“It’s about crashing and blowing up, stuff” Verhoeven said about today’s studio films. “Sometimes these movies are fun, but the narrative tells you nothing about us now. I don’t see any other thought in Marvel or Bond movies.” “There was always sex in Bond!” Verhoeven added. “They did not show a breast, or whatever. But they had some sex.” So, how many A-list directors is that now who have bashed superhero movies; I’m adding Verhoeven to the ever-expanding list that includes Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Denis Villeneuve, Bong Joon-ho, Lucrecia Martel, David Cronenberg, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, David Fincher, James Mangold, Luc Besson, William Friedkin, Ken Loach, John Woo … Contribute Hire me

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