Monday, June 14, 2010

They don't even make any good porn movies anymore, either

When GenX made independent films we kicked some creative ass. Now that we have Hollywood in our control we're about as creative as a hot dog with no toppings.
There is an upside to all this Gen-X navel-gazing. Namely, it means the Baby Boomers are finally losing their 40-year grip on Hollywood. Mercifully, the Summer of 2010 features precisely zero films about Vietnam, Woodstock, Nixon, JFK, Motown, or the Apollo space program. But while infinitely less self-congratulatory than their Boomer predecessors, Hollywood X'ers are seem just as fond of nostalgia and no more prone to original thought. The only difference is which decade is mined for material. Instead of remaking 60's and 70's favorites like The Beverly Hillbillies and Dragnet, studios now rehash '80s favorites. The The Karate Kid, for instance, which opened well this weekend, and The A-Team, which did not—probably because Bradley Cooper is about as macho as RuPaul and far less charming. Here's what you have to look forward to for the rest of the summer:

3 comments:

Bag Blog said...

I went to see Robin Hood this past weekend and really enjoyed it - no matter who made the movie.

Wek said...

Another Robin Hood has been released? Gawd I'm out of it.

Bag Blog said...

Get in the groove and go see it. It is a bit different than the others.