( Observer Network news) A week after the well-known director Quentin Tarantino criticized Hollywood gradually "Marvelized", on the 22nd local time, he starred in the Marvel superhero movie " Shangqi" Chinese-Canadian actor Liu Simu from "Legend of the Ten Rings " posted a post, emphasizing that well-known directors should not point fingers at anyone.
Simu Liu said that Marvel movies and the studios behind them have provided many people with an unprecedented opportunity to be seen by the audience on the big screen. and Scorsese will never have the chance to star in a movie that grossed over $400 million (i.e. Shang-Chi). CNN pointed out that Quentin has been criticized for the lack of racial diversity in the film.
Italian-American director, screenwriter, and actor Quentin is 59 years old. He has directed " Django Unchained ", " Kill Bill ", " Dangerous Liaisons ", " Once Upon a Time in Hollywood " and other films. For "ghost director".
Last Monday, Quentin Quentin talked about today’s Hollywood film market in a podcast program, saying that today’s film era can be called “the worst era in Hollywood history” with the 1950s and 1980s. Later, the director, who has been publicly criticizing superhero movies and other series of commercial films for occupying the market, repeated the old saying and talked about Marvel. He described the actors appearing in these movies as "not real movie stars". The real stars are those movies The characters in the game, such as "Captain America" and "Thor". He also called Hollywood "Marvelization."
According to CNN reports, the American director Martin Scorsese, who once directed "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Taxi Driver", is also one of the legendary filmmakers who publicly opposed Marvel movies. Previously, Scorsese had said that movies are an art form, a revelation, about aesthetics, emotion and spirit, but superhero movies are not movies, but theme parks. The gap between it and real movies is the same as that on our planet. A human is as far away as a centaur.
On the 22nd local time, Simu Liu posted two consecutive posts to refute Quentin and Scorsese. He said, "If movie stars can only be determined by Quentin and Scorsese, I will never have Opportunity to star in a movie worth more than 400 million dollars, I admire their filmmaking talents, they are good directors, but they should not point fingers at me or anyone."
In another post, Simu Liu praised Marvel Movies improves screen diversity , "No movie studio is ever perfect, but I'm proud to be working with a company that's always working to improve screen diversity by creating heroes who inspire the world." Diversity on screen."
He then talked about Hollywood's "golden age" (1930-1960), saying that he also liked that era, but it was too "white". The statement
was also seen as a direct rebuke of Quentin's film. Previously, the "ghost director" has been criticized many times for the lack of racial diversity in his films ("Once Upon a Time in Hollywood") and alleged racial discrimination ("Django Unchained"). According to Variety, he was interviewed on Monday. When responding to such questions, he said that people who don't like his movies can go to other movies, "If you have an opinion on my movie, you can go to other movies, I didn't shoot it for you."
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