Overly Sub Standard

Hollywood was founded on talented people
making too many romances, cheap thrillers,
horror films and actioners such that even now,
over a century on, many modern films are B movies
in disguise-costly and badly made fantasies.
Fit for nobody more than undiscerning teenagers.

But to sell these films to adults and families 
many of them are up-rated through overselling
to stop the glut of sub-standard entertainments
being too clear for too many consumers to see.

Just look at how Amazon accepts praise for films.....

The Reliability Of Second Hand Hope

The older I get the more I prefer
to rummage in charity shops,
to find the thing with a limited life
that I believe that I can extend
which feels like it was meant for me.

I trust the charity shops more
than I trust the lotteries and lies
sold by governments, which promise,
but then defer, an instant transformation that never arrives.