It’s no secret that Marvel movies have dominated the film industry for the past two decades. But from the prestigious Taxi driver Yes good guys Director Martin Scorsese shared a few years ago that he he doesn’t believe that big-budget blockbusters are considered cinema , has been an ongoing conversation for the industry to discuss. The last thing to comment is Black Panther: Wakanda Forever actress Danai Gurira, who memorably plays Okoye in the MCU.
Danai Gurira is not only the leader of the Dora Milaje in Wakanda, she has also played an important and long-standing role in The walking dead and she is a playwright who has seen her work reach Broadway. With this unique perspective in mind, the actress had to say if Marvel movies are cinema:
Well, I worked closely with Ryan Coogler. My experience working under him is definitely deeply cinematic in every way I can imagine. We leave nothing at home. We carry everything. We bring our understanding of our culture, our understanding of our humanity, our gender, the intricacies of this world we live in, and all the specifics of this world. We have to go in and pour everything we have into this franchise. And that’s what we definitely, definitely do. We didn’t show any movies and we were like, ‘Oh, that was nothing. No. That was all we had. It was all we had, and more. So I hope it’s cinema for someone.
while you talk to HQ Gurira shared her experience below black Panther director Ryan Coogler was “deeply cinematic in every way” with her. She and the cast have gone to great lengths to make their Marvel films, and from her perspective, they certainly don’t call it a phone call when it comes to delivering a memorable experience to movie-going audiences.
Martin Scorsese’s comments about Marvel movies to Empire magazine went viral more than three years ago. After many comments on thinking about him, the director wrote a review for The New York Times where is he further explained his controversial thoughts .
There he shared that modern film franchises are “market-studied, audience-tested, revised, tweaked, reworked, and remodeled until they’re ready to consume,” while films by directors like Spike Lee, Wes Anderson, or Paul Thomas Anderson always do something “absolutely new” and “unexpected”. For example, Scorsese recently praised the work of Ti West pearl for make a horror film that “whelmed him” to the point of having difficulty falling asleep.
Other great filmmakers like James Cameron and Quentin Tarantino have criticized the film industry these days, as Marvel is usually the most watched film on the big screen year after year. Cameron shared that he he thinks Marvel characters in the movies “all act like they’re in college.” Tarantino said it these days there are no more movie stars just popular characters like those from the MCU.
Regardless of what these filmmakers say, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is definitely on the rise. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever it just spent its third weekend at No. 1 having received positive praise from critics and audiences. Of course, there are many too upcoming Marvel movies coming after the latest MCU installment. So no matter what, this train keeps on rolling.
Source: Cinemablend
