We're All Leninists Now.

MOTION picture industry; MISSION: Impossible (Film); DARK Knight, The (Film); MONEYBALL (Film); CRUISE, Tom, 1962-; LEDGER, Heath, 1979-2008; PITT, Brad, 1963-

This article contends that today's Hollywood's heroes are no longer cowboys but are always brainiacs. It mentions that Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible" triumphs because he is smarter. It also discloses that even bad guys make themselves worthy foes by their technical nous and moral nihilism, like Heath Ledger's Joker in "The Dark Knight." The author points out that in America, the task of changing the world belongs to people like Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) of "Moneyball."