been a deluge of superhero films since 2008's Iron Man and only a select few have managed to reach those same heights.

Paltrow went on to explain her reasoning, adding, "I grew up doing those [mid-budget] movies and I sometimes lament the fact that I look back at some movies I made in the ’90s and think that just wouldn’t get made now. You get more diversity of art when there is less at stake and people can, sort of, express their true voice and make a film the way they want to make it. And I think those are generally the more resonant ones."

Post Avengers: Endgame, it sure feels as if Hollywood and the industry as a whole, is rapidly approaching superhero fatigue. Marvel's sprint into the steaming wars with Disney+ certainly accelerated the problem.

Recently, Disney CEO Bob Iger addressed MCU fatigue specifically, stating that the company would no longer churn out content for content's sake, "You have to kill things you no longer believe in, and that’s not easy in this business, because either you’ve gotten started, you have some sunk costs, or it’s a relationship with either your employees or with the creative community."

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DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/21/2024, 8:17 PM

There's a limit to the amount of numbers this bubble-headed blonde can count to when she runs out of toes and fingers.

JonC
JonC - 3/21/2024, 8:36 PM
@DocSpock -

"Gwyneth Paltrow is an American actress, singer, comedienne and food writer, and her current net worth is $70 million"

Apparently she can count at least to $70 million.
Evansly
Evansly - 3/21/2024, 8:52 PM
@JonC - Well considering 1 million seconds is 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, and 40 seconds and it would take longer than a second per number once you got up there it would be highly unlikely she has ever counted to 1 million, let alone 70
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 3/21/2024, 8:29 PM
The limit would be the lack of imagination and that is still flowing so, up yours.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 3/21/2024, 8:31 PM
"you can only make so many good ones that feel truly original"

I don't think we've actually had a Superhero movie that feels truly original.

The endless sludge of repetitive tropes and sequels is entirely the choice of the corporations and those that support the franchises.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/21/2024, 8:39 PM
There is a ton of characters you shouldn't worry about doing either a movie or show about.Just focus on the popular ones.

Spider-Man
Wolverine
Ghost Rider
Nova
Luke Cage
Daredevil
Silver Surfer
Doctor Strange
The Hulk
Thor
Captain America
Iron Man
Guardians Of The Galaxy
X-Men
X-Factor
X-Force
Excalibur
Fantastic Four
The Avengers
West Coast Avengers
The Defenders

See how great a MCU could be if you get decent writers, directors, producers and actors and this is a shocker read the comic books.

TheCoonII
TheCoonII - 3/22/2024, 3:21 AM
@marvel72 - theres so many movies we wouldn’t have if the MCU began with this mindset
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/21/2024, 8:43 PM
I get her POV and even agree with it to an extent.

However personally I feel nothing is ever truly original , not just anymore but since the beginning of time when stories came to be…

There’s only so many stories in the world and we just get variations of them , regardless of genre.

Anyway , Hot Ones is great!!.
bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 3/21/2024, 8:44 PM
It confuses me why y'all get so upset when an actor, actress, producer, whatever.. says anything resembling superhero fatigue. There's only so long moviegoers are goihng to keep turning out for two or three marvel movies a year. It'd be like having three Star Wars movies a year. The quality is bound to drop, too... the originality.
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 3/21/2024, 9:08 PM
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mynameisn0body
mynameisn0body - 3/21/2024, 8:55 PM
it seems like the actors apart of the infinity saga. are all like we were apart of the good ones. and the ones without us are bad. it’s like they’re shaming what’s new. we already know IS was great. but you don’t have to sh*t on what’s to come.
BraxtonHicks
BraxtonHicks - 3/21/2024, 9:18 PM
Portrayal of good super heroes seems to be what is limited, too tight are the binds on film makers and writers yet freedom to choose and we get Snyder...
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/21/2024, 9:21 PM
There's enough variety and decades worth of storytelling for filmmakers could tap into with comic book movies. It's the formula that needs to change because shit has gotten stale.
abd00bie
abd00bie - 3/21/2024, 9:22 PM
She is one of the biggest twats in Hollywood lmao
Reginator
Reginator - 3/21/2024, 9:42 PM
Is she still selling her choochie scented candles? That’s just a little less insane than those that bought those candles.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 3/21/2024, 9:53 PM
@Reginator -
Her candles didn't smell like "choochie".
They were a combination of floral and fruit scents.

Only the terminally brain-damaged believed they smelled like genitals.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 3/22/2024, 9:17 AM
@Reginator -

"She explained that the viral candle — which is made with geranium, citrusy bergamot and "cedar absolutes juxtaposed with Damask rose and ambrette seed"— was not meant to “actually smell like anyone’s vagina” and “that was the point.”

That's taken directly from the article you linked.
Reginator
Reginator - 3/22/2024, 9:42 AM
@r1g0r - i read it. the point was she is a bit flakey and selling a candle that says "smells like my vagina" pretty much drives that point home.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 3/21/2024, 9:48 PM
Yup, she's right.

As long as there are crappy superhero films, then SOMEBODY has found a limit.

Granted, there will be more good superhero movies, they're NOT limitless in number.

There will ALWAYS be some piss-poor movies being made.

If her statement was false, then ALL superhero films would be good.
Forthas
Forthas - 3/21/2024, 10:56 PM
I totally disagree with Paltrow. There is no limit to how many good superhero films there can be. That is like saying there is a limit to how many ROM COMS or horror films. It does not work like that. What ruined comic book films and Star Wars was this incessant desire to fill up these films with jokes and silliness. If you take the subject matter seriously no matter how fantastic it is and focus on making character driven stories then you will more likely make a good film then if your films rely on jokes and garish CGI.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/22/2024, 12:03 AM
She's kind of right, just got out of GB Frozen Empire.. I'd say it's at least better than the 2016 and II which was basically the first one again, but I'm still somewhat disappointed. It's not the worst, but I feel the plot could have been better if they went a different direction
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/22/2024, 3:35 AM
I kinda agree. Don't think there's an absolute number though, but instead percentage. I'd say 1 in 3 is great though. So if there's 9 total, 3 are great, etc.

I do fully agree with the budget thing though. Twenty 10 million dollar movies is a bit exaggerated, but there's prive enough 200 million is enough budget for 2-3 major movies.
MadThanos
MadThanos - 3/22/2024, 3:45 AM
This woman scares me because I think she's La La Land but very frequently she's on point, like now.
WhateverItTakes
WhateverItTakes - 3/22/2024, 4:15 AM
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ElvenKingSlayer
ElvenKingSlayer - 3/22/2024, 6:51 AM
Who cares what she says about super hero movies? She doesn't even know which ones she's been in and which co-stars she's acted with.

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