I like bad movies, I like them a lot actually. And of course by bad I mean stupid, I mean movies that don't even try to be rational or coherent, that just aim purely at entertainment, but manage to succeed in not quite the way they intended. I mean something like John Carpenter's Vampires (Actual Quote:
"Can I ask ya somethin, Padre? When I was kickin? your ass back there... you get a little wood?").
But then there are movies like Battleship, movies that make you weep for the souls of Hollywood executives. It's based off of a fucking game! Are you kidding me! Some people might be annoyed with all of the comic book movies coming out these days, but those movies are drawing from a deep reservoir of content and character development, Battleship is based on a game where each player randomly guesses where the other person's battleships are located on a board. I'm guessing the decision to make this movie was made in much the same way. I honestly don't care whether this movie would be enjoyable to see, the whole concept of it makes me want to insert pencil shavings in my eyeballs every time I see that stupid trailer.
There are so many stories to be told and Hollywood has the capacity to only tell so many. I accept the fact that most of the stories that will get told are stupid and pointless (at least in the grand scheme of things) but it would nice if the movies that Hollywood made didn't have to have an already developed brand behind them. I suppose that would involve taking risks and of course actually using one's imagination, two ideas anathema to the species Homo Hollywoodexecutivus, but a boy can dream, can't he? Or have I just watched too many movies?
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