I LOVE old Hollywood movies, and I can say there is a watershed moment pretty exactly in 1960, usually associated with the collapse of the studio system. Until 1960 almost every movie a gem, very good or at least enjoyable. From 1960 on all junk with very rare exceptions.
There was a short outburst of good movies (which "critics" considered trash, the likes of "Rambo", "The Thing", "Alien", "Red Scorpion", "Delta force" etc.) but only to get much worse....
I LOVE old Hollywood movies, and I can say there is a watershed moment pretty exactly in 1960, usually associated with the collapse of the studio system. Until 1960 almost every movie a gem, very good or at least enjoyable. From 1960 on all junk with very rare exceptions. There was a short outburst of good movies (which "critics" considered trash, the likes of "Rambo", "The Thing", "Alien", "Red Scorpion", "Delta force" etc.) but only to get much worse....