From his latest The Creator to Rogue One and Godzilla, director Gareth Edwards has a knack for creating post-apocalyptic worlds that feel lived-in.
The Big Picture Many directors who spend lots of time in the modern franchise movie machine end up sacrificing any sense of their own distinct creative sensibilities in the process. To work on one of these massive tentpole projects is to often give away opportunities to really speak to your own worldview and thoughts. While nobody will claim Godzilla and Rogue One are deeply personal auteur productions, they are both remarkably similar to the original works of director Gareth Edwards.
Even Godzilla opens with flashbacks establishing that the titular lizard has been around since the 1950s and that one of the nefarious MUTO’s first caused devastating destruction back in 1999. The movies of Gareth Edwards exist in worlds where the extraordinary has become ordinary while humanity now inhabits a planet that's a shell of its former self.
Later in his 2014 film Godzilla, Edwards has scientist Dr. Ishirō Serizawa wax poetic on how "nature has an order, a power to restore balance" before explaining that he believes Godzilla is that power. Humans and their weapons cannot save our world or fight off the destructive MUTOs, we must bow before the might of Godzilla. This is encapsulated in a climax where a plan by human beings to send out a nuclear bomb to destroy the MUTOs ultimately does nothing but cause even more problems.
Gareth Edwards Offers a Unique Perspective Compared To Other Directors There are other recurring creative motifs in the works of Gareth Edwards, including his penchant for creating movies that work as standalone exercises and his fascination with strained father/child dynamics. It’s also worth noting that Edwards, whether consciously or not, often makes works that feel like the antithesis to the jingoistic blockbusters of Michael Bay and other big-budget specialists.
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