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According to this article in the Dallas Observer blog, Unfair Park, Blockbuster is blaming their $359.7 million loss for last quarter on the lack of good movies to rent.

You see, previously numbers had been higher because of titles like, Atonement and I am Legend.

I must say I agree, I would rather pay Netflix a monthly subscription and see all the crappy movies I want for $9/mo. as opposed to $5 for a single crappy movie. Better yet, I can stream tons of crappy movies on Hulu for free.

Dallas – Unfair Park – Why is Blockbuster Suffering? Simple, Says CEO Jim Keyes. Because the Movies Suck..

I don’t understand the draw of pirating movies. There is no movie that I can’t wait for it to come out on DVD and/or Netflix. As for music, I find that if I buy every new song that I enjoy on iTunes or Amazon.com, I spend about $12 per year.

That said, I have been following the Pirate Bay trial which ended on March 3. It was a crazy mess of arrogance, exploitation of legal loopholes and a lot of surprises. It is no surprise that a Swedish filmaker is planning to turn the whole afair into a documentary.

Right now, the reason his film is hitting the news is because he is welcoming the idea of it being shared across P2P networks. If he does a good enough job at covering the quirkiness of the trials and the story behind it, it may turn out as a worthy Oscar nominee for best documentary.

Pirate Bay Documentarian Looks Forward to Film Getting Pirated | Epicenter from Wired.com.