“Movies didn’t get “ruined”.”
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I think it’s more a commentary on “copycat-ism” which throws a lot of CGI at mooviegoers in place of variety of genres with interesting stories and characters that people can care about, performed with quality acting.
That’s what ruined the movies - anyone can (and pretty much does) put together a CGI-fest with interchangeable actors.
Quality stories and performances have been increasingly the been coming from independent/small productions for quite some time now.
I think that is true, but the effect is only temporary. Eventually people tire of it and move on to something else. And it is always possible that the “something else” is even worse. Like when, in music, “something else” meant Punk.