4. I like Marvel movies more than Scorsese does & think some of them (Black Panther, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) are not just good examples of the genre but genuinely good movies 5. Having said that, if you dislike a genre even best example of it won't please you.
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6. When Scorsese says "that’s not cinema" it might be useful to consider that by "cinema" he means (whether he knows it or not) a particular sub-genre of movies: the art house & auteurist films of circa 1950s to early 1980s. That's his gold standard.
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7. "Cinema" is a genre within movies. Movies pre-date and post-date "cinema." Movies have traditionally drawn from sibling art forms (theatre, vaudville, comics, sports, video games, theme parks) while "cinema" attempts to achieve a purity of form.
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8. The idea that Marvel movies are like "theme parks" is not, on the face of it, false. They have some narrative but immersive roller-coaster thrills are part of genre (and often at odds with narrative). A shared universe of iterative & repetitive thrills.
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9. In sum, Scorsese has very high standards as to what counts as cinema. And you know what? The fucker directed Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. He's allowed to have those standards.
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also he's right
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Well if there ever was a one dimensional comic book character it would be Pesci's in Goodfellas and Casino.
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