[tetris11]

> I think the difference comes down to this: older movies took risks. They trusted audiences to pay attention, to feel something, to think. Scorsese and Tarantino had visions and the freedom to execute them without endless studio interference. They weren't chasing demographics or worrying about franchise potential. They were making films, not products.

By risks, you mean they weren't just following tropes, but subverting them, inventing their own, not rehashing exist IP.

I think that's the difference. Execs have run out of ideas, and so hedge on the familiar.