Reply #8: Exactly, they haven't wanted to pay decent writers for decades

[Warpy]

and have completely neglected dialog in favor of action.

Let these jerks do nothing but car chases, shoot em ups and bombings. Indie films are still out there and they're the ones doing the stuff that is really worth watching, movies with plot and character development and dialog.

It doesn't matter if a male or a female name is first in the credits. Good stories will sell. Blow em up flicks will only sell to adolescent males.