Jake Coyle, The Associated PressNEW YORK -- It's not exactly the stuff of "Stop the presses!" that some of the greatest filmmakers in the world have misgivings about the rise of the superhero film and its outsized place in our film culture.
"He's right because we expect to learn something from cinema, we expect to gain something, some enlightenment, some knowledge, some inspiration," said Coppola. Despite the recent media storm, the referendum on Marvel has been going on for a decade. As much as the comic-book company's most slavish followers would like to believe otherwise, not everyone is a fan. The way Marvel movies are made, assembly-line style, is indeed a new evolution of the kind of studio control that has always played a role in Hollywood productions.
Even Christopher Nolan, whose Batman film "The Dark Knight" is widely considered the genre's greatest triumph, has said he's no longer interested in franchise movies given the way they've come to be manufactured. That's not to say that personal expression doesn't filter into a Marvel movie. Just as in westerns , filmmakers can craft something individual in even the most well-oiled factories. It would be hard to dismiss the cosmic anarchy of Gunn's "Guardians" films, the spectacular sweep of Ryan Coogler's Oscar-nominated "Black Panther" or the deconstructionist delight of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
"We have to fight back at this practice of overwhelming the market with the blockbuster," said Scorsese. "The -- how should I put it? -- the regular film, that's being edged out. It's got to go someplace. It has to go someplace because you know why? There are people that are going to continue to make them."
Does Scorsese not realize that by attacking Marvel movies like this he’s alienating the base who love these movies? In a dystopian world that we find ourselves in with trump as president, we need a superhero escape. Period.
Marvel movies teach morals and ethics to children. What did Casino and good fellas teach people?
These movies have their place but the entire culture in general has been dumbed down and people's tastes are less sophisticated. Movies like this appeal to 'all ages' but there is less and less intellectual product in all forms of entertainment. Pop music peaked with the Beatles.
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