Legendary Action Movie Director Sides With Scorsese On Superhero Movies Debate

Martin Scorsese famously claimed that the MCU isn’t cinema, and iconic action movie director John Woo agrees. There’s little doubt that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has changed the Hollywood blockbuster landscape, and while the franchise and its wider superhero genre have produced some genuine classics, not everyone is a fan of CGI-infused spectacles. Of course, Scorsese’s comments were more nuanced than they appear out of context, with the legendary director going on to explain to Empire in 2019 that Marvel movies, despite being generally well-made, generally aren’t “human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being“