Like what? Hollywood has been going downhill for years now — there are a few good movies a year, but it's nothing compared to what it used to be like. Just endless bland corporate written-by-committee superhero movies, prequels, sequels, reboots... maybe it's just time for the format to die.
The fact that Hollywood was releasing more original films several decades ago is not an opinion, it's fact.
As to whether there's a corresponding decrease in quality, that's definitely an opinion, but it's not exactly a controversial one. Just google it and you'll find no shortage of articles talking about Hollywood's creative decline. Or just look at the comments in this thread.
It's also not a complaint limited to older people — actually, older people (older millenials, gen Xers, and boomers) seem to be more content with the state of movies these days than the younger crowd, who IME seem more likely to recognize them for the bland corporate moneygrabs they are.
To respond more directly to your obnoxiously-stated point: I was not alive when Hollywood was at what's generally considered it's "peak" (say, 70s through 90s). But to anyone, of any age, comparing the top movies from 1984[0] to the top movies from 2022[1], the difference in quality and originality should be obvious. One striking point: not a single top 10 movie in 2022 is an original IP, compared to 8/10 being original in 1984.
To be fair, Hollywood has always been a bit of a hit-driven industry, and people have been complaining about this for as long as I can remember.
I wouldn't put too much stock in those box office figures; I never heard of Footloose, ranked #6, and the imdb (6.6) and rotten tomatoes (52%/71%) rating are not especially great. The same applies to a number of other films in the top list. Scarface is ranked #32 and is much better known, and has 8.3 on imdb and 81%/94% on rotten tomatoes. This is Spinal Tap is ranked #129 and is iconic enough that the imdb people programmed a special exception so you can rate it from 1 to 11.
I kind of chuck it up to fashion; all these Marvel things are in fashion today; back in the 90s romcoms were pretty fashionable, in the 80s you had the "action hero" era, etc. Hollywood produces hundreds of films every year and there are hundreds of films every year outside of Hollywood. There's still plenty of stuff to watch.
Like what? Hollywood has been going downhill for years now — there are a few good movies a year, but it's nothing compared to what it used to be like. Just endless bland corporate written-by-committee superhero movies, prequels, sequels, reboots... maybe it's just time for the format to die.