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In a brief interview with CNBC, Favreau praised the two directors for paving the way for modern cinema:
“These two guys are my heroes and they’ve earned the right to express their opinions. I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing if they didn’t carve the way.
They’ve served as a source of inspiration, you can go all the way back to ‘Swingers’ where I was referencing Marty, and I’ve worked with him. For me, they can express whatever opinion they’d like.”
This may bother some people, who feel the need for dramatic banter back and forth, but Favreau is taking the high road. Why criticize a popular form of film. In decades to come, the Superhero films will be a mark of these decades.
This is the same thing that happened in the 80s with Slasher films and Action Hero films. Although they are not genres that break artistic records, they have a place in cinema.
They are each a nostalgic element that defined a generation of film. None of them really pressed the envelope in any aspect, but each brought a unique take and appealed to fans. This is the same thing that Marvel’s doing.
Comics are a media that hold a special place in numerous people’s hearts, it was only a matter of time that they left their mark on cinema. Marvel’s doing things with the MCU that is scaring people.
Name another film, or film franchise that has done what Marvel did with Avengers: Endgame. There aren’t many, and only Star Wars comes close.
No, the MCU isn’t reaching artistic heights, but neither are Scorsese films. Cinema isn’t dead. But directors could embrace this change (even if it’s temporary), rather than lashing out at it.
