Robert Downey Jr. thinks superhero films are getting "a bit old".
The 49-year-old 'Iron Man' actor has described the superhero genre as "fraying around the edges" because they are overexposed in the cinema during the summer.
Talking to The Sunday Telegraph's Seven magazine, he explained: "Honestly, the whole thing is just showing the beginning signs of fraying around the edges. It's a little bit old. Last summer there were five or seven different ones out. I feel that they are critiqued by a different metric to any other movie.
"It's like a bunch of really good dancers and you're looking for the one who keeps changing her leg warmers. They make a lot of money."
Despite his claims that the genre is "old", Robert - who first starred as the superhero Iron Man in 2008 - admitted that he felt "bombed" when he discovered that the film studios didn't intend to make a fourth 'Iron Man' film.
When asked if a sequel was in the works, Robert shared: "Not that I'm aware of. 'Avengers' was another opportunity but they're not talking about 'Iron Man 4'.
"I was kind of bombed out the tell you the truth, but maybe they've got bigger fish to fry and I trust their overall vision. The funny thing about these genre movies is you'd think they were national secrets."

Lena Dunham is planning to make the novel 'Catherine, Called Birdy' into a movie.
The 'Girls' star and creator has revealed she is working on a film adaptation of Karen Cushman's 1994 children's book, and is even thinking about taking on the helm herself.
She said: "I'm going to adapt it and hopefully direct it.
"I just need to find someone who wants to fund a PG-13 Medieval movie."
The historical novel - which is set in thirteenth century England and follows a diary format - tells the story of Catherine, the daughter of a moderately well-off baron in the years 1290 and 1291 when she is thirteen and fourteen years old.
And despite having little knowledge of the historical period, Dunham claims she's been interested in the book since she was just a young girl herself.
She explained: She [Catherine] gets her period and her father basically says, 'Well, it's time for you to get married', and she's like, 'Uh, no'.
"But it's hyper realistic and really pretty and it's full of incest and beatings, but it's a child's story. I've been obsessed with it since I was a kid."
Dunham will develop the film with her production partner and 'Girls' executive producer Jenni Konner.
According to Variety, the 28-year-old actress said: "I'm very excited about it. I'm not sure when it'll happen, but I'm in the process [of working on it]."

Laura Carmichael hates the "fiddly" period costumes she wears for 'Downton Abbey'.
The 28-year-old actress, who plays Lady Edith in the ITV period drama, has admitted that she can't stand intricate costumes that her character has to wear.
When asked if she hates the wardrobe for Lady Edith, she told Radio Times magazine: "Yeah, yeah, a lot. Maybe because you keep having to be fiddled with and sewn in. They move your necklace and sew it into the neckline or the hem while you're carrying on a conversation."
Laura then revealed that at one point, the costumes actually prohibited her from going to the toilet.
She joked: "We tend to be OK now. But there was this annoying moment in the second series where are corsets were attached to our stockings, which was a nightmare.
"The undergarments are a lot better for us now."

Jessie J says Rita Ora must be honest with 'The Voice' contestants if she wants to be a good judge.
The 26-year-old singer was a judge on the BBC One talent show for two series before quitting to focus on her music career and she's now spoken about her opinion of new judge Rita.
Quizzed on what her advice would be, Jessie exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "Just be honest with them [the contestants]. She's been around the world and she's done a lot.
"She's worked very hard in the last few years and I know she knows how emotionally exhausting it is and how much you have to work for it.
"And just enjoy it too. Just be yourself because it's worked for her so far. And dress up because you're the only girl. You've got to be that diva. Be the woman and enjoy it."
Jessie also admitted that her role as a mentor on 'The Voice' meant she'd had to put her music career on the back burner.
She explained: "I think that I definitely learned my lesson. As I saw in everything in life, you only learn when you do it, especially when you're in the public eye.
"You can't test anything without doing it. And so I've learned my lesson which is why I'm no longer on the Voice while I'm releasing an album because it was very time consuming."
Jessie J's new album 'Sweet Talker' is released today (13.10.14), featuring her latest single 'Burnin' Up'.

Madonna's daughter has boys "queuing up to take her out", according to her classmate.
Lourdes Leon, who is preparing to celebrate her eighteenth birthday tomorrow, has already begun following in her famous mother's footsteps by studying music, theatre and dance at the University of Michigan, and she's now said to be just as popular as her mother with the opposite sex.
A fellow student told The Sun newspaper: "Lourdes has big shoes to fill but has the potential to do it. She has enormous ability, talent and charisma.
"She is so gorgeous and stylish too. Boys are queuing up to take her out."
Despite having a celebrity lifestyle and her own Material Girl fashion line with mum Madonna, Lourdes - whose father is actor Carlos Leon - is said to have made a good impression on her university pals by living just like them.
She reportedly sleeps in a bunk bed in a room she shares with another student in the college's halls of residence and is often seen eating regular meals of pizza and pasta at the canteen.
The source - who reveals Lourdes uses her childhood nickname of Lola at school - added: "She's not as sociable as many people would have thought but every day that passes she's slowly coming out of her shell.
"However, there's no diva behaviour. She's really aware of how people might judge her and doesn't want to get a bad reputation."

Channing Tatum wants his daughter to learn about death through film.
The 34-year-old actor has confessed he'd like he and wife Jenna Dewan's 16-month-old daughter Everly to learn about the sad part of life through watching films.
Speaking about his role in new animated movie 'The Book of Life', which focuses on the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead, where the lives of family and friends who have passed away are celebrated, he claims he embraced the tradition.
He explained: "I think it's such a beautiful way of looking at it.
"It doesn't deal with it as death as in they're gone, and that's why it's literally the land of the remembered."
The 'Magic Mike' hunk went on to admit that he thinks watching the film will be a great way for parents to breach the subject of death with children without having to speak about it.
He told the New York Daily News newspaper: "I think it's a really safe and beautiful way to talk about it.
"It's going to happen eventually, [so] it's better to learn about it in a beautiful fiction world than in real life first."

Megan Fox has hit back at claims that she is an "idiot or air-head" for embracing her sexuality.
The 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' actress has hit back at the critics who have branded her an "idiot or air-head" just because she is confident with her body.
Megan - who has been in an relationship with her husband Brian Austin Green since 2004 - told the Mail on Sunday's Event magazine: "You are made to feel that if you embrace your sexuality, you are an idiot or an air-head, or you have to make yourself seem more masculine. Why would you ever want to do that? Women are beautiful, but we are also intelligent - and some of us are very strong.
"People insist on seeing me as a wild child, a bad girl, a naughty girl and I don't know why. Because my life is the exact opposite.
"People have a hard time looking at me, knowing that I accept my sexuality and then understanding that I'm not promiscuous - they just can't put that idea together. But I have been with Brian for ten years."

Sadie Frost relied on her sister during the "tough" breakdown of her marriage to Jude Law.
The 49-year-old designer has admitted that her divorce from the 'Sherlock Holmes' actor in 2003 was "tough" but thanks to her "caring and loyal" half-sister Holly Davidson she got through it.
Talking in The Sunday Times magazine, Sadie shared: "My marriage breakdown was also tough and [Holly] was so caring and loyal, in fact, she has always been there for me, she's very good with relationship advice."
Holly then added: "When Sadie's marriage to Jude ended, it was just heartbreaking. Seeing her in so much pain was the most heart-wrenching thing ever. She was not in a good space.
"There were phone calls into the night. And while I'm a fixer, with this there was nothing I could fix."
The 34-year-old fitness trainer also helped her older sister battle postnatal depression after Sadie gave birth to her son, Rudy in 2002.
She told the magazine: "[Sadie] didn't tell me at first that she was unhappy, but I could see it. Part of me wanted to say something, but I didn't know what to say. I just tried to be there for her until she could be more open about it."
Sadie revealed that it was a "relief" to tell her sister that she was suffering from postnatal depression but admitted that she'd felt "guilty" about feeling so low.
She shared: "When you have everything - a beautiful husband, a beautiful house, a career, kids - and you still have this awful depression, there's a huge amount of guilt."

Dame Judi Dench believes losing her eyesight has reduced her nerves when she performs live.
The 79-year-old actress suffers from macular degeneration, an age-related eye condition which leads to gradual loss of vision, and has found it allows her to relax a lot quicker because she can't see the audience.
Speaking about her live performance at the Proms in 2010, she told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "Fortunately now I can't see very clear, I used to be able to see every member of the audience and exactly what they were doing. I can't do that anymore which in a way is a wonderful blessing. I didn't realise it was a blessing until I went on that night at the Proms.
"There was like a sea of corn in front of me. And I looked up and thought, 'There is nobody upstairs.' "
The 'Philomena' star has spent the last few years in film but admits she misses working on stage and has hinted that a return to theatre may be in the pipeline.
She explained: "My daughter is on tour at the moment and we went the other night and sat there in the theatre and I thought, 'Gosh I miss that.'
"That whole thing of getting ready and going on and it being slightly different from the last night, slightly better or slightly worse. I really miss that."

Matthew Broderick doesn't mind Sarah Jessica Parker and her ex-boyfriend Robert Downey Jr. reconnecting.
The 52-year-old actor insists he doesn't have a problem with his wife meeting the hunk, who she dated for seven years in the 1980s, because they have remained good friends over the years.
Speaking to Us Magazine, he said: "Of course, he's more than [okay to connect her] -- they're great friends! What would I say? No? Who do you think I am? No, I love Robert Downey and Sarah Jessica Parker so [yes they can meet up]."
The 'Sex and the City' star, 49, added: "He [Robert] and I have always been on wonderful terms so ... of course I'm hospitable to that [meeting]!"
Robert, who is now married to Susan Downey, admitted recently that he would like to meet Sarah but would ask Matthew's permission before contacting her.
He said previously: "I'll make a point of trying to see her while I'm here [in New York City]. I'd like to. I'll ask his permission. I just want to check in for a few minutes.
"I love Matthew Broderick. First of all, I respect both of them so much, and now we have to get past this conversation. For any situation like this, I think enough time has to pass. You don't have to make a big deal of it when the time is right."
The 'Iron Man 3' star also revealed Sarah broke his heart when she dumped him in 1991 due to his severe drug addiction.
Sarah married Matthew in 1997 and has James, 12, and five-year-old twins Marion and Tabitha with him.

Lauren Conrad and William Tell felt married before they'd even exchanged their vows.
The 28-year-old designer and the 34-year-old hunk tied the knot at a winery in California last month but they admit they don't feel any different after their nuptials.
Speaking to Us Magazine, Lauren said of married life: "It doesn't feel too different -- we felt married before we were actually married."
However, although their relationship hasn't changed after the wedding, William admits he's glad they've finally made it official after two years of dating.
Pointing to his ring, he said: "I could get used to this."
After exchanging their vows, the newly-weds spent their honeymoon driving around the countryside in Italy and then travelling on to Greece to take in the sights.
Lauren explained: "We did Sicily in Italy and then Santorini in Greece. I think our favourite part about Sicily was the food. We just had amazing meals everywhere. We rented a car and drove around, it was a beautiful place."
Meanwhile, the former 'The Hills' star recently admitted she spent 11 months writing her vows because she was determined to blow her beau away with her poignant words during their romantic ceremony.
She said last month: "I kept a folder in my phone, and whenever I thought of something, I'd add it."

Blonde Electra and Overload Generation were given the boot from 'The X Factor' tonight (12.10.14).
The funky duo and the five-piece boyband have been kicked out of ITV competition in a shock double-eviction after receiving the lowest number of public votes following their first live performances last night.
Blonde Electra were the first to be given the axe from the show, before Overload Generation took to the stage to fight for their place in the programme in a sing-off against Stephanie Nala.
Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole, who mentors the brunette beauty, opted to save Stephanie but Louis Walsh, who mentored the group, and Mel B believed Overload Generation performed better in the sing-off.
However, it was taken to deadlock following the judges' tie, which meant Overload Generation, who received the lowest number of votes, were given the axe.
Although Louis was clearly disappointed to lose the boys, he had nothing but encouragement for the band and told them to continue to work as a group.
He said: "I want them [Overload Generation] to stay together and become a big band."
Despite losing two acts from his category in the first live show, Louis still has Stereo Kicks and Only the Young fighting to succeed in the competition.
Meanwhile, the results show also featured live performances from Pharrell Williams and Taylor Swift.