I'd agree with your analysis, definately the fact it's too easy. Ironically though Enter The Matrix I thought was one of the worse recent licence screw ups.
I'll also be honest and say the last time I found a game that was licensed and didn't horribly underperform would be back on my C64 and Amiga. The Batman game based on the movie had everything the movie did, you had all the major sequences in the film, you had car levels you had a batwing level and a problem solving level when you found out the secret of the Jokers make up products. The gameplay was great and because you didn't have the recent graphics and voice technology you did now they didn't try to advertise it as "Featureing the voice of Jack Nicholson!" you see so much these days.
At least the gams industry don't screw up films licences only the movies do the same back!