X-Men director believes the world needs a break from superhero movies

Matthew Vaughn is no stranger to the superhero genre, having previously helmed X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass.

But, even he believes the world needs a break from superhero movies, and he came to this conclusion after being "freaked out" at the box office failure of The Flash over the summer.

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“I think there’s been so many bad superhero movies as well that it’s like when the Western got, you make so many you get bored of the genre, not because the genre is bad, but because the films are bad," the director told ScreenRant.

“I genuinely don’t know what’s happening with the superhero in the sense that, I do think, maybe we all need a little bit of time off from it. Maybe someone will make something so great that we will get excited again and remind everybody that just having identical ways of making superheroes… Superhero films are films.

“It’s a film that has superheroes in it. I think what happened was that they became superheroes, and the film part wasn’t that important.”

Following the enormous success that was Avengers: Endgame, the critical reception to Marvel Cinematic Universe movies has become more mixed, and that has impacted box office figures.

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X: First Class (2011)

'X-Men: First Class' tells the epic premise of the X-Men saga, revealing the secret history of global events. Before mutants made themselves known to the world and before Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lensherr (Michael Fassbender) took on the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men yet to discover their powers for the first time. They weren't archenemies then, in fact they were best friends who, along with other mutants (some known, some new), tried to stop the impending Armageddon. Somewhere in the process, a rift develops between the two men, sparking the perpetual war between Magneto's brotherhood and the X-Men.

Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Rose Byrne

Projects that were expected to be loved by fans and critics like Thor: Love and Thunder, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Secret Invasion arrived with a whimper, while Secret Invasion remains the worst-reviewed MCU show or movie.

The vast amount of comic book adaptations on film and TV has led to the term "superhero fatigue" being coined, as cinemagoers are becoming tired of being bombarded by comic book content.

Vaughn believes that part of the problem is the over-reliance on CGI “because you feel like you’re watching a video game you’re not with the characters”.

He did, however, mention Rocket and Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy as "genius" exceptions.