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Martin Scorsese Shreds Marvel Movies, Says They’re ‘Not Cinema’

Paul Bois
Martin Scorsese Shreds Marvel Movies, Says They’re ‘Not Cinema’
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Legendary film director Martin Scorsese is about to be eaten alive by an angry horde of Marvel fanboys for saying the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installments amount to little more than theme park rides that say close to nothing about the human condition.

Speaking with Empire Magazine, the director of such film classics as “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” and “Goodfellas” declared that the Marvel movies are not “cinema.” To those who would say that Scorsese engaged in elitism, the director admitted that he tried to give the movies a fair shot but ultimately determined they conveyed nothing real despite being technically well-made.

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