I actually agree a whole lot with the OP about the quality of movies these days, but not sure its because of technology and techniques.
Seems like mainstream movies are either cut and paste marvel movies, or movies trying to hit you over the head with very obvious social commentary de jour, but come across as puddles that are an inch deep and a mile wide. There's no real complex human story telling anymore, and that's what people connect with. TV has done a way better job of that in the last 10-15 years.
When Scorsese made those comments a few years back about Marvel movies being like an amusement park ride, not a film -- he was bang on. But then hordes of online nerds started freaking out like Ironman is the most depth character they've ever connected with in a story. For whatever reason, it seems like mainstream movie watchers have no desire for much else nowadays.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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