I think it is a "deeper emotional experience". But I'm skeptical that this is anything new. Today we (or at least me and Alan Moore) look back at the 60s and

I think it is a "deeper emotional experience". But I'm skeptical that this is anything new. Today we (or at least me and Alan Moore) look back at the 60s and 70s and think "wow a movie like Easy Rider was a hit. How times have changed". Maybe. But maybe we just remember the hits from 40 years ago that were actually good. And maybe 40 years from now we'll remember a handful of good movies made today that did well in the box office but we'll forget all the junk. Part of me does think that big movies today are essentially philistine. But it's also true that movies are cheaper to make than ever. And plenty of wonderful movies are being made, so I find myself unable to get too sad about our situation. There's more interesting movies coming out than I have time to watch, so if I was complaining, I'd be complaining that "other people don't have the same taste as me," which seems childish. > Put it this way: if people generally need movies for meaningful emotional experiences, there are some profound problems in our society that goes far beyond cinema. I think you're deeply wrong. People experience "meaningful emotional experiences" via narrative, fictional or not. This has always been the case and there's no reason to assume it will ever not be the case. Movies are just another narrative form.