The clash between original filmmakers and superhero productions only seems to get worse since Martin Scorsese’s comments on superhero movies, starring Francis Ford Coppola and Alejandro G. Iñarritu.
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While promoting his film Irishsaid Martin Scorsese “Massive Cartoon Movies” are not cinema, although they are shown in theaters, they are something different. He got a lot of flak from Marvel fans for also calling superhero movies theme park rides.
Alejandro G. Iñarritu’s beef with superheroes
known to lead birdman and The ghost, Alejandro G. Iñarritu has faced Robert Downey Jr. a few times. The Oscar-winning director previously called the superhero genre a “cultural genocide”, which prompted a response from the Iron Man actor. He stated:
“For a man whose first language is Spanish, to be able to compose a phrase like ‘cultural genocide’ shows how brilliant he is.”
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While promoting his film bardo, the director responded to Robert Downey Jr.’s comments in an interview with IndieWire. He believed his comments were disregarded because of his ethnicity and not the content, he said:
“Oh, you guys from your banana country… If I was from Denmark or Sweden, I might be considered a philosopher, but when you’re Mexican and you say things, you’re pretentious.”
Are superhero movies really right-wing?
While describing his issues with superhero movies, Alejandro G. Iñarritu deconstructed the superhero genre by calling it violent and right-wing because only the wealthy have the power to make important choices, he said. he declares :
“What the fuck does [‘superhero’] mean? It is a false and misleading conception, the superhero. Then, the way they apply violence to it, it’s completely right wing. If you look at the mentality of most of these movies, it’s really about rich people, having power, doing good, killing the bad guys.
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While there may be some truth to this statement, some MCU superheroes aren’t wealthy or powerful, such as Spider-Man and Daredevil. But perhaps the director’s problem is more with the subtext than the plot.
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