_"If you look at the movies coming out of Hollywood these days, it seems obvious that they're getting worse. Cynics have gone as far as to proclaim **the death of storytelling**. _ > > _ Movie studios, they say, are taking the easy way out: **recycling old ideas that are a sure bet to attract audiences, regardless of quality.** Comic book sequels for the geeks. Twilight adaptations for the teenage girls. _ > > _ We process a lot of movie data here at Moki.tv, so we wondered whether this trend would be observable. _ > > _ We looked at the **20 most popular movies** each year, for the past **20 years**. The key, we think, is to look for movies that some love and some hate, which is the likely profile of a bad movie that's "safely" manufactured for an existing fanbase. In other words, movies that are **polarizing**."_ [ http://moki.tv/blog/visual-evidence-movies-are-getting-worse](http://moki.tv/blog/visual-evidence-movies-are-getting-worse)