schizomania

I have to apologize as this is a bit off topic, but what is the deal lately with hollywood movies using schizophrenia as the basis of a plot?

First there was that Secret Window movie with Johnny Depp, which started out well and quickly took a wrong turn when they suddenly made him a schizo. And today, we rented a movie called History of Violence in which the director chose to do the same thing. The movie started out fairly interesting, and then they turn Vigo into a schizo. C'mon, hollywood! Are you that fresh out of ideas that you have to rely on trite mental quirks to bolster (or fully support the weight of) your plot?

When I was growing up, you could always tell when a director had run out of money and had to prematurely end his film because you'd be watching and there would be this sudden abrupt ending that, although it somewhat closes the story, never quite fulfills your expectations. Nowadays the "quick and crappy" film closure has been replaced with schizophrenia. Running out of a good ending? Just throw in a little schizophrenia and all will be good. After all, it worked for Psycho.