re: 1999 the last great year at the movies

Most years have plenty of great/intelligent/ interesting movies. The problem is, studios aren't just churning out mindless sequels, dreck comedies, by-the-numbers rom-coms and forgettable action extravaganzas for the hell of it. They're putting out the stuff people will flock to the theater for. If even a significant minority of the people who go around bemoaning the current state of cinema actually put their money where their mouths are, they could effect real change. But most of them aren't nearly as discriminating as they want people to believe.