12 Major Problems With Today's Blockbuster Movies

In an era where the budgets for studio blockbusters are growing to increasingly-ridiculous proportions, the director seems to have less control than ever over the final product. It used to be the case that the person behind the camera was the single most important person on set, whether the budget was $10,000 or $100m.

Now there are so many executives, shareholders, sponsors and corporate 'yes men' to please that sometimes it becomes obvious that nobody has a clear vision for the movie they're in the middle of making.

Sony and 20th Century Fox are almost infamous when it comes to interfering in their own productions (the Spider-Man franchise, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Fant4stic immediately spring to mind), and despite what David Ayer may say publicly it seems hard to believe that the cut of Suicide Squad released in theaters represented his vision for the movie.

Marvel Studios, the most lucrative brand in the industry, may have a habit of hiring unexpected directors and letting them put their own stamp on the material, but they all have to answer to Kevin Feige, who has a list of specific plot points and scenes to be included in order to further the connective tissue throughout the MCU.

This could be part of the reason why so many young directors have recently been making the leap from micro-budget indies to massive-scale blockbusters; perhaps the studios feel that their lack of experience working in the studio system could make them more open to suggestion.

While it may have worked out well enough for Gareth Edwards, Colin Trevorrow and James Gunn, Carl Rinsch and Josh Trank both found themselves chewed up and spat out by the studio system after their big-budget debuts tanked spectacularly.