Oppenheimer is a good counterargument because it became a huge cultural event without being a superhero movie. It is dense, talky and still pulled people into theaters. That says audiences will show up for ambitious films when they feel important.
If someone says movies are worse now, what recent film would you show them?
I hear people say Hollywood has no original ideas anymore. What newer movie would you show them to prove good films are still being made?
People recommend recent films that prove modern movies can still be original, emotional and artistically strong.
Answers & Discussion
Past Lives is the film I would show someone who thinks modern movies are all noise. It is quiet, mature and emotionally precise. It proves a movie can be small and still feel enormous.
Everything Everywhere All at Once is the obvious answer for me. It is weird, emotional, funny and completely its own thing. Even if someone does not love every part of it, they cannot honestly say it lacks imagination.
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