Saturday, December 8, 2012

Life is hard...

I seriously can't believe people defend music and movies by saying "it's hard".  So freakin' what?  That ought to be where the movie studio comes in and says "you failed, we're not going to show this to movie goers".  People pay $10 for a movie ticket, and then get duped into paying at least $10 more for additional accessories once they get through the door, i.e.: popcorn and soda, and people go on sites like Amazon and IMDB and give these movies a perfect 5 star rating b/c it's just too much to expect someone to realize their weaknesses and thus not mess with a profoundly epic idea like PROMETHEUS.  You cannot tell me that there's NOBODY in this planet who could have made that film a little more interesting.  Forgot the similarities or differences between 1979's ALIEN and PROMETHEUS; forget the fact that the movie's first half hour was either confusing or illogical.  The simple fact that said first half hour had very little of any value to the audience is just a classic example of a screenwriter with no talent.  Obviously they had to set-up the story, explain what was going on etc, but the fact that it was all so freakin' boring is just theft.  It's theft from whoever could have taken that idea and made something bold and unique with it.  Because even if whoever owns the copyright for PROMETHEUS were to give x person/people his/her permission to re-make it, the audience has "been there, done that" and is also feeling a little jaded b/c not only did PROMETHEUS fail to deliver, but sooo many other films have suffered the same fate.  Ultimately it's theft of the audience, their time, their money, and their good will toward men, perhaps even their will to bother getting out of bed.

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