>Coppola's comments seem perplexing given the context of the
>notes he gave to Coogler. Maybe Coppola's rant was just
>expressing support for his friend?
>
>His dissing of Marvel movies makes his tutoring of Coogler
>condescending and hollow.

that was my point. i can understand how he would come to the defense of marty:

https://www.google.com/search?q=coppola+scorsese+lucas&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwii6Lbev6zlAhXJhOAKHebxA_EQ_AUIESgB&biw=1366&bih=604

...but did he completely forget about black panther from LAST YEAR, or was it worth dogging coogler like that just to stand by his man from way back? is this something old people do when they've lost the plot and just rage instead of acting like 3-dimensional beings? this isn't even about MCU vs. '70s cool cinema to me, this is about character. i think that generation of filmmakers produced some iconoclasts (AND DON'T THEY KNOW IT!), and MCU is very much in the disney overlord mold even if that takes the form of feige by and large, but some of these '70s guys could learn a thing or two about how to do more together from the new blood. there were always historical and fantasy epics, but now there is something that couldn't be done very well until MCU, the superhero spectacle. i've already expressed my thoughts on the general topic earlier but want to make sure i'm not revering these '70s (70s) guys above all else; there's room for everyone to do great things, whatever the shape, and it *seemed* like coppola got that last year.