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Quentin Tarantino In Hot Water For Saying Marvel Actors Are ‘Not Movie Stars’
Daily Wire ^ | Nov 23, 2022 | Amanda Harding

Posted on 11/23/2022 7:59:17 AM PST by Jeff Chandler

Celebrated filmmaker Quentin Tarantino is facing criticism for candid comments he made about actors in Marvel movies not being legitimate stars.

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“I don’t love them,” Tarantino said of Marvel films. “No, I don’t. I don’t hate them. But I don’t love them. I mean, look, I used to collect Marvel comics like crazy when I was a kid.”

“There’s an aspect that if these movies were coming out when I was in my twenties, I would totally be f***king happy and totally love them. [But] they wouldn’t be the only movies being made, they would be those movies amongst other movies. I’m almost 60 so I’m not quite as excited about them,” he continued.

Tarantino repeated a common criticism of the films, claiming they are overhyped and repetitive, plus leave less room for more creative projects.

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"it’s just the fact that they are the entire representation of this era of movies right now. There’s not really much room for anything else. That’s my problem. It’s a problem of representation."

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Tarantino claimed moviegoers only cared about superheroes on screen no matter who was playing them.

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Tarantino’s observations did not amuse several followers.

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Marvel actor Simu Liu, who starred in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” also made his opinion known on Twitter.

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“But they don’t get to point their nose at me or anyone. No movie studio is or ever will be perfect. But I’m proud to work with one that has made sustained efforts to improve diversity onscreen by creating heroes that empower and inspire people of all communities everywhere. I loved the ‘Golden Age’ too.. but it was white as hell.”

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: lowiqmoviegoers; marvel; quentintarantino
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To: Roadrunner383

Scorsese, original? Yeah, mafia movies with DeNiro and Pesci, how original.


41 posted on 11/23/2022 10:25:28 AM PST by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

They should be rated “I”, for Immature Audiences.


42 posted on 11/23/2022 10:30:38 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Tarantino in Hot Water.

So, we have found the source of Global Warming.

It is the loud mouths from Hollywood.


43 posted on 11/23/2022 10:34:52 AM PST by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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"it’s just the fact that they are the entire representation of this era of movies right now. There’s not really much room for anything else. That’s my problem. It’s a problem of representation."

In the 1930s-1940s it was musicals and gangster movies soaking the movie production dollars.

In the 1950s it was westerns and biblical epics.

In the 1960s it was war movies.

In the 1970s it was character studies.

44 posted on 11/23/2022 10:37:10 AM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I Agree, these are just celebrity jesters. I knew real stars and there aren’t any left anymore.


45 posted on 11/23/2022 12:36:23 PM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Jeff Chandler

At this point, he’s right. Every Marvel movie is the same.


46 posted on 11/23/2022 12:52:29 PM PST by Trump_Triumphant
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