Do you agree that movies are not as good as they use to be?

The big-time American studios have severely restricted their investments in anything other than huge, tentpole action spectaculars, most of which are, honestly, Extruded Entertainment Product®. There's nothing wrong with those sorts of movies inherently, but they're more likely to be disappointing because they have to focus on appealing to the lowest common denominator in order to bring in enough viewers to even make their money back, let alone to make a profit.

If you want to find well-made smaller movies, you kind of have to look for venues that play independent releases, or you have to look at various streaming services. Prime Video has a lot of good movies if you dig through their offerings, as does Hulu and Netflix. And there are more specialized streaming services such as Sundance Now, The Criterion Channel, IndieFlix and so on.

So, that's a long-winded way of saying yeah, the movies you're likely to see at your local multiplex aren't as good as they used to be, but there are good movies to be found if you look.