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As a young man I watched Star Wars in the theater 27 times. I used to be into that stuff. I’m 64 now. I need a good story. (and, truth be told, star wars was a great story, and a great western).

I'm just about that way and I'm only 43, the last movie I was dragged to was the most recent "Transformers" movie this summer. All I remember is two hours of bright flashes, loud noises and mayhem. I could not tell you then or now what the plot was suppose to be about. That is pretty much the way it's been with all the action movies in the last decade. The various superhero movies, Star Trek / Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter etc. they all just seem to blend together into a cascade of light and noise after awhile. I think the last movie I actually enjoyed was a biography about the life of Steve Jobs a couple years ago...

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I'm just about that way and I'm only 43, the last movie I was dragged to was the most recent "Transformers" movie this summer. All I remember is two hours of bright flashes, loud noises and mayhem. I could not tell you then or now what the plot was suppose to be about. That is pretty much the way it's been with all the action movies in the last decade.

Pretty much. I survived the latest Spiderman and Guardians of the Galaxy movies because of the jokes. The rest was pretty much a blur.

Even the jokes weren't much in themselves. You had to have a really good comic actor (Robert Downey Jr., Chris Pratt) delivering them -- or else a talking raccoon.

Seems like Justice League and the other movies are made with the same cookie cutter, but don't have the talent.

Batman v. Superman was particularly bad because they played it completely straight-faced and without the humor.