I feel like people want to be surprised when they get out of the movies. They want something thrown at them they didn't expect. They want stuff that reminds them of the feelings that you get when you're watching art house movies but with the fun of like a big summer movie. That's the goal, I guess.
The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.