Watching the #Mexico: #ConLaBrisa episode of #VoicesRising: #TheMusicOfWakandaForever on #DisneyPlus, and #RyanCoogler confirmed my sentiment regarding #YouTubers who slammed #WakandaForever for not featuring men.
Ryan states, "...[#BlackPanther] was...from a male perspective...and [Wakanda Forever] shifted that when T'Challa passed away. We made the decision that it'll be Shuri's story. Then...it became clear this was...a movie about moms, flat out".
BP focused on men; WF focused on women.
#TenochhHuerta made me tear up talking about the importance of #represention for kids like he was, who only ever saw #white (even #blonde!) actors growing up (in #Mexico).
"...that's what I hope for. That...children don't feel so alone – and that they know that there was never anything wrong with them. What was wrong were the eyes that were seeing them."
#VoicesRising: #TheMusicOfWakandaForever, #Mexico: #ConLaBrisa on #DisneyPlus
#MartinScorsese is wrong. Big budget #superhero movies can be #cinema.
#BlackPanther and #WakandaForever are as cinematic (more, truly) as any #Scorsese film in terms of themes; story; #costumes; #music; topical, cultural, and historical accuracy and relevance, etc.
#Méilès used state of the art special effects, and a technically different recording medium than Marty's used.
Grand spectacle, image manipulation, and new recording mediums and capabilities are foundational to the #filmic #arts.
Just watching the #Assembled making of's and other behind the scenes (#BTS) shows about #BlackPanther or #WakandaForever is more than enough evidence to prove that these films are art and true cinema, every bit as much as #ATripToTheMoon, #KingKong, #JasonAndTheArgonauts, #2001, and #StarWars, as examples.
#CGI is part of #cinematic art, no less than #animation, #colorization, #celluloid, #color, or #sound.
And #visual #spectacle in service of a good #story is its core.
Five years ago I would have not thought I'd be defending #superhero movies, in general, especially declaring that #MartinScorsese's wrong.
Most aren't #art, but some are.
Ricardo Harvin
Rye