That's part of why we go to the movies, part of why we listen to pop songs. Specifically because we know what's coming. We want to see Kevin Spacey get shot. American Beauty feels dishonest to me because it's pretending to be something other than what it is. It can't be either extreme.
Feature films are really a form, like a sonnet.
And when you try to mess around with that, you're really not successful, because it's like trying to mess around with a sonnet. And a lot of the things I've wanted to do in film I've tried to put into various films and rejected because they just don't work. It would feel wrong. I've done what I can. But within the form, it's not a lot.