HIGHER PRICES, BADDER MOVIES (Life in General Bitchings for May 11, 1998!)

Why is it that all the really good movies were made back in the 80s, back when movie tickets ran for $5 a pop? It seems like ticket prices have gone up while the script quality has gone down. Which makes sense - I'm a writer and I'd be very happy to write a really good script for much less than Joe Esterhaus (sp?) would charge to write a really crappy script!