Terry Gilliam, the 79-year-old director known for his work with the Monty Python comedy troupe, made his negative opinions on Black Panther abundantly clear in a new interview with IndieWire, as pointed out by Complex.
"I hated Black Panther. It makes me crazy. It gives young black kids the idea that this is something to believe in. Bullshit. It’s utter bullshit. I think the people who made it have never been to Africa,” he said in the interview. “They went and got some stylist for some African pattern fabrics and things. But I just I hated that movie, partly because the media were going on about the importance of bullshit."
He also went on to critique Marvel as a whole: "There isn’t room or money for a greater range of films. You make a film for over $150 million or less than $10 [million]. Where’s all this other stuff? It doesn’t exist anymore. I make films where I’m trying to make people think. I mean, I try to entertain them enough that they don’t fall asleep on me, and they’re there to make you think and look at the world in a different way, hopefully, and consider possibilities. Those films don’t do that."
Black Panther has earned over $1 billion at the box office since it's release.
Check out the full interview here.