British actor Simon Pegg believes cinema has "dumbed down" and has become "infantilised", citing "childish" comic book and superhero adaptations.
Pegg - who is currently co-writing the script for Star Trek 3 and has starred in the sci-fi franchise reboot as engineer Scotty – told the Radio Times:
"Obviously I'm very much a self-confessed fan of science fiction and genre cinema but part of me looks at society as it is now and just thinks we've been infantilised by our own tastes.
"Now we're essentially all consuming very childish things - comic books, superheroes . . . adults are watching this stuff, and taking it seriously."
"It is a kind of dumbing down, in a way, because it's taking our focus away from real-world issues."
Pegg added: "Films used to be about challenging, emotional journeys or moral questions that might make you walk away and re-evaluate how you felt about . . . whatever."
