Joss Whedon slates The Dark Knight
Discussing the current state of superhero films Joss Whedon has criticised The Dark Knight, though he did complement the film comparing it to The Godfather…
Now, I watched The Dark Knight and I thought of that as riffing on the genre
That was a superhero movie as The Godfather. And I was like, ‘But I just still want to see a superhero movie!’ We had just gotten the technology to make it awesome, and I wasn’t ready to be post-modern about it yet.
He also stressed that there is too much explosions and destruction in current superhero movies.
People have made it very clear that they are fed up with movies where entire cities are destroyed, and then we celebrate
I try to make my superhero movies as if there’s either never been one or there’s only ever been them. I work with the idea that it’s just a natural way for people to be, so that you still make a movie about people.
It’s funny, Nolan blew up a Hospital in Gotham….Whedon destroyed New York.
Avengers: Age of Ultron is out in 2015.