The emphasis today is not on suspense, or even a good story. The focus is on whiz-bang special effects. Between space opera (Star Wars), super heroes (Batman, Superman, Captain America), fantasy fables (Harry Potter; Avatar), and dinosaurs (Jurassic Park), the current emphasis is on visual spectacle to engage a generally juvenile audience. Small fry and small fry-like minds are generally not interested in being engaged intellectually, only having their eyes dazzled with the latest computer-generated wizardry. Therefore, Hollywood caters to where the multiple millions of dollars in box office receipts are most generated, and that's with the juvenile audiences today.
It will probably be a long long time before Hollywood again begins making movies for adults...most adults have already told Hollywood to shove it and don't even pay attention to television ads or newspaper timetables anymore. Once you've poisoned your well, it's awfully hard to purify it again, so you can expect juvenile eye-candy at the expense of quality film making as the standard for decades to come.
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