David Ayer is weighing in on the audience response to movies these days and how it’s changed from a time when he says filmgoers applauded success.
“I remember a time before,” the Suicide Squad director said in a post shared on X. “A time when audiences applauded success. Not cheering on failures. When film meant wonder and magic. Not a means of attack. When movies were enjoyed. Not reverse engineered in hopes of finding ammo to attack. I applaud all my colleagues in the industry. I applaud all the people who work in film. I celebrate those with the courage to share a piece of themselves with the World.”
https://www.cbr.com/david-ayer-audiences-cheering-on-failures/
I don’t go to MCU movies, don’t care for them, but I find this barely masked gloating over the low box office for THE MARVELS very unpleasant. Why gloat over failure?
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) November 12, 2023
h/t dr0id