
Just go ahead and say it, John: the movies suck. I doubt you'll get much argument on that one, at least not from anyone who isn't CEO of a major studio. Here's the thing, though: it's not like they were super-great before this year. Perhaps you remember a little picture known as Dude, Where's My Car?. And the gem we like to call Gigli? The great majority of Hollywood movies have been terrible for a long time – and it's unlikely that we've all suddenly been seized by an attack of good taste. I don't claim to be able to explain where audiences are going, but I'm pretty sure it ain't to the local arthouse to see The Beat That My Heart Skipped.