I've noticed this too. Recently rewatched the LOTR trilogy and it just looked so good, so realistic. Then I saw the trailer for the new Avatar movie, and holy s

I've noticed this too. Recently rewatched the LOTR trilogy and it just looked so good, so realistic. Then I saw the trailer for the new Avatar movie, and holy shit, it straight up looked like video game graphics. I think this is part of the general phenomenon of just major degrades in quality across all industries during COVID. Hate to say it but my guess is it'll probably take a major recession to whip our society back into shape.