It's unfortunate: Kevin Feige on Martin Scorsese's Marvel criticism

Everyone has a different definition of cinema and risk, believes Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, who finally broke silence on legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese's criticism of ir superhero films.

Feige, who called multiple Oscar-winning director's comments on Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films "unfortunate", said superhero films couldn't be compared to a "me park experience".

"I think that's t true. I think it's unfortunate," Feige said during Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast when asked about tion that superhero movies are a negative for cinema. "I think myself and everyone who works on se movies loves cinema, loves movies, loves going to movies, loves to watch a communal experience in a movie atre full of people," he added.

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In early October, Scorsese raked up a storm after he branded MCU films "t cinema", with debate dividing industry into 'Marvel versus ors' and, filmmaker drawing ire of fans and disappointment of Marvel talent. In an attempt to settle matter, Scorsese elaborated his "me park experience" remarks in an October 4 op-ed of New York Times, saying while superhero films were made by people of considerable talent and artistry, re is an absence of "revelation, mystery or genuine emotional danger" in m. 

"thing is at risk. pictures are made to satisfy a specific set of demands, and y are designed as variations on a finite number of mes..."That's nature of modern film franchises: market-researched, audience-tested, vetted, modified, revetted and remodified until y're ready for consumption," veteran wrote.

But Feige has often said studio seeks to make different types of films: 2015's "Ant-Man" was billed a heist film and "Captain America: Winter Soldier" (2014) a political thriller.  In his response to Scorsese on "risk" factor, Feige posited more recent examples of risks studio has taken.

"We did 'Civil War'. We had our two most popular characters (Iron Man and Captain America) get into a very serious ological and physical altercation. "We killed half of our characters at end of a movie (Avengers: Infinity War). I think it's fun for us to take our success and use it to take risks and go in different places," he argued.

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In end, Feige ted, art is a subjective concept. "Everybody has a different definition of cinema. Everybody has a different definition of art. Everybody has a different definition of risk. Some people don't think it's cinema. "Everybody is entitled to ir opinion. Everyone is entitled to repeat that opinion. Everyone is entitled to write op-eds about that opinion, and I look forward to what will happen next. But in meantime, we're going to keep making movies," he said.

senior executive went on to decode studio's risk-taking plans, case in point its streaming service, Disney+, which launches Tuesday. On "WandaVision", upcoming Disney+ show starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, Feige said it was unlike anything y had done before. 

"It's unlike anything this genre has done before. And yes, if you are turned off by tion of a human having extra abilities, and that means everything in which that happens is lumped into same category, n y might t be for you. But truth is, se are all  like all great science-fiction stories  parables," he said of show which is said to have 1950s sitcom roots.

He also talked about Chloe Zhao-directed " Eternals", which has a star-studded cast of Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harington, Richard Madded, Kumail Nanjiani, Gemma Chan, among ors, pointing out it has characters that few outside of Marvel fanatics have heard of.

"It is a very big movie. It is a very expensive movie. And we are making it because we believe in (Zhao's) vision and we believe in what those characters can do and we believe we need to continue to grow and evolve and change and push our genre forward. That's a risk if I've ever heard one," Feige said. Marvel honcho is currently developing shows based around Ms Marvel -- studio's first Muslim hero She-Hulk and Moon Knight. y will get ir films after ir Disney+ debuts, Feige confirmed. 

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