In a controversial opinion piece penned for The New York Times, acclaimed film director Martin Scorcese argued that Marvel movies cannot be classified as cinema. The Onion asked fans of the action movie franchise what they thought of Scorcese’s latest film, Killers Of The Flower Moon, and this is wh...
Nevermind the "marvel fans" (I didn't even know that there were some left, but ok, there are trump voters left, so...) but this could be very marvel-like. Copy paste Scorsese instead of marvel shit. I mean every time the same actors, all have one face for all their roles, sorry is different though, however in the core mostly the same. Won't watch it 10/10. Last Scorsese I watched was the Irishman and boy, what a waste of time that was. When things are a bit better than the absolute worst doesn't make them good. If you got time on your hands while not-watching movies: the world is full of great graphic novels, I recommend "megalex", everything connected to the incal, Fred Beltran's work and start to explore from there. Beats movies made after 2018 anytime.
First off, it's The Onion. It's satire. Would your reaction have been as crybaby-ish and prejudiced if it came from, say, Mad Magazine?
Secondly, I'm not even going to get into defending Scorsese's body of work nor his achievements in the motion picture arts. I'm going to talk slow and use small words so you can follow along, Mr Comic Book Man.
Copy paste Scorsese instead of marvel shit. I mean every time the same actors, all have one face for all their roles…however in the core mostly the same.…Last Scorsese I watched was the Irishman and boy, what a waste of time that was.
1967 - Who's That Knocking at My Door
1972 - Boxcar Bertha
1974 - Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1977 - New York, New York
1982 - The King of Comedy
1985 - After Hours
1986 - The Color of Money
1988 - The Last Temptation of Christ
1989 - New York Stories: Life Lessons
1991 - Cape Fear
1993 - The Age of Innocence
1997 - Kundun
1999 - Bringing Out the Dead
2002 - Gangs of New York
2004 - The Aviator
2010 - Shutter Island
2011 - Hugo
2013 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2016 - Silence
2023 - Killers of the Flower Moon
I've left out exactly five movies of Scorsese's oeuvre…oops…filmography. The unwashed masses, you included, tend to remember only those. I'll admit De Niro's presence definitely "colors" a film regardless of his role and I'd go as far as to accuse De Niro more than what with you charge Scorsese. So, Mr. "the world is full of great graphic novels" -- which is how fully-grown, emotionally-stunted adults call (and justify) comic books -- go jump in the East River.
I always find the criticism of his use of particular great actors hilarious and bewildering. How is the cultivation and use of creative partnerships a bad thing?
I won't be as crude as the guy you are responding to and deny Scorcese's achievements. But we can all admit that he was taking the piss a little bit with the Irishman. Its a movie in the MCU - the martin cinematic universe. He gathers his avengers (De Niro, Pesci, Keitel) for an ensemble film within the Gangster oeuvre. He defends this by insisting that he went through the motions of "establishing" an "emotional core" or whatever. But at the end of the day, it's De Niro saying "c'mere, whassamatta" again. Brought to you by special effects.
I personally think that there is nothing wrong with this, and Scorcese is a very saavy movie promoter to juxtapose how he makes films against the marvel method. But I do think that Marty is taking the piss just a little, even if it is in a pretty fun way.
To be fair, everything after 1999 is a DiCaprio movie. Hehe. But he's one of the most talented actors in Hollywood, of course a legendary director is going to prefer him.