Director David Cronenberg has shared his thoughts on the Dark Knight trilogy, saying he found the films "mostly boring".
When asked by nextmovie.com if he would make a superhero film, he said: "I don't think they are making them an elevated art form. I think it's still Batman running around in a stupid cape.
"I just don't think it's elevated. Christopher Nolan's best movie is Memento, and that is an interesting movie. I don't think his Batman movies are half as interesting though they're 20 million times the expense."
He did however commend Nolan on the technological side of the films.
"What he is doing is some very interesting technical stuff, which, you know, he's shooting IMAX and in 3-D," he said.
"That's really tricky and difficult to do. I read about it in American Cinematography Magazine, and technically, that's all very interesting. The movies, to me, they're mostly boring."
Cronenberg continued: "A superhero movie, by definition, you know, it's comic book. It's for kids. It's adolescent in its core. That has always been its appeal, and I think people who are saying, you know, Dark Knight Rises is, you know, supreme cinema art, I don't think they know what the **** they're talking about."
While directing a superhero movie does not appeal to Cronenberg, if he was an actor it would be a different story.
"As an actor, I would play Batman," he said.
