Released May 4, 2022, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is an opportunity for its cast to defend the record of the Marvel studio, which despite an absolute triumph at the global box office, has sometimes been able to come under harsh criticism, to say the least.
Elizabeth Olsen defends her crew
Since its inception in 2008, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had many theatrical successes, including avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgameand more recently Spider-Man: No Way Home. While Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is likely to experience a success equivalent to its illustrious elders, a question continues to divide the public: is the MCU cinema?
A brief reminder of the facts. While part of the public criticizes the Marvel studio for releasing calibrated films and without artistic soul, great directors, such as Martin Scorsese (Freedmen, Casino)Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now)Ridley Scott (Alien, blade runner) or even Denis Villeneuve (Fires, Dunes) have had acerbic remarks on these feature filmsraising each time an outcry both among the fans and within the teams of the films concerned.
In a recent interview with The Independent, actress Elizabeth Olsenwhich was found for the seventh time in the MCU (counting the post-credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier), spoke about what she thinks of these criticisms. She explains :
I’m not saying that we make independent films, but I think that diminishes the work of our teams, and that bothers me. They are among the best decorators, costume designers, cameramen I have worked with. I think diminishing them with this kind of criticism is diminishing all the people who work on both award-winning films and those projects. I think throwing Marvel under the bus is criticizing hundreds of very talented people, and that pisses me off a bit.
Extremely clear words, which could be summarized in substance as follows: criticizing the quality of marvel movies is really criticizing the work of hundreds of very talented people working on their movies. If Elizabeth Olsen’s answer has the merit of being absolutely clear, however one can wonder if it will really convince the authors of these criticisms.
In effect, a Martin Scorsese or a Francis Ford Coppola could oppose the idea that precisely, these very talented people see their talent wasted working on products cinematographic and not of cinema movies. In other words, there is little chance that Elizabeth Olsen’s remarks will put an end to this heated debate, which despite everything, poses an excellent question of philosophy of art: what is cinema?
Anyway, do not hesitate to discover our review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.