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Steven Speilberg's opinion on Superhero Films

As a child watching films I knew very little about what happened behind the scenes. Yet one name kept being repeated throughout. Steven Spielberg. These days I'm now completely aware of the mass impact that he had on cinema. Directing such iconic films like Jaws, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, E.T and many more.

Now Recently Spielberg has given his opinion of the superhero genre, which is basically the #1 film genre at the moment. What Spielberg says is that Superhero films will die out in a similar fashion to the western genre.

"We were around when the Western died and there will be a time when the superhero movies goes the way of the Western. It doesn't mean there won't be another occasion where the Western comes back and the superhero movie someday returns. Of course, right now the superhero movie is alive and thriving."

As a huge fan of Superhero films this is a bit depressing. But at the same time it's probably true. Westerns were a huge genre in their time and they faded away over time and superhero film may follow that path. However, this also raises another point about prediction, in the sense that it's almost impossible to predict the future.

Spielberg is a great filmmaker but he can't predict how thing will play out. Warner Bros. believed The Dark Knight would be a mild success, just doubling its budget, and that film was the first superhero film to gross over a $1 billion worldwide. I know that's just one example but it's a really good one.

Anyway, what i'm saying is that people shouldn't dismiss what Spielberg things but it shouldn't be taken as an inevitable prophecy.




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