Robert Downey Jr. hits back at Scorsese’s Marvel criticism: ‘It makes no sense’
Legendary director Martin Scorsese, who's preparing to release his highly anticipated mob flick The Irishman in theaters and on Netflix, made waves last week in an interview with comments appearing to denigrate Marvel's superhero movies -- in a way that's still resonating days after the fact.
A number of actors and directors like James Gunn (and now Mr. Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr., but more on that in a moment) have weighed in in response to Scorsese's comments to Empire Magazine, in which the director compared Marvel's billion-dollar franchise to the frivolity of theme parks. “I don’t see them. I tried, you know?" Scorsese told Empire. "But that’s not cinema.
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Robert Downey Jr. hits back at Scorsese’s Marvel criticism: ‘It makes no sense’ originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 8 Oct 2019 at 14:48:31 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.