Sounds like he is just saying movies today are held to a much lower standard.
The biggest successes of the last decade or more have been superhero movies that are basically just special effects extravaganzas.
There's nothing wrong with enjoying mindless action movies (I enjoy them myself) but let's not pretend that the current glut of original productions in favour of endless comic book adaptation sequels and bad remakes of foreign movies represents anything more than a lowering of standards and a lack of originality and creativity in Hollywood.
The biggest successes of the last decade or more have been superhero movies that are basically just special effects extravaganzas.
There's nothing wrong with enjoying mindless action movies (I enjoy them myself) but let's not pretend that the current glut of original productions in favour of endless comic book adaptation sequels and bad remakes of foreign movies represents anything more than a lowering of standards and a lack of originality and creativity in Hollywood.
He would be right.