He laughs at the question, looking up at the marquee to see which movies are on this week. There's always so many action movies at this time of year, you'd think they'd get bored of that many explosions after a while.

"It's more than that," he says softly, "they love action heroes. Stories of revenge and heroism, people doing the-" Fingerquotes," 'impossible.' For two hours, it means they can forget they'll never be more than they are."