Frank Miller has revealed that he "loves" Superman, but is not so fond of Batman films.

The controversial comics legend addressed the commonly held belief that he hates the Man of Steel in an interview about his upcoming Sin City: A Dame to Kill For adaptation.

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"The Dark Knight [comic book] series is all from Batman's point of view," Miller told Playboy. "But if you look at Dark Knight 2, you'll see a Superman who's much calmer than the one in the first Dark Knight.

"Batman and Superman are dead opposites. I love Superman. Do I love Batman more? They're not people. They're only lines on paper."

When asked about the poor reception of the Daredevil and Elektra films - two characters he wrote at length - he said: "When people come out with movies about characters I've worked on, I always hate them.



"I have my own ideas about what the characters are like. I mean, I can't watch a Batman movie. I've seen pieces of them, but I generally think, 'No, that's not him'. And I walk out of the theatre before it's over."

He said that that included Christopher Nolan's well-received Dark Knight trilogy.

"It includes all of them," said Miller. "I'm not condemning what he does. I don't even understand it, except that he seems to think he owns the title Dark Knight. He's about 20 years too late for that. It's been used."

Miller has returned to direct the second Sin City film - based on his Dark Horse Comics series - alongside Robert Rodriguez.

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