I try to stay away from heavily marketed movies that are geared towards the mainstream audiences because quite often they're not as good as films that you can see at film festivals and/or select theaters. What annoys me is not so much the cliche happy endings most of them have, but the fact that some people assume that just because it's number one in the box office, it's worth seeing and a great movie. Most movies in the top five in the box office are horrible. I mean Fast and Furious is number one right now...just food for thought... I recommend watching some Godard, Truffaut, Hitchcock and John Cassavetes films.