Or long words, intricate plot, surprises or anything that denotes quality. It's just very sad that I'm not wholly surprised at the popularity in attained. I had the same bored feeling when I watched "National Treasure" 1 and 2. Apart from the fact that I find it completely unbelieveable that a professional treasure hunter and historian, whose main field on interest is the period 1700-1900 has not bothered to learn French, a rather important language for that particular period, the movies were just dumb. Plain old dumb. I'm sorry, but when it comes to interesting historical skulduggery, secret societies and hidden pathways, America is the last country I turn to. And I despise that Cage twit, who is blessed with the acting talent of a thick oak plank.
Literature, in its bastard mongrel form, lives on. Belle Lettres, that concept is, if not dead, on severe life support.