Either It's Getting Better Or We're Getting Worse

Looking at the chart here, Hollywood’s detractors might hope public opinion is turning against those crummy movies. No such luck. Instead, the Gallup poll from which the chart is excerpted finds strongly favorable opinion of present-day movies among the people who make or break a film at the box office. Sixty-nine percent of 18-29-year-olds believe movies are getting better, as do 50 percent of 30-39-year-olds. By contrast, 39 percent of 50-64-year-olds and 15 percent of those 65-plus said the same.