One of the beautiful (or perhaps terrible) things about art is that it’s open to so many interpretations. That’s sort of the point of it. The same thing can be said about violence in art. There are some people who condemn it entirely, but violence can be handled in so many different ways that many judge on a case by case basis whether it’s depicted as gratuitous or important. Mel Gibson, whose movie Hacksaw Ridge just premiered, doesn’t approve of how violence is handled in Marvel films.
Speaking to The Washington Post, Gibson talked about Marvel portraying “violence without conscience” and declared that the films are more violent than anything he’s ever directed.
“To talk about the violence question, look at any Marvel movie,” he said. “They’re more violent than anything that I’ve done, but [in my movies,] you give a sh** about the characters, which makes it matter more. That’s all I’ll say.”
This isn’t the first time the actor/director has criticized superhero films. In the past, he’s said things like, “Real superheroes didn’t wear spandex” and that “Batman v Superman was a piece of sh!t.”
The comments about Marvel films were sparked by a discussion about violence in Hacksaw Ridge. What’s interesting is that his new movie follows Desmond Doss, the real America soldier who was a conscientious objector who refused to shoot his weapon in World War II, yet saved 75 soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa.
You can see Hacksaw Ridge in theaters right now as well as Dr. Strange, the latest Marvel film.
Via: Gamespot
from Nerd Reactor
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