A short counterpoint.
How many times has the Phantom of the Opera been made - re-made, and re-made again?
My son and I saw the latest remake several years in Boca Raton, FL. It played to repeated full audiences (we got in on our second attempt THAT NIGHT). It lived up to every expectation.
My 35-year old son was surprised that no one left until the credits had finished playing. He was even more surprised when the audience applauded the movie at the end!
When was the last time any of us had stayed all the way through the credits and then applauded the movie?
Hollywood can do great work when they ignore the temptation to prove their moral superiority by lecturing us on things that are important to them but don’t even make the bottom of our page.
The host on TCM said it best several years ago. The early Hollywood moguls were raised on great literature and made great movies from those great books.
Today’s movie producers were raised on comic books and make movies based on the same.
During the last election season, when Dinesh D'Souza's Hillary's America was playing. The final scenes made people stand on their feet on the sloping floor of the movie theater and applaud.