Matthew Vaughn was not anticipating the demise Argylle, the director mentioned this week.
“My guard got here down on Argylle,” Vaughn advised Empire. “We had performed take a look at screenings that had gone fantastically nicely. The premiere was a extremely enjoyable night time, and it was like going again to the Snatch days the place there was such pleasure. And I began ingesting the Kool-Support.”
The Hollywood Reporter slammed the spy comedy movie for “its mirthless, shouty performances, its tortured random plot twists and its appallingly shonky-looking CGI” and the film now holds 33 % on Rotten Tomatoes.
“It’s a enjoyable, feel-good film, or I assumed it was a enjoyable, feel-good film,” Vaughn continued. “We didn’t make Citizen Kane, however fucking hell, then the evaluations got here out and I’m like, ‘Wait, what have I performed to offend these folks?’ They have been vitriolic. I’m not saying the film’s excellent by any means, however I didn’t suppose it was offensive. That took me abruptly.”
Vaughn mentioned he had a tough time believing the essential reception, even going to film theaters to observe the film once more. I assumed, ‘Possibly I’ve misplaced the plot now.’ It did rattle me,” he mentioned. “I’m genuinely scratching my head about that, as a result of you’ll be able to’t ignore it. It wasn’t like [just] a couple of dangerous evaluations.”
However, the director is leaving the scenario prior to now. “It’s what it’s,” he mentioned. “You be taught from these items.”
Plus, one by no means is aware of how attitudes might nonetheless change. “We’re doing very nicely on streaming,” Vaughn mentioned. “Individuals are liking it. Nothing would make me happier than making one other one. I’m getting texts saying, ‘Wow, these evaluations have been fucking harsh!’ The extra we will get folks to observe Argylle, the extra likelihood we make one other one. I’d like to make one other one, we’ve acquired it deliberate.”