He wasn't always an "all films post-1985 are shit" person. No doubt, that was usually the case. However, look several pages back in this very thread. He started out as he usually did - assuming the worst and passing judgement before ever seeing a single frame.
Read on and you'll see he went to the theater to see it, ended up liking it, and came back to talk about it. His rants were over the top alright, but he wasn't beyond an occasional mea culpa. That's commendable and goes a long way toward making the rants tolerable.