‘Iron Man Is Better Than Batman Or Superman’; ‘Breaking Bad’ Finale Is Ridiculous! - Oliver Stone

Controversial Director Oliver Stone aspires to keep that description. Latest quotes from a recent interview take on screen violence and escapism as well as an utter lack of authenticity.

Oliver Stone's latest work, a documentary series titled: "The Untold History of the United States" takes a no-holds barred look at American history, re-examining pivotal moments in what Americans proudly call democracy, by placing events like the atom bomb project in a more global context.

Oliver Stone, whose storied filmography boasts of Academy Award Best Picture "Platoon" and nominee "JFK" as well as controversial political commentaries like "W".

Stone launched a commentary while speaking to the press. On the subject of today's fiction media, specifically movies and TV: "There's too much violence in our movies - and it's all unreal to me," he said. "I don't know if you saw the denouement [of Breaking Bad], I happen to not watch the series very much, but I happened to tune in and I saw the most ridiculous 15 minutes of a movie - it would be laughed off the screen." Nobody could park his car right then and there and could have a machine gun that could go off perfectly and kill all of the bad guys! It would be a joke," he insisted. "It's only in the movies that you find this kind of fantasy violence. And that's infected the American culture; you young people believe all of this shit! Batman and Superman, you've lost your minds, and you don 't even know it! At least respect violence. I'm not saying don't show violence, but show it with authenticity."

He continues: " I wouldn't criticize everything. I'm just saying it's the level of violence. If people think that bringing a machine gun to your last meeting is a solution to a television series that's very popular, I think they're insane. Something's wrong. It's not the world we know. But I think there might be in Iron Man... there could be some good stories about war profiteering, some good moral tales. I agree. Comics were that for that reason, remember? But when you've reached this height of technology level of a Michael [Bay], of a Transformers, I don't understand the meaning of it and the reason for it, except that it appeals to some visual sense, some kinetic sense of dynamism and a need for action. But action is not always a solution, character is."(Quotes from Forbes)