I don't fundamentally disagree with the 'fast food' or 'theme park' characterizations Scorsese and Coppola read onto the Marvel films but I do flinch at the high art old guard looking down its nose at audiences too stupid to know better.
Are people edified by Infinity War? Do they learn about the world around them? No. They experience a fleeting reprieve from the paralytic stress of their day-to-day lives, sanctioned by a corporate megalith they did nothing to install. They're not "choosing wrong."
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It's like saying that junkies could improve their lives by switching to weed. If their lives were suited to repair by CBD they wouldn't be on the skag in the first place.
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Call me a snob but I can't remember the last time I was emotionally moved by a hollywood film. Maybe Grand Budapest Hotel which was raked as twee by a mass of people who have replaced human connection with being a screeching ball of resentment online. I think the 2 are linked.
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Haven't seen GBH but Anderson has always seemed very callous and misanthropic to me.
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