Things That Irritate Me
There's a "new" holiday movie coming to a theater near you. It features Danny DeVito and I don't know who else , and it's about (wait for it...)
2 men who get super-competetive and stupid about who gets to be the alpha-male of Christmas in their family. It's called Deck the Halls, and I saw the preview last night. It has all the features necessary for such a completely unoriginal plot - tired schtick, rapidly escalating insanity, and (clearly superior) women shaking their heads and trying to compensate for the idiocy of their menfolk. It's the basic Penises Make You Stupid plotline. Silly Phallic-Americans, you can't help it - it's testosterone poisoning!!! Sigh. I zoned out on the rest of the commercial because I said, "Why are they re-releasing this piece of crap - Cinderella it's not!" I finally figured out that what I was thinking about was Jingle All the Way which starred Ahhhnold. Same movie, different actors, different year. You can see why I got confused.
OK. Memo to Hollywood: when Chevy Chase did this schtick 20+ years ago, it was funny. It is now just plain stupid. You guys aren't even trying any more. Just drop the Christmas Carol name and the holiday theme, and this could be any one of a dozen movies, and several TV shows as well.
And they wonder why ticket sales are down? Of course, this is but one reason out of many, but it is a reason. Now THERE'S a post I need to write.
Now, why would I pay $8+ to sit in a theater and watch this trash, when I can watch either It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street, which are true Christmas classics? Get over yourselves, Hollywood.
2 men who get super-competetive and stupid about who gets to be the alpha-male of Christmas in their family. It's called Deck the Halls, and I saw the preview last night. It has all the features necessary for such a completely unoriginal plot - tired schtick, rapidly escalating insanity, and (clearly superior) women shaking their heads and trying to compensate for the idiocy of their menfolk. It's the basic Penises Make You Stupid plotline. Silly Phallic-Americans, you can't help it - it's testosterone poisoning!!! Sigh. I zoned out on the rest of the commercial because I said, "Why are they re-releasing this piece of crap - Cinderella it's not!" I finally figured out that what I was thinking about was Jingle All the Way which starred Ahhhnold. Same movie, different actors, different year. You can see why I got confused.
OK. Memo to Hollywood: when Chevy Chase did this schtick 20+ years ago, it was funny. It is now just plain stupid. You guys aren't even trying any more. Just drop the Christmas Carol name and the holiday theme, and this could be any one of a dozen movies, and several TV shows as well.
And they wonder why ticket sales are down? Of course, this is but one reason out of many, but it is a reason. Now THERE'S a post I need to write.
Now, why would I pay $8+ to sit in a theater and watch this trash, when I can watch either It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street, which are true Christmas classics? Get over yourselves, Hollywood.
posted by The Big Seester | 12:32 PM
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