When I worked at my parent’s video store there was a lot of downtime, and there were only so many times I could check everything was in alphabetical order. Most of the time when I wasn’t doing anything I felt guilty, but occasionally when I had time to burn I tended to make lists.
One of them was the list of films that got a “Two Thumbs Up!” despite being really crappy movies. One was Speed 2, and I think another was the live action version of “Spawn” which was horrendous. My other favorites were for the Under Siege films. One said “It’s ‘Die Hard’ on a boat!” Whereas the sequel said “It’s ‘Die Hard’ on a train!” Gag.
It’s incredibly the lengths movie executives will go to in order to rationalize the poor performance of a film, anything but the fact the film sucked. They just don’t want to admit to spending the millions of dollars on something that turned out so crappy.
What I hate is when movie producers make movies crappy for the sake of hilarity and time. Take The Lightning Thief for example. That movie BARELY followed the book at ALL. They downright RUINED their chances of making a sequel. The books were awesome. The movie made me want to sue. If they don’t have time to make a movie funny and keep all the details that are important or that make it good, then take out the funny parts! If not, then make the movie longer or a two part thing! I once heard of a movie called Gettysburg that was FOUR HOURS LONG!! AND IT WAS GREAT!! They split the 7th movie of Harry potter into two parts and i thought “YES! THESE GUYS ARE ACTUALLY MAKING A SMART CHOICE FOR ONCE!! Make a comic on this too.