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736573, I get it, and think it's silly anybody got worked up over it Posted by Nodima, Tue Nov-05-19 02:16 PM
or the follow up.
I teared up when Spider-Man disappeared because I've known that character since I was 5. I teared up when Downey Jr.'s Iron Man died because it reminded me of how long these movies have been a part of my life, and thus how much closer I am to death.
But I can also watch Mean Streets and laugh and cry and react in shock and disgust all in the span of two hours at characters I otherwise have no relationship with.
Is calling the Marvel movies non-cinematic snobby as fuck? Of course it is. But it isn't necessarily unfair, if you want to bend the rules of the word to suit your argument. Though even then, if you consider cinema a motion picture, is a movie almost entirely built on green screens and CGI something OTHER than motion pictures, like motion graphics?
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