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 after spending so much of his career working on Warner Bros.
and Disney blockbusters, Edwards has managed to solidify a distinctive voice among big-budget directors.
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