Nia DaCosta was met with blame for The Marvels but Todd Phillips is met with sympathy for Joker 2…interesting

If someone fails trying to make something interesting and different, you’ll be a lot more forgiven than making a big stinking turd of a studio movie.

There’s plenty of terrible famous male directors out there making boring repeated trash.

>A tale of two directors: Director A helmed a comic book movie for a massive studio earning a “B” grade CinemaScore, a 62% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, and an 82% from audiences. Director B also directed a comic book movie for a massive studio, became the first ever to earn a “D” grade CinemaScore, nabbed a 33% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and a 31% from audiences. The former brought in $46 million during its opening weekend while the latter, only $37.8 million. **Completely ignoring any creative prowess, artistic vision, or filmmaking craft** — the numbers are heartily in favor of Director A.

Why would you ignore that when comparing two directors? Phillips has a much longer history of movies that people generally like and DaCosta is newer and known to fewer people. People will be more willing to shrug something off from someone with a proven record than someone who is lesser known. It really doesn’t have to be deeper than that.

Who is giving Todd Phillips sympathy? This movie is a catastrophic embarrassment.

Sympathy? Where tf are you seeing that? Definitely not on reddit.