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notseamus  ·  4761 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Movie audiences shrink below post-Sept. 11 level
I've been to the cinema 6 times since September (Midnight in Paris, Inni, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Drive, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and something else), so I go quite a bit, but I'd literally rather shoot my dick off than go see anything in that top ten list other than Hugo.

I will go to see The Artist (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8K9AZcSQJE) when it's out, but that the week's main billing is New Year's Eve, a movie that everyone involved should be ashamed of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtSXoxxn9E8 , key quote 'I haven't thought I was going to be sick like that since Human Centipede 2'). Look what's there! Jack and Jill! And then it's supposed to be a surprise that people aren't going to the cinema. It's a shame that Tinker Tailor isn't doing better, I thought it was fantastic.

Most of what's there is terrible, and that's all anyone needs to know about why people are just not bothering.





b_b  ·  4761 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Spot on. I go to the movies pretty often. I'm not opposed to seeing terrible movies if they're fun (an action movie for instance), but the current crop is just dismal. If they want watchers they should make good films, not just crappy remakes.