Brian Cox blames Marvel for cinema's downfall

Actor Brian Cox has slammed the film industry, saying, “I think cinema is in a very bad way." The ‘Succession’ actor, who played a role in ‘X2: X-Men United’, has blamed cinema’s downfall on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Cox referenced the new Marvel film ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, calling it cinematic “party time” and saying that Hollywood is losing “the plot.” The actor, 78, continued, “You’re getting the same old…I mean, I’ve done those kind of [projects].” Some critics have taken issue with the latest Marvel film, with journalist Louis Chilton saying its “changing the definition of what a movie is.” "It is a film that is about absolutely nothing. A film with no discernable purpose or artistic ambitions, beyond the perpetuation of its own corporate myth," said Louis Chilton from The Independent.