"'St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes"

This quote by James McAvoy talks to the altering landscape of teenage American films. He reveals his fondness for the storytelling of films like "St. Elmo's Fire" and regrets the present state of teenage American films, which he thinks are concentrated on "ill jokes, vomitting a lot, arse jokes". This recommends that McAvoy believes that teenage American movies have actually ended up being more concentrated on shock worth and crude humor, instead of on significant storytelling. He likely believes that the current state of teenage American films is a disservice to the category, as it fails to catch the same level of depth and feeling that movies like "St. Elmo's Fire" did. McAvoy's quote speaks with the significance of meaningful storytelling in movies, and the need for teenage American films to return to this design of filmmaking.