When Martin Scorsese recently said that Marvel movies are "not cinema", the legendary filmmaker incited a lot of rage. A number of stars called out Scorsese for his comments and actor-director Kevin Smith is the latest one to offer his perspective on the ongoing controversy. Smith defended the superhero flicks after they came in for harsh criticism from the revered director, reported The Hollywood Reporter. Smith attended a star-studded screening of his latest outing 'Jay and Silent Bob Reboot' in Hollywood sporting a late comic book writer Stan Lee T-shirt.

Smith, a comic book fan, who has worked on a few film and TV adaptations, was aware of the recent digs that Scorsese took at Marvel movies. He defended the comic book movies while also taking time to praise Scorsese's work. "Martin Scorsese is a genius. But to be fair, my entire film career -- even prior to my film career -- he's been pretty much saying the same thing about action movies," Smith told the outlet outside the TCL Chinese Theatre.