Reviews

This video missed the whole point that Scorsese was making in his op-ed explaining his comment on the MCU movies. This video focuses on superficial similarities (using the same actors in a series of films? Ever hear of the John Ford stock company?) rather than the in-depth differences that Scorsese pointed out. What are these in-depth differences? Character development, revelation of grand themes... read the op-ed - it's all there. Don't get me wrong - I really like the MCU genre and action films in general. But they aren't similar to what Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Kathryn Bigelow, Clint Eastwood et al (mostly) put out. Does that mean MCU films are not cinema? I wouldn't go that far, but then again Scorsese qualified his comment - he said they were not cinema as defined by what he grew up experiencing, and what influenced him to become a director - in fact, he said as much in the first paragraph. A very different statement to what is being tossed around in the popular media.