Is the the worst era for movies in your lifetime?

The 90s have been the apex for filmmaking in my lifetime. I feel like movies in general have been on a steady decline since the turn of the century while television has been on the way up.

2 things


1. La La Land was terrific

2. I read last year that movies are shifting to a younger audience now because thats where the money is. Said the big blockbusters are either animated or comic book movies. Thats why the big actors are migrating to TV. Look at the actors that have done shows on AMC, FX, HBO, Showtime, and now Netflix and Amazon. I think its the future and you will even see more straight to Netflix and HBO small budget movies

Its pretty bad

All about the money. They want the big pay day.

And the cost to the public is the same for both small and big budget movies.

So they don't make movies that can tell great stories or allow creative directors to make good films.

I was thinking the same when I was reading all those awesome 80s movies in the other thread. Slim pickins recently it seems

It seems like too many movies these days are self-aware... impressed with their own need to be an epic. Which, of course, makes them both laughable and bores.

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Yeah, you just listed a whole lot of bad.

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You're being a hardo.

Aside from butchering the spelling of some of the names, maybe 3-4 of those movies are actually on the border of 'okay-bad' depending on what you like. The vast majority are good films overall.

All the top talent is going to television.

I feel like this is the edgy thing to do. I'm not going to pretend like there isn't a bunch of garbage, but there are always good films every year. Just because good movies don't have a preview every commercial break or gross $1 billion doesn't mean they don't exist.

Most of the movies I've seen recently have been really good. John Wick isn't as good as the first one and at times it was a little stale, but it was still a very fun movie. Lego Batman is laugh-out-loud funny. Gleason is a powerful documentary. Lion is an incredible story. La La Land is amazing. Moonlight is a solid film with great performances across the board. Arrival isn't perfect, but it was imaginative and fun. Kubo is great. There's a reason it's the first animated movie in about 25 years to score a visual effects nomination. Hell or High Water is good. Loving is good. Even with a bunch of convenient stuff to advance the plot, The Nice Guys is good. Everybody Wants Some!! is one of the best true ensemble casts I've ever seen.

Just about every year I've been alive, or at least since I've really cared about movies, there have always been a few genuinely great films. Then you have a solid pack of really good movies with a lot going for them. And finally, you have a good amount of movies that are above average and entertaining.