Frank Miller is one of more long standing and influential names in comic books, having has put his stamp on the comic industry with his work on
The Dark Knight Returns,
300 and
Daredevil just to name a few.
The acclaimed writer was recently at San Diego Comic-Con promoting his
300 prequel
Xerxes: The Fall Of The House of Darius And The Rise Of Alexander and the hardcover collectors edition of
The Dark Knight III: The Master Race, and sat down to talk to Deadline.
Miller was asked about the current state of superhero movies, and what he thinks the quality of the genre is.
"This has been the best period for superhero movies we ever had," he explained.
"I mean there was that wonderful sunburst of the first Christopher Reeves Superman movie. That was just a ray of sunshine. We’ve had ups and downs over the years. Now look at what we’ve got. Wonder Woman is the crown jewel." Deadline questioned his assertion that
Wonder Woman was the crown jewel, where he said,
"Without question. She is perfect."
After being asked about her,
"cheesy origin," Miller went on to elaborate what made the film so great.
"If I may, I think that was because of the old Lynda Carter TV show. That was a clunky old show, cute for its time and fun. But this movie managed to do everything right," he gushed.
"The Israeli actress Gal Gadot, not only is she spectacularly beautiful but she’s heroic and she gets away with that costume. Having Chris Pine, the guy who used to be Captain Kirk, play Steve Trevor…he was impeccable in that role. Evil Nazis always work. I just thought they managed to have a real good rock ’em, sock ’em adventure movie with a genuine sense of mythology to it. The parts in Amazonia were breathtaking. Her mother, played by Connie Nielsen, she was just wonderful."
He was then asked about
Spider-Man: Homecoming, and raved about that movie as well, saying it was good for different reasons.
It’s funny. I found Wonder Woman breathtaking and exhilarating and Spider-Man I felt like I was a little kid rocking along with Spider-Man. They’ve had good luck casting Spider-Man, haven’t they? This one was a lot more fun, down to the music. When he was jumping across the rooftop and they were just boogieing with it. It was just so much fun. This has been a great era for superhero movies, without question. It’s like they came back and it’s like everybody is riding a wave of simply wanting to bring the joy of the genre in and lose the cynicism," Miller explained.
To see the rest of the interview, head on over to
Deadline.
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