First of all, nothing beats watching film in on a huge screen in a movie theatre...to be isolated in the dark with the film, with perfect sound and presentation, and a bunch of strangers immersed in the same experience, beats streaming at home any time for me.
Second, the films mentioned, like "After the Hunt", and "Die My Love", are from mediocre to awful (I haven't seen "Christy"
. Where I live, there is a repertory movie palace that shows old films, and it is always packed.
So, my guess, is what makes a film good is not the amount of special effects, explosions, car chases, gun battles or sex scenes. What makes a film good is the story, the screenplay and the dialogue. Watch a film by Billy Wilder, and you will see what cinema can be...("Sunset Boulevard", "Double Indemnity", "Some Like it Hot" or by Alfred Hitchcock ("Rear Window", "Shadow of a Doubt", "Vertigo", etc.) and many more...
Why are films so uninteresting these days? I don't really know...I think special effects take too much importance for action films, that mostly end up in battles, with guns or space ships, and more intimate movies supposedly tackle important subjects, but a film is not a lecture, should "show" instead of "tell", and the story should matter most.
Just my 2 cents as a film and theatre maniac...
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