Ken Loach has joined the chorus of auteur directors criticising superhero movies, saying they have “nothing to do with the art of cinema”.
Loach, who has won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for The Wind That Shakes the Barley and I, Daniel Blake, echoes the sentiments of American directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola in criticising blockbuster superhero films.
Loach said of superhero films: “I find them boring.
It’s about making a commodity which will make profit for a big corporation – they’re a cynical exercise.