Thursday, July 5, 2012

The Black List: Summer boycotts

Before reading on, this is not to the confused with THE black list, the list of hidden gems of indie scripts, but the list of films not worth my money and almost not important enough to write about... so here is my brief acknowledgment to their existence.

Goofy comedies are running amock as we ease into the apex of summer.  While I am a fan of the stupid yet entertaining, these seem like they missed the mark on entertainment.  Though I could be very wrong, on principle they are included on the newest installment of the boycott list Summer 2012:

Title
Rationale
The Dictator
This is one of those "good in theory" type movies.  I have been fooled a few times before and would hate to be douped again by SBC.
Battleship
Yeah, I liked Friday Night Lights, but after John Carter, Taylor Kitsch isn't enough to draw in the masses; I simply just was not interested.   I'm over games turned into movies based on transportation vehicles.
Katy Perry: Part of Me
It looks like it offers insights into the strenuous life of a pop star, slave to the fans, and doing goofy hijinks to relieve the stress.  Boo hoo, you're an untalented multi-millionaire-- I care not about the trials and tribs that go with being lucky.
Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
I'm Tyler Perry'ed out.  Though I appreciate that this is the first movie with more than 1 white person who is not the devil-incarnate, I'm still good on it.  I'll watch it on basic TV in 2 years...
Madagascar 3
Similar to the trilogies that came out last year, there is too high a number in its title and I am just not the appropriate age for this. Though I will be seeing Brave later this summer.  Sorry Dreamworks, still a Pixar fan.

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