You know... maybe they'd sell more DVDs if they made better movies. Let's look at last year's top 10 box office draws:
1 Spider-Man 3 - no question, the worst of the Trilogy.
2 Shrek the Third - not only the worst of the Trilogy, a bad movie period.
3 Transformers - dumber than a box of rocks. Inbred rocks.
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - a notch below the other two
5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - quality flick.
6 I Am Legend - nothing but mindless action
7 The Bourne Ultimatum - a good film. Not as good as the first two.
8 National Treasure: Book of Secrets - Fun, but not very substantive
9 Alvin and the Chipmunks - SERIOUSLY??!!
10 300 - Great film, and thus selling amazingly well
And studios wonder why people are purchasing fewer DVDs? How many of those movies would you want to own for repeat viewing? If Hollywood wants to sell more movies, they need to produce movies people will watch over and over. Not poorly scripted sequels. Not movies dumbed down to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
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