Sunday, June 20, 2010

How to tell if I'll hate a movie

I don't just downright hate any genre of movie. But, there are two categories of movies that I can't stand.

The first I would call "Movies with a bunch of dudes on the cover." It's quicker to demonstrate than to explain:







These types of movies all have things in common. First off, all of them have extremely hard-to-follow labyrinthine plots that bore me into unconsciousness. Also, all of them have some sort of criminal element, yet somehow manage to take an exciting concept and turn it into a snooze fest. The most irritating thing about these movies, though, is the amount of hype surrounding them and how overrated they are. Every time one of these movies was released, I had to endure months of people talking about how great they were.

The next type of movie I hate can be accurately described as "Movies with a bunch of assholes on the cover". Again, a demonstration:


I could provide more examples of this type of movie, but I'm too lazy. You get the gist, though... Basically these movies lack any sort of real substance and just rely on name drops on the cover, hence the classification "movies with a bunch of assholes on the cover." THESE films are even worse than the "dudes" movies because they have NO plot and usually have a gimmick, like being filmed in black and white.