Martin Scorsese criticises Marvel films again, says \'we need cinema to step up\'
5 years, 2 months ago

Martin Scorsese criticises Marvel films again, says \'we need cinema to step up\'

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington D.C: Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese has been under fire for comparing Marvel movies to "theme parks", previously saying that they don't capture the true essence of cinema. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino ahead of 'The Irishman's' closing-night screening at the BFI London Film Festival, the director said, "it's not cinema, it's something else." On Saturday, during BAFTA's annual David Lean lecture, the filmmaker made similar comments, claiming that movie theatres are "all being taken over" by "theme park" films. Others like 'Avengers' director Joss Whedon and actors Robert Downey Jr. and Samuel L. Jackson also reacted to the 'Taxi Driver' director's comments, with Jackson noting "everybody doesn't like his stuff either."

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17 celebrities who have spoken out against Marvel movies and the MCU
8 months ago

17 celebrities who have spoken out against Marvel movies and the MCU

The Independent  

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Mark Kermode targets Martin Scorsese’s ‘not cinema’ Marvel criticism
1 year ago

Mark Kermode targets Martin Scorsese’s ‘not cinema’ Marvel criticism

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, …

Martin Scorsese wants directors to fight comic book movie culture
1 year, 3 months ago

Martin Scorsese wants directors to fight comic book movie culture

The Hindu  

Studios are not interested in supporting individual voices on a big budget, says master director Martin Scorsese, who called on filmmakers to "save cinema" in the age of franchise and comic book entertainment. In 2019, the veteran director sparked a controversy after he branded Marvel and comic book films as "theme park experience" and "not cinema". Asked if theatres only …

Simu Liu calls out Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese for bashing Marvel movies
2 years, 1 month ago

Simu Liu calls out Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese for bashing Marvel movies

Daily Mail  

While promoting his new book Cinema Speculation, Quentin Tarantino joined a relatively new chorus of filmmakers - including Martin Scorsese - in bashing Marvel Studios superhero movies. Bashing: While promoting his new book Cinema Speculation, Quentin Tarantino joined a relatively new chorus of filmmakers - including Martin Scorsese - in bashing Marvel Studios superhero movies. and now Simu Liu is …

Matin Scorsese on Marvel: Fans point out flaw in James Gunn’s clarification of comments about director
3 years, 5 months ago

Matin Scorsese on Marvel: Fans point out flaw in James Gunn’s clarification of comments about director

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another …

James Gunn responds to Martin Scorsese’s ‘awfully cynical’ criticism of Marvel films
3 years, 5 months ago

James Gunn responds to Martin Scorsese’s ‘awfully cynical’ criticism of Marvel films

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Director James Gunn has responded to Martin Scorsese’s past criticism of …

Martin Scorsese’s recent essay on Federico Fellini makes a very important point about what cinema is
3 years, 10 months ago

Martin Scorsese’s recent essay on Federico Fellini makes a very important point about what cinema is

Firstpost  

Given his essays for mainstream publications, Martin Scorsese hasn’t been a happy man for a while. And now, in an exquisite piece on Federico Fellini in the March issue of Harper’s magazine and “the lost magic of cinema”, he reiterates the point. But I feel there is the need to separate a well-made “product” from “cinema”, and Scorsese defines this …

Avengers Endgame directors Russo Brothers dismiss Martin Scorsese’s Marvel comments: ‘Scorsese doesn’t own cinema’
5 years, 1 month ago

Avengers Endgame directors Russo Brothers dismiss Martin Scorsese’s Marvel comments: ‘Scorsese doesn’t own cinema’

Hindustan Times  

Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo have reacted to filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s sustained dismissal of the Marvel brand of movies as being ‘not cinema’. And the emotions they felt watching it.” Scorsese while promoting his upcoming film, Netflix’s The Irishman, had compared the MCU movies to a ‘theme park ride’. In a New York Times op-ed, he had written, …

\'Avengers: Endgame\' director duo Russo brothers respond to Martin Scorsese\'s remarks
5 years, 1 month ago

\'Avengers: Endgame\' director duo Russo brothers respond to Martin Scorsese\'s remarks

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington DC: Joe and Anthony Russo, the brothers behind 'Avengers' and a number of Marvel films, have finally broken their silence on filmmaker Martin Scorsese's comments on superhero Marvel movies where he likened them to "theme park" and called them "not cinema". Scorsese had at a press conference last month added to his earlier remarks on Marvel films saying, "It's …

Kevin Feige on Martin Scorsese’s Marvel criticism: 'I think myself and everyone who works on these movies loves cinema'
5 years, 1 month ago

Kevin Feige on Martin Scorsese’s Marvel criticism: 'I think myself and everyone who works on these movies loves cinema'

Firstpost  

Everyone has a different definition of cinema and risk, believes Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, who finally broke silence on legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese’s criticism of their superhero films. Feige, who called the multiple Oscar-winning director’s comments on the Marvel Cinematic Universe films “unfortunate”, said superhero films couldn’t be compared to a “theme park experience”. I think it’’s unfortunate,” Feige …

Martin Scorsese elaborates on MCU remarks: \'Nothing is at risk in these films\'
5 years, 2 months ago

Martin Scorsese elaborates on MCU remarks: \'Nothing is at risk in these films\'

Deccan Chronicle  

New York: Expanding on his criticism of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Martin Scorsese has said while these films were made by people of considerable talent and artistry, there is an absence of "revelation, mystery or genuine emotional danger" in them. Let Me Explain", Scorsese wrote, "Many franchise films are made by people of considerable talent and artistry. Scorsese took the …

Martin Scorsese praised for clarification of Marvel comments: 'If I’d come of age at a later time, I might have been excited by these films'
5 years, 2 months ago

Martin Scorsese praised for clarification of Marvel comments: 'If I’d come of age at a later time, I might have been excited by these films'

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The filmmaker caused a debate about superhero films after comparing Marvel films to theme park …

Martin Scorsese Explains What He Was Trying to Say About Marvel Movies
5 years, 2 months ago

Martin Scorsese Explains What He Was Trying to Say About Marvel Movies

Slate  

Since early October, the film world has been arguing about Martin Scorsese’s thoughts on Marvel movies, based on a brief answer he gave in an Empire magazine interview in which he compared the films to theme parks said he did not consider them cinema. It’s a generous essay in one sense: Scorsese goes out of his way to acknowledge that …

Marvel to behold?
5 years, 2 months ago

Marvel to behold?

Deccan Chronicle  

Veteran director Martin Scorsese has undoubtedly served as an inspiring figure for most of the filmmakers in the contemporary cinema. “I see it as a divide between a section of what is a massy cinema and what is classy cinema,” says Nivid Desai, an avid fan of the MCU movies. But, I would go out and say that to completely …

Viola Davis on superhero films criticism: I love a good Marvel movie
5 years, 2 months ago

Viola Davis on superhero films criticism: I love a good Marvel movie

India TV News  

Oscar winner Viola Davis is the latest celebrity who has defended Marvel movies amidst an onslaught of criticism from veteran filmmakers. Martin Scorsese opened the pandora's box by calling Marvel films as "theme park" experience and "not cinema". According to The Hollywood Reporter, Davis said she is a fan of Scorsese but also loves a "good Marvel movie". But I …

Disney chief Bob Iger defends Marvel movies against Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola
5 years, 2 months ago

Disney chief Bob Iger defends Marvel movies against Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola

Daily Mail  

Disney chief Bob Iger has hit back at acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola who bashed Disney-owned Marvel films as 'despicable' and 'not cinema'. Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger defended Disney-owned Marvel superhero films Tuesday after directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola bashed them Scorsese described Marvel universe films as 'theme parks' and not cinema while …

In Scorsese and Coppola, Marvel meets formidable foes
5 years, 2 months ago

In Scorsese and Coppola, Marvel meets formidable foes

Associated Press  

NEW 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. And in this corner, the 76-year-old maker of anguished Catholic epics and crime-movie classics, Martin ‘The-Raging-Bull’ Scorsese!” Plenty of rumbling has followed …

Disney boss defends Marvel films after ‘disrespectful’ attacks from Scorsese and Coppola
5 years, 2 months ago

Disney boss defends Marvel films after ‘disrespectful’ attacks from Scorsese and Coppola

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Disney CEO Bob Iger has spoken out in defence of Marvel …

After Martin Scorsese, Ken Loach criticises Marvel films: 'They're made as commodities like hamburgers'
5 years, 2 months ago

After Martin Scorsese, Ken Loach criticises Marvel films: 'They're made as commodities like hamburgers'

Firstpost  

British director Ken Loach is the latest filmmaker to target Marvel Cinematic Universe films, dubbing them “boring” and “nothing to do with the art of cinema”. Martin Scorsese sparked the debate by calling superhero films a “theme park” experience and not true cinema. Loach, on his part, said the MCU films were “commodities like hamburgers”. “They’re made as commodities like …

‘Despicable’? Really? Disney chief slams Hollywood legends shading Marvel
5 years, 2 months ago

‘Despicable’? Really? Disney chief slams Hollywood legends shading Marvel

LA Times  

The Avengers are increasingly becoming villains to prestige directors who are trashing Marvel’s blockbuster franchise for sullying the good name of cinema. Oscar winner Martin Scorsese belittled the hulking superhero films earlier this month when he told Empire that he doesn’t watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and they’re “not cinema.” You know, despite them making billions of dollars and …

Francis Ford Coppola supports Martin Scorsese's criticism of Marvel films, calls them 'despicable'
5 years, 2 months ago

Francis Ford Coppola supports Martin Scorsese's criticism of Marvel films, calls them 'despicable'

Firstpost  

After Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, the director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, has denounced Marvel films. Francis Ford Coppola jumped into a controversy over the Marvel superhero movies on 19 October, not just backing fellow director Martin Scorsese’s critique of the films but denouncing them as “despicable”. “When Martin Scorsese says that the Marvel pictures are not cinema, …

Francis Ford Coppola says Marvel movies are ‘despicable’; defends Martin Scorsese
5 years, 2 months ago

Francis Ford Coppola says Marvel movies are ‘despicable’; defends Martin Scorsese

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Francis Ford Coppola has defended Martin Scorsese’s criticism of Marvel superhero …

Martin Scorsese doubles down on Marvel critique and says cinema is being ‘invaded by theme park’ films
5 years, 2 months ago

Martin Scorsese doubles down on Marvel critique and says cinema is being ‘invaded by theme park’ films

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Martin Scorsese has doubled down on his comments regarding Marvel, after …

It’s Scorsese vs Marvel! But why do we have to choose?
5 years, 2 months ago

It’s Scorsese vs Marvel! But why do we have to choose?

The Independent  

Numerous public figures have castigated adults who enjoy popular culture, or, as some put it, “lowbrow”. Whether it’s grown-up fans going to see the latest Toy Story movie or Marvel obsessives freaking out over a new Guardians of the Galaxy trailer – some people just can’t seem to help but sneer. The latest is revered director Martin Scorsese, who caused …

Martin Scorsese is right about Marvel films – they are formulaic fairground rides, not cinema
5 years, 2 months ago

Martin Scorsese is right about Marvel films – they are formulaic fairground rides, not cinema

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “That’s not cinema,” observed Marty in an interview with Empire last week, on the subject …

Samuel L Jackson attacks Martin Scorsese for comments about Marvel
5 years, 3 months ago

Samuel L Jackson attacks Martin Scorsese for comments about Marvel

Daily Mail  

Martin Scorsese stirred up controversy over comments that Marvel films are 'not cinema' and even compared them to theme parks. Taking aim: Samuel L. Jackson - pictured at the grand opening gala at Tyler Perry studios on Saturday - fired back at comments made by Martin Scorsese about the Marvel Cinematic Universe 'Not cinema': The 76-year-old filmmaker stirred up controversy …

Samuel L Jackson on Martin Scorsese saying ‘Marvel movies not cinema’: ‘Everybody doesn’t like his stuff either’
5 years, 3 months ago

Samuel L Jackson on Martin Scorsese saying ‘Marvel movies not cinema’: ‘Everybody doesn’t like his stuff either’

Hindustan Times  

Days after Martin Scorsese dismissed Marvel movies as ‘not cinema’ and compared them to theme parks, the series’ recurring star Samuel L Jackson has responded. Jackson, who plays the inimitable Nick Fury in the MCU, said the director is entitled to an opinion but that can’t stop people from making movies they believe in. In a recent interview, Scorsese had …

Martin Scorsese declares Marvel ‘not cinema,’ and Samuel L. Jackson’s not having it
5 years, 3 months ago

Martin Scorsese declares Marvel ‘not cinema,’ and Samuel L. Jackson’s not having it

LA Times  

Martin Scorsese may be one of the world’s greatest directors and a human film encyclopedia, but his definition of “cinema” doesn’t include the most popular movies on Earth. It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.” Scorsese’s comments caused a ripple of outrage on Twitter, with some MCU fans calling the …

Martin Scorsese says Marvel films are 'not cinema' and compares the CG-heavy flicks to 'theme parks'
5 years, 3 months ago

Martin Scorsese says Marvel films are 'not cinema' and compares the CG-heavy flicks to 'theme parks'

Daily Mail  

It's safe to say that legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese is no fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or its parade of CG-heavy, superhero-filled blockbusters. But that's not cinema': It's safe to say that legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese is no fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or its parade of CG-heavy, superhero-filled blockbusters The 76-year-old New Yorker - who's a Tony …

Martin Scorsese claims Marvel films are 'not cinema' and compares them to 'theme parks' instead
5 years, 3 months ago

Martin Scorsese claims Marvel films are 'not cinema' and compares them to 'theme parks' instead

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Martin Scorsese has claimed that Marvel films …

The Irishman director Martin Scorsese says Marvel films are not cinema, compares them to theme parks
5 years, 3 months ago

The Irishman director Martin Scorsese says Marvel films are not cinema, compares them to theme parks

Firstpost  

“I don’t see them. I tried, you know?," says Martin Scorsese on films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Martin Scorsese’s gangster drama, The Irishman, had its premiere at the New York Film Festival on 27 September. The Irishman is Scorsese’s $125 million Netflix film about the reflections of a former Jimmy Hoffa associate and hit man. The gangster drama will …

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