Ideally, I’d like to think that directors who bring a level of artistry and sophistication to mainstream studio blockbusters will be rewarded with the chance to realize their own unique visions in original productions, but that’s not really the way Hollywood works right now.
A director like Gareth Edwards, who followed up his excellent 2010 small-scale sci-fi debut “Monsters” with big-budget franchise movies “Godzilla” and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” should have reached new heights with his subsequent original film “The Creator.”
