A sad statement on American culture

[Lydia Leftcoast]

61. Top grossing movies of 1969 vs. the top grossing movies of 2009

Top grossing films (U.S.)
Rank
1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (witty anti-Western)
2. Midnight Cowboy (serious film about a drifter who tries to make it in New York)
3. Easy Rider (friends tour the country on their motorcycles and smoke dope)
4. Hello, Dolly! (musical)
5. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (comedy about mate swapping)
6. Paint Your Wagon (musical)
7. True Grit (the original)
8. Cactus Flower (a bedroom farce)
9. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond)
10. Z (a FRENCH film about the coup that ended democracy in Greece for several years)
11. The Sterile Cuckoo (low-key romantic drama about two misfits)
12. Run, Angel, Run! (never heard of this one--it's a violent motorcycle gang flick)
13. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (serious drama about a couple trying to survive during the Depression)
14. The Wild Bunch
15. Alice's Restaurant

Not a comic book-based film in the list, all live action. At least six of these films are considered classics.

Now 40 years later:

1 Avatar (animated)
2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (comic book)
3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (children's book)
4 The Twilight Saga: New Moon (teen vampire books)
5 Up (cartoon)
6 The Hangover (gross-out comedy)
7 Star Trek (derivative sci fi0
8 The Blind Side
9 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (kids' cartoon)
10 Sherlock Holmes (don't know much about this version)
11 Monsters Vs. Aliens (the title says it all)
12 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (the title says it all)
13 X-Men Origins: Wolverine (the title says it all)
14 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (special effects)
15 2012 (sci fi based on a dumb rumor)

Compare and contrast.