By skyforbes 
One thing that I noticed is that there is very little discussion about intentional composition. All the discussion revolves around lighting, vfx, cameras vs film, virtual stages, etc. And yes, those are clearly a part of the problem.
BUT I was completely missing any comments talking about the process of intentionally building scenes and pictures that just look awesome, starting from the storyboard and plan of the composition before the cameras are even rolling.
An example that just does it right that I just recently watched is Heat (1995): https://imgur.com/a/qkMlDuW – it really does make me remember why some dude chose the name "every frame a painting" for a youtube channel.
Just LOOK at those scenes. I rarely hear about it as an example of outstanding cinematography. But it's just incredible and left me in awe multiple times, just visually. Some of them clearly are lit well and with purpose, obviously, but that's not what makes them great. The intentionality that obviously went into planning these scenes even before arriving on set is very apparent. Just look at that huge silo shot. There's no crazy dramatic lighting or contrasts. It's the composition that makes it.
I'm hard pressed to see any signs of thoughtful compositions, staging or blocking in a lot of the often-criticized movies. It's just closeups of the people talking, or fast moving (virtual) cameras during action scenes. That's 99% of those movies.