The follies, like “Cloud Atlas” and “John Carter,” should have been way more enjoyable. They certainly could have been way shorter.
Franchise fever resulted in a few more-than-OK entertainments, like “The Avengers,” “The Hunger Games,” “The Bourne Legacy” and “Skyfall” – though I wish Bond were less like Bourne these days. Does 007 really have to be that sullen? And what does it say about a James Bond movie when the chief Bond girl is ... Judi Dench?
