Screen Rant

  • Director Roland Emmerich agrees with Martin Scorsese's take on Marvel movies. 1 / 8

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  • Like Scorsese, Emmerich thinks comic book films are "taking over" the movie business. 2 / 8

    Roland Emmerich agrees with Martin Scorsese on Marvel

  • The Independence Day director says he "doesn't like" comic book movies for this reason. 3 / 8

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  • Scorsese has taken major heat for saying Marvel movies aren't cinema. 4 / 8

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  • The director was once involved with the DC comic book film Joker. 5 / 8

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  • But Scorsese left Joker because he didn't have time to work on it. 6 / 8

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  • Scorsese later said he thinks Joker IS cinema, unlike Marvel movies. 7 / 8

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  • Emmerich's own latest film Midway hits theaters on November 8, 2019. 8 / 8

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