Tom Hanks believes that violence in movies has become too glamorous.
The actor is set to return to the big screen with Captain Phillips, the movie that will open the BFI London Film Festival.
But the actor reveals that when he was growing up violent movies were not what he wanted to see on the big screen.
Speaking to the Mail on Sunday's Event magazine he said: "We got into another era where it becomes the kind of glamorous it can be to fire guns and blow up buildings and stuff like that.
"And I understand that to a degree, but even when I was young I wanted to see films that somehow reflected my world or the world as I understand it or an authentic take on how complicated we all are."
Hanks admits that you should expect some violent moments in franchises such as James Bond, but thinks we are seeing too much of it in blockbuster films.
While there's always room for a fabulous James Bond movie with a great action sequence in it, there is without doubt another type of film out there that is not that interested in it, there's no moralisation that goes on, and I simply don't choose to see them.
"There have always been movies like that and it's just that now they are part and parcel of the grand commerce of the motion picture industry."
Captain Phillips sees Hanks team up with director Paul Greengrass for the first time, as they bring a true story to the big screen.
The movie sees Hanks take on the title role in a film that follows Phillips as his ship is invaded by Somali Pirates.
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