Yes. Marvel movies are cinema. So are the rest of the movies in the world. This argument reminds me of those long ago arguments about whether Rock and Roll is music. It was.
It seems like the larger question is whether they are good cinema. Personally, I appreciate the craft of making something like that, but as art goes, it doesn't seem that good to me. It reminds me of going to an art museum and seeing rooms fully of old European paintings that all feature guys in tights in palaces or cathedrals, looking at the king or whatever. Nothing about that does much to move me, even though I do appreciate that the painter put a lot of craft and effort into the painting.
It seems ironic that Marvel movies have returned to guys in tights.
It seems like the larger question is whether they are good cinema. Personally, I appreciate the craft of making something like that, but as art goes, it doesn't seem that good to me. It reminds me of going to an art museum and seeing rooms fully of old European paintings that all feature guys in tights in palaces or cathedrals, looking at the king or whatever. Nothing about that does much to move me, even though I do appreciate that the painter put a lot of craft and effort into the painting.
It seems ironic that Marvel movies have returned to guys in tights.