A Fresh Start

I would venture to say that almost any movie coming out of Hollywood is ultimately about us versus them. To me, being a writer of stories, its an engaging premise because it reflects, or is sympathetic to, human psychology and self-narratization. Sure its less obvious in the less heroic, less epic-y films, but its there in most cases. And in the cases in which it is not present, or a least less obvious, you get a much smaller audience. There's a reason superhero and fantasy films are so popular and prevelant. They appeal to some powerful human feelings; and in a complex world, its easier to to take step back from realtt to tell these stories.

Also, all films are political, whether silly escapist fun or not (or maybe especially if they are silly escapist fun.) So there's nothing wrong with pointing to an individual film or the trend it embodies.