[ SPOILER ALERT ] What do you think is the future of Hollywood movies?

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I just saw the movie DRIVE with Ryan Gosling and despite the fact that I have seen this kind of plotting before, it did have something new to offer as far as Direction and Acting are concerned. I was almost totally impressed until the killing scenes towards the end. Maybe the filmmakers thought it would come across as not so typical but, really, its severity was just gratuitous, imo.