Film icon Martin Scorsese is refusing to back down from his defense of cinema amid swarms of Marvel fanboys denouncing him as some kind of snobby elitist for daring to liken the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to vapid theme park rides designed solely to line Disney’s pockets.
In a beautifully written op-ed for The New York Times, the “Goodfellas” director explains that while he admires the talented individuals who help craft the Marvel movies, he ultimately laments how the MCU (and other franchise films) have jettisoned what he calls “revelation.”
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