> Speaking in a recent interview on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show alongside Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt during “The Devil Wears Prada 2” press tour, Streep criticized what she described as a growing reliance on clear-cut heroes and villains in contemporary movies. “I think we tend to Marvel-ize the movies now. We got the villains and we got the good guys, and it’s so boring,” she said, adding that the most compelling storytelling comes from characters who resist easy categorization.
> “What’s really interesting about life is that some of the heroes are flawed and some of the villains are human and interesting and have their own strengths,” she continued. “So that’s what I like about this [film]. It’s messier.”
NicoleIlieva on
“Marvel-ize” because heroes and villains didn’t exist before? And there are no movies at all with “messier” characterization?
🙄
No-Lead-6769 on
People are very simple minded and would be too confused by anything approaching a gray area.
tysonarts on
She can go work for her buddy Polanski for some excitment then
04Aiden2020 on
The devil wears prada 2 looks pretty “marvelized”
buffalotrace on
Says the star of an unnecessary sequel that is being done purely as a cash grab
Legitimate-Public-56 on
But wasn’t she channeling Hackman Luthor in the first devil prada?
tarlin on
This is a statement from someone that hasn’t watched marvel movies. Every hero, except Captain America, is a mess. The weapons dealer, womanizing, alcoholic. The arrogant, asshole doctor. The immature god. The ex assassin who hates her past and believes she will never atone for it.
People have different tastes. Just make good movies and don’t worry about it.
Dazzling_Zone_1736 on
Her new movie has been Netflix-ized, which one might argue is worse in terms of visuals. A movie about fashion with all of the colours washed out.
Confident-Breath2615 on
The idea she’s putting forth – that the Devil Wears Prada characters are complex and not easy to categorize – is ludacris.
mamawantsallama on
Who’s we? I sure don’t go see those kind of movies anymore, they’ve beaten the shit out of that dead horse.
CrissBliss on
So Miranda Priestley won’t return for Avengers Doomsday?
AlexTheGreat1997 on
I mean, everything became more black and white as a response to a trend where everything, *everything*, was grey. There were no heroes, everyone had to be an anti-hero/ine with selfish, ugly motives that were only heroic because their villains were worse.
DW-4 on
Meryl Streep will return in *The* *Daredevil* *Wears* *Prada*.. *Again: Season* *3*
Bread_Low on
I’ve been done with marvel and dc movies since like 2015
MrTeeWrecks on
Feels kind of unfair to call this ‘marvel-Ize’ Clear heroes and villains is one of the oldest ways to tell a story.
Mort-i-Fied on
I’m with Meryl. Between these super hero films and reboots, Hollywood has become lazy, unimaginative and boring.
TheGardenBlinked on
Pour one out for those of us waiting patiently for the Devil Wears Prada cinematic universe /s
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> Speaking in a recent interview on the Hits Radio Breakfast Show alongside Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt during “The Devil Wears Prada 2” press tour, Streep criticized what she described as a growing reliance on clear-cut heroes and villains in contemporary movies. “I think we tend to Marvel-ize the movies now. We got the villains and we got the good guys, and it’s so boring,” she said, adding that the most compelling storytelling comes from characters who resist easy categorization.
> “What’s really interesting about life is that some of the heroes are flawed and some of the villains are human and interesting and have their own strengths,” she continued. “So that’s what I like about this [film]. It’s messier.”
“Marvel-ize” because heroes and villains didn’t exist before? And there are no movies at all with “messier” characterization?
🙄
People are very simple minded and would be too confused by anything approaching a gray area.
She can go work for her buddy Polanski for some excitment then
The devil wears prada 2 looks pretty “marvelized”
Says the star of an unnecessary sequel that is being done purely as a cash grab
But wasn’t she channeling Hackman Luthor in the first devil prada?
This is a statement from someone that hasn’t watched marvel movies. Every hero, except Captain America, is a mess. The weapons dealer, womanizing, alcoholic. The arrogant, asshole doctor. The immature god. The ex assassin who hates her past and believes she will never atone for it.
People have different tastes. Just make good movies and don’t worry about it.
Her new movie has been Netflix-ized, which one might argue is worse in terms of visuals. A movie about fashion with all of the colours washed out.
The idea she’s putting forth – that the Devil Wears Prada characters are complex and not easy to categorize – is ludacris.
Who’s we? I sure don’t go see those kind of movies anymore, they’ve beaten the shit out of that dead horse.
So Miranda Priestley won’t return for Avengers Doomsday?
I mean, everything became more black and white as a response to a trend where everything, *everything*, was grey. There were no heroes, everyone had to be an anti-hero/ine with selfish, ugly motives that were only heroic because their villains were worse.
Meryl Streep will return in *The* *Daredevil* *Wears* *Prada*.. *Again: Season* *3*
I’ve been done with marvel and dc movies since like 2015
Feels kind of unfair to call this ‘marvel-Ize’ Clear heroes and villains is one of the oldest ways to tell a story.
I’m with Meryl. Between these super hero films and reboots, Hollywood has become lazy, unimaginative and boring.
Pour one out for those of us waiting patiently for the Devil Wears Prada cinematic universe /s