Sunday, April 23, 2006

Why is this summer filled with so many good movies?

When I look at IMDb's release scheadule, I cry tears of joy. I'm also baffled. There are so many good films coming out this summer, I want to get out of school even more than usual. Just look:
May 5th- Mission: Impossible III
May 19th- The Da Vinci Code
June 9th- Cars, A Prairie Home Companion
June 30th- Superman Returns
July 7- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, A Scanner Darkly
July 14th- Lady In the Water
July 28th- Miami Vice
August 4th- The Science of Sleep
August 18th- Clerks II

Those are just the dates I have memorized. There are other films I want to see. This summer is gonna kick ass!

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Ugh.

Okay, I have to rant for a moment. Sorry I've been gone for a little while, but whatever. Anyway. Why do people my age not like good films? Someone asked me today:
"Tim, you know a lot about movies. What should I go see Friday night?"
"Inside Man"
"What about Stay Alive? Is that good?"
"Ugh. It has Frankie Muniz. Isn't that a bad sign?"
"Whatever. It looks scary as fuck, man."
"If you want scary, go and rent Halloween or the original Texas Chaisaw Massacre."
"Man, those movies are OLD!"

AARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so sick of shit like this. I can't talk to anyone my age (except for Dan and Joel) about movies! They think that it's stupid for me to be worried about X-Men 3, because the director sucks. They think that foriegn films all suck. If a movie was made before 1985, there's no way they'll watch it. I am so sick of this fucking mentality. If a film is good, a film is good. PERIOD. I don't care what country it's from, what year it was made, if it's good, it's good.
Have you ever met someone who won't watch the Godfater, because it's old? Or Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? I've met tons of these idiots. Sorry if I sound like a film snob, but I'm sick of people telling me that they'd rather watch Stay Alive, than Halloween or Dawn of the Dead.

Extremely pissed,
Tim