I guess, it's also a generational thing. I wrote a thesis in film theory and appeared regularly in a show as a critic and had about the same feelings in the 2000s.
That said, Hollywood's safe bets, like superhero movies or bigger-than-life stories are exceptionally uninteresting to at least some non-Americans. (What get's a story going are not the wow-character traits, but the deficits of the heroins and heroes. Compare Jane Austen! :-) )
That said, Hollywood's safe bets, like superhero movies or bigger-than-life stories are exceptionally uninteresting to at least some non-Americans. (What get's a story going are not the wow-character traits, but the deficits of the heroins and heroes. Compare Jane Austen! :-) )