You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.
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Audiences aren't fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.
Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!
What frustrates me a lot about some aspects of filmmaking is people thinking everyone is really dumb and that we have to make everything really obvious.
It's actually smarter to make a dumb film.
Viewers who invest two hours in a superhero movie often leave feeling entertained but somehow dumber.
I don't believe making a movie accessible means you have to dumb them down.
One can never anticipate how audiences will respond. One of the lessons that I've learned over the years is to that no matter what my feeling or opinion might be about a given film, once you give it to the audience, they own it.
I've found that if you just try to make the film you want, you'll find the right audience. If you try to please everyone, you're going to make really boring films.
I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.
There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read the few films that make these insane amounts of money. What they don't know is they don't always do that.
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