Francis Ford Coppola: Scorsese was being kind – Marvel movies are despicable
The Godfather director joins in criticism of superhero films, while Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn hits back at out-of-touch geniuses
The director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now has joined Martin Scorsese in dismissing the dominant series of superhero films.
Speaking to journalists in Lyon following his acceptance of the Prix Lumière for his contribution to cinema, Francis Ford Coppola, 80, said: “When Martin Scorsese says that the Marvel pictures are not cinema, he’s right because we expect to learn something from cinema, we expect to gain something, some enlightenment, some knowledge, some inspiration.”