To me movies stopped being an artform when they got rid of traditional effects, traditional animation and Stopped using film. The few still doing so should be commended because the Lucas types out there are going to destroy it with their great modern advances that forget storytelling and craftsmanship come first.

I think you're partialy right, I mean, you can't really blame the tools, it's the way we use them. When directors will stop over playing with their new toys, or using them for low cost production, and concentrate on originality and storytelling, the result will be better, I'm optimist. Some already did nice works IMO.