I think movies and music have developed differently with rise of technology. The barrier to entry for making music and having it become popular has dramatically changed. You could in theory make a short song, have it go viral on the short videos (Tiktok, IG Reels, YT Shorts, etc) and you can in theory become a household name.

You don’t need a big company mediating that. Anyone with a shitty laptop and some free time can take a go at this.

Movies? Not so much. A movie requires millions of dollars and then requires big companies to handle distribution, advertisement, production, etc.

This difference creates a sort of competition in the music industry, keeping the record companies in check whereas that simply doesn’t exist in the movie industry. They are different animals. If independent movie makers could easily make successful movies without big companies, then I think it would be different.

Having said all that, Talk To Me was made by a couple of YouTubers and that is having a lot of success and honestly is a great movie. So maybe it’s changing in the movie industry too