Martin Scorsese says Marvel movies are "not cinema"

[Alan V]

But I don't think books are the only way one can convey, or receive, a "serious message." Reading a book doesn't automatically make one more intellectual or "more serious" than someone who prefers to watch a movie.

In my case, I don't trust serious messages which are conveyed through the usual emotional impacts of movies. I would rather assess them without that kind of potential distortion.

However, if it's some story rather than information, movies are better. But again, I consider stories as entertainments primarily.