Scorsese isn't exactly ripping the lid off some deep secret, either. No one confuses Action Comics with Dostoyevsky. No one goes to a Marvel movie expecting two hours of Cannes-bait wankery or France's latest effort to mainstream pedophilia. People ride roller coasters because roller coasters are fun, not because the roller coaster was subversive or nuanced.

Dog, huh? You're not a cat!