6) Brad Bird
Tomorrowland may have ended up being a crushing disappointment, but it still had its moments, and you can at least see and appreciate what Brad Bird was trying to achieve with it.
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, on the other hand, was an incredible movie, and it features some of the best action sequences that we’ve seen in some time. His work in the superhero genre (even if it wasn’t a comic book adaptation) with The Incredibles also speaks for itself, and Bird taking the helm of an actual superhero movie is long overdue.
I mentioned that Man of Steel occasionally felt like it was borrowing too much from Christopher Nolan’s work on Batman Begins – that’s likely down to Goyer – so someone coming along and offering a lighter and more optimistic take on Superman would be a big plus for the franchise.
Thankfully, Bird fits the bill perfectly in that respect, and his take on Superman could actually end up giving us the definitive version of the hero.
Published: Nov 6, 2015 11:03 am