His track record shows that a director with a distinctive style who's given leeway by the studio to deviate from the norm can make a crowd - pleaser that brings in the big bucks at the box office and also
lands critical accolades — whether it's by reimagining comic book movies as political commentary (in the Dark Knight trilogy), sci - fi as quasi-post-apocalyptic family drama (Interstellar), or detective noir as psychological drama (Insomnia, Memento).
As the highest grossing film of the 2017 summer movie season — along with
critical and industry
accolades — Wonder Woman was thought to have a legitimate shot at
landing some Oscar nominations Tuesday.