Being a movie fan places the viewer into an odd relationship with Hollywood: on the one hand, Hollywood is the place where your favorite art is produced and released from - cinema would not exist without it - but on the other hand, theres an undercurrent of contempt that lingers beneath every studio and executive. To us on the outside, this manifests itself as a prevailing sense that the people responsible for movies existing could not care less about the movies themselves. It seems that almost every filmmaker who has spent time in Tinsel Town has emerged with stories about insane notes, impossible studio executives, and the labyrinthine development process, or in other words everything that gets in the way of them making the movies they want to. But you dont need us to dig up interviews to learn that Hollywood thinks that you, the viewer, are stupid - you just need to look at the movies. Important Note: Just because a film is mentioned in this article doesnt mean that the film is at all bad. Youll see a bunch of Marvel movies pop up, and I am a raving Marvel fanboy who has enjoyed every movie theyve produced as a studio. Its just that, when placed in the larger context of ALL Hollywood product, patterns emerge that are troubling, even in movies that work from start to finish. So please dont rush to the comments to yell at me because you see The Avengers or one of Nolans Batmans embedded in an example - it's all about context.

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