I was watching an interview with Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau (from 1987 I think). Mathau was saying there are still some good movies being made (this was 35 years ago!) but movies “today” are made by people that want to make money - bankers basically. So they will make whatever the latest polls say people will want to see. That is why you have Rambo VI. They don’t want to take a risk on a film that is different. “Movies now are made by morons for morons.”
Movies and show these days are made by poofters, for poofters. For the most part.
“...but movies “today” are made by people that want to make money...”
I remember a quote, from Charlton Heston, I believe. Something to the effect that the problem with making movies as Art is that it’s a Business, and the problem with making movies as a Business is that it’s Art.
I remember what Siskel adn Ebert said years ago.
“The early movie makers were raised on great literature and they made movies of great literature.
Today’s movie makers were raised on comic books.”