Maybe, but now we're getting into a 'the old days were just better' kind of discussion. If the question is, 'does Hollywood still revolve around the 'star' system? Is there still a place for movie stars?', then I think the answer is 'yes'.
I think a guy like George Clooney, as Matthew E mentioned earlier, is a movie star, and for that matter, I think he has a ton of 'charisma'.
Although, Clooney seems to be a self-conscious throwback to the 'classic era', so I'm not sure which argument his example helps.

First off, the Avengers are supposed to be Earth's Mightiest Heroes, with Cap as their ultimate ideal. If they're bickering and engaging in Lee-esque melodrama, it kind of makes the whole hook of Spidey and the X-Men less unique. The Avengers are the first grade team, which is interesting as far as that goes, and the neuroses are left to the reserve graders.

Secondly, it just makes sense that different characters would have different personalities, just as 'real' people do. It doesn't make sense for every character to be a square-jawed Captain America, and not everybody fits into the neurotic Spidey vein either.
Like Pol's said, it's all about variety.

Good point on Captain America, too David. Man, he works so well on 'punching Nazis in the face' stories, and so badly in just about every other kind... with a few exceptions, naturally.
I just checked over some of those issues, and man, is moping and whining a bad fit for him.

Very good point - and interestingly, it's the first point that got me thinking, and a much older example. In the Silver Age, Marvel pretty much shoehorned all their heroes into the "superheroes with real problems" templates, and it didn't always make sense or work.

If you ever read the "Essential Captain America" books, it's amazing just how much time Cap spends moping about the long-dead Bucky. Never really rings all that true to me. If Cap *did* need to have "real problems," I would've focused more on the "man out of time" aspect - one curiously little-explored in these stories.

But by and large, I think Cap's problems should mostly be on the order of "What's the most efficient way to smash a Nazi's jaw?"

I tend to think this split is never more obvious than when a Movie Star takes on a deliberately Method kind of role in order to garner acclaim, as when Charlize Theron played in Monster, and when Method sorts of actors lend their presence to summer blockbuster fare, as with...well, much of Marlon Brando's 1980s career.

Sure Vin Diesel is always the same, but no one seriously treats what he's doing as art. You quite simply can't say the same for Bogie.

As for your take on Hollywood...wow, I don't think I could disagree more. Without wanting to be insulting, I really don't think you know what you're talking about on that particular topic.

I would never say that any one way is more important or better than another... my problem is when any one way becomes the ONLY way.

I am annoyed by the idea that there is a 'right way to do things'. And as much as 'submerging yourself in a role' may seem like the right way to act in a film, I don't really require it from a Jackie Chan film, for example.

I remember when Bendis was praised because of his style, even though all of his stories were crime dramas involving a lot of talking heads.