I agree, most movie based games are shallow and formulaic. Another problem with these types of games is the production time is stressed to have a game's release coinside with a movie. The result is usually a buggy clunker of a game that becomes boring after the first five minutes. There are a few exceptions. Most of the Star Wars games I've played are pretty good. However, the Star Wars games based srictly on the movies aren't so great.
Another issue to consider is that many of the movies these types of games are based on are also formula driven; fly punch, kill, blow things up for the big explosion, all pretty standard stuff.
I think game developers should make good games. If they can do that from a movie's storyline, than they should. If the game is being made for no other reason than say, a toy in a Happy Meal, they would do us all a favor by leaving it alone.
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