The Big Shift: How Streaming Giants Are Changing Movies

Movies have changed a lot over the years. Not all of it is good. The quality of movies has been going down. This is especially true for the regular movies that come out every weekend. They are often forgettable or just plain bad. This is not just an opinion. It is backed up by facts. The number of movies bought on Blu-ray has dropped a lot. In 2003, people bought around 60 to 75 movies on Blu-ray each year. In 2019, that number was still high. But in recent years, it has dropped a lot. In 2024, only two movies were bought. In 2025, only three movies have been bought so far. This is a big problem for movie theaters. People are not going to the movies as much. They are staying home and watching streaming services instead. This is because the movies that are being made are not as good as they used to be. The merger of Netflix and Warner Bros. could make this problem even worse. Netflix does not care about the quality of its movies. It only cares about getting more subscribers. This means that it will not try to make movies that are good enough to make people want to go to the theater. This is bad news for movie lovers. It means that there will be fewer movies in theaters. It also means that the movies that are made will not be as good as they could be. This is because Netflix will not have to worry about making money from the box office. It will only have to worry about getting more subscribers. This is also bad news for the future of movies. It means that only four major studios will control almost all of our cultural content. This could lead to less competition and less variety in the movies that are made. It could also lead to more censorship and less freedom of expression.