This why I find the geek-o-sphere so tiring dissecting things like why are the new Star Wars movies bad… I have no problem believing that… the old ones might have been better, but they were also formulaic and badly acted and the reason they seemed so profound and amazing at the time was seeing them as a kid! Those spending time watching and hating on kids movies might better seek out something that can actually challenge them.
Yes. And also, ironically because as you get older novelty is less important, so new stuff is boring regardless of whether is differ or same.
In every generation kids have loved the new generation of Star Wars, despite us adults knowing that the best one was the one we say when we were kids.