The reason Hollywood doesn’t get it is because they don’t want it. They didn’t understand “The Passion of the Christ” either. Great shows like “The Waltons” puzzled Hollywood too. Ralph Waite took the job of John Walton because he’d been told by his agent that “It would never sell”. They studio executives even put it in a time slot they expected it to die in. It didn’t. I don’t believe people really want crap amoral ugly vulgarity and obscenity in the their media. The average American wants to feel good when they watch tv and not be constantly assaulted. The Walking Dead has a lot of killing but the reason it has such a wide appeal is I think people actually yearn for the end of this type of shallow empty world even many who are not religious.
I saw Olympus has Fallen today with my son. My comment at the end? It’s good see a movie where America isn’t the bad guy.