A lot of what gets produced in Hollywood is schlock.
I have over 200 DVD titles in my collection but I doubt I’ve added 10 titles in the last 2 years. So few of the movies made in the past few years are worth watching, much less buying.
Recently, my wife and I went to a video rental store because we were given a gift card. It took about 15 minutes to find anything worth a free rental (we got “Rescue Dawn” and it was quite good). We aren’t in any particular hurry to use the rest of the gift card.
Are the movie studios doomed? Perhaps. If they keep turning out crap like they’ve been doing for the last few years, then they deserve to fail. If someone can come up with better products then they’ll likely do quite well. If not, well, there are still books…
