Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese has lashed out at the successful films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe "they are not cinema," after which he said that the closest thing to them are "theme parks . "

During an interview with the Empire Magazine , the director explained that he was unable to see the 23 titles of the Marvel superhero saga and gave an explanation that the media specialized in the industry played today.

"I tried, you know?" He said. "But that's not cinema. "

"Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well done as they are, with the actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is in the theme parks," the filmmaker finished.

Scorsese spoke like this after being asked about the films produced by Disney and Marvel , whose success at the box office is undeniable to the point that the latest installment Avengers: Endgame became the most collected film this year, surpassing Avatar and Titanic with more than 2,790.2 million dollars.

Despite his audience success, for the director of Taxi Driver the emotions that these films arouse are closer to the experience of a theme park than to what he considers a real cinematographic work .

"It is not the cinema of human beings trying to transmit emotional and psychological experiences to another human being ," Scorsese added.

The filmmaker is promoting his latest film The Irish , premiered at the New York Festival with very good reception by critics, which points to it as a firm contender for the Oscar.

His plot tells about the life of thug Frank Sheeran (Robert de Niro) and the disappearance and murder of Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), adapted from the novel by Charles Brandt I Heard You Paint Houses (about three and a half hours) 2003).

Meanwhile, the director of the Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy film , James Gunn , responded to Scorsese on Twitter.

"Martin Scorsese is one of my five favorite live filmmakers. I was outraged when people boycotted 'The Last Temptation of Christ' without having seen the movie. It saddens me that I am now judging mine in the same way, " he said. .

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