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Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are "not cinema"
October 10, 2019 at 2:05 am
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/10/martin...202178747/
It comes off as a bit elitist, but I have to say I tend to agree. It's more comics made palatable for the masses than art. Eh, to each their own I suppose.
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RE: Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are "not cinema"
October 10, 2019 at 4:21 am
In a broad sense, I think Mr. Scorsese makes a fair point. It isn't 'cinema' in the same way that burlesque isn't 'theatre'.
Still and all, it's a bit of fun, innit?
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RE: Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are "not cinema"
October 10, 2019 at 6:43 am
Nothing wrong with comic book movies if we remember they are comic book movies. I've encountered people who have threatened my life for calling them "comic book movies". That level of insanity is refreshingly honest.
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RE: Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are "not cinema"
October 10, 2019 at 6:50 am
(October 10, 2019 at 6:43 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Nothing wrong with comic book movies if we remember they are comic book movies. I've encountered people who have threatened my life for calling them "comic book movies". That level of insanity is refreshingly honest.
So, these people say that movies based on comic books shouldn't be called 'comic book movies'? What else should we call them - electric toasters?
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RE: Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are "not cinema"
October 10, 2019 at 7:09 am
(October 10, 2019 at 6:51 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (October 10, 2019 at 6:50 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: So, these people say that movies based on comic books shouldn't be called 'comic book movies'? What else should we call them - electric toasters?
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I think the hate came from my suggestion that they weren't high art. :yawn:
*shrug* Art is whatever floats your boat. People pay scandalous prices for Jackson Pollock paintings, even though they look as though they were created by a nearsighted, epileptic baboon.
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RE: Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are "not cinema"
October 10, 2019 at 9:49 am
When I was thirteen I discovered scifi. Never picked up another comic book, except for the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.
