#99: What's the best example of a film where the director's self-indulgence paid off?
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What's the best example of a film where the director's self-indulgence paid off?Â
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Guardians of the Galaxy. James Gunn went so completely against the grain that he ended up creating a tributary of the MCU. Unfortunately the movies that followed the formula (the over the top ridiculousness) were mostly pretty lame.
The first thing that came to mind was Dances With Wolves.