LogFAQs > #966942491

In one of the other topics I noted issues I have with the stance filmmakers like Scorsese and Coppola take towards the MCU. To be honest I understand their frustration with the predominance of superhero movies at the box-office, heck I even share it. I just have a nagging feeling that other filmmakers more versed in "genre" fare like Richard Donner and John Carpenter would be more enamored with the success of the MCU. Honestly with Donner it's kind of guaranteed he would have given he directed the two most highly-regarded Superman films and his production company made the X-Men movies. I'll gladly say I think Lethal Weapon 1 & 2 are some of the best action movies ever made and the series is my go-to example of why many aspects of the MCU's "formula" have been around far longer than the MCU itself. Maybe it doesn't help the guy who wrote the first two went on to doctor Iron Man's script and then write and direct Iron Man 3.

Mostly I just have a problem with Scorsese and Coppola admitting they want to force audiences to watch what they deem "cinema". Mass audiences aren't usually rushing out to see movies about dysfunctional people and/or relationships like Punch-Drunk Love and Midsommar. Not that I mean any diss towards those movies, and anyway I loved the crap out of There Will Be Blood.