The thrillers and action movies targeted to adults haven't been that satisfying, and even the awards hopefuls (most notably, "Birth of a Nation") haven't lived up to the hype. Given the choice between some just-okay movies at the theater and baseball playoffs at home, it's no wonder Hollywood hasn't been able to lure adults out of their armchairs. It seems like an obvious truism that if the studios would just make movies people wanted to see, they'd go see them. But so far this fall, the distributors simply haven't done that.
We may be well into November, with movies like "Doctor Strange," "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," before there's enough excitement at the multiplex to end this slump.
