personally, i try to avoid presuming to tell people why they think something is good, it being subjective and all.
i’m not sure stripping something of its historical context is a particularly useful way to analyse or criticise movies/books/art or whatever. we have different sensibilities, technology, cinematic language, audience expectations, etc. that seems a little like complaining about the production on a robert johnson record not being high quality enough, or claiming cave paintings are a bit “basic”, if you get me?
modern blockbusters wouldn’t be where they are without og star wars and its ilk, for good or ill. given how hugely influential these films were, it is all a bit ‘seinfeld is unfunny’ to me.