I think it's a little bit of both. I can see alot of stuff I like about movies today(not every movie but the good ones). I think the good acting is as good as it's been. Alot of the older acting techniques seemed very mannered and stagey which sometimes has the effect of reminding me I'm watching a movie. That being said, movies were alot more varied. Sure plenty of them had formulas but they seemed to have more formulas to choose from. :) I think the actors who got 'big' were more likely to deserve it back then though. There are some actors who seem to be 'huge' nowadays who frankly really kind of suck. :)