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I think the action genre has taken a hit, too. CGI has replaced most great stunt work.
I always use the car jump scene from The Man with the Golden Gun as my example of stunt work vs CGI:
Granted, it's a stupid scene, but the stunt itself is extremely impressive. Someone had to risk life and limb to do that scene. The audience knows this. These days, you see a car do a flip and the most you can say is "that looked fairly realistic." It's the difference between doing something impressive, and someone drawing a picture of something impressive. And sometimes those pictures look fake as hell.
Another gutsy stunt scene:
And I don't think modern action stars look as believably tough as actors from previous generations. Bronson, Eastwood, Schwarzenegger vs who? Tom Cruise? Jason Statham? Mark Wahlberg?
No comparison.
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