22 here...not exactly a foreign film buff, but passionately love cinema in general.  I have not resorted to watching foreign cinema as a means of disregarding the mediocrity that plagues most mainstream films...I have nothing against conventionality...if a film is genuinely engrossing, I appreciate it whether its formulaic or not.  Even though foreign cinema undeniably has more to offer, there is nothing inherently wrong with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts...in fact, what truly irks me is any insistence to go against the flow just because...THAT to me is unoriginal.  A reformed film geek, I now watch movies with a less critical eye, while before I piously deconstructed them to shreds...this gives me more time to enjoy them (who knew!)