Superhero Movies Give Audiences Exactly What Other Cinema Does

Published:Thu, 28 Sep 2023 / Source:https://www.cbr.com/superhero-cinema-audience-scorsese/

As Killers of the Flower Moon sets to debut, a treasure of cinema and one of America's greatest living directors, Martin Scorsese, is again doing rounds of press to promote the film. Of course, this means that people will inevitably ask him to again speak out against "comic book" movies. After famously suggesting comic book films, specifically those in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, aren't cinema, audiences who love these movies take exception. What critics of modern superhero movies often don't understand is what this kind of cinema gives to audiences that other films may not.

Source:https://www.cbr.com/superhero-cinema-audience-scorsese/

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