C’mon Hollywood

C’mon Hollywood: Why critics are important

While it’s lessened quite a bit over the years, there’s still this cultural image of a film critic as a bespectacled balding guy in a professor’s tweed jacket (the one’s with the darker colored fabric on the elbows for some...

Posted 9 years ago

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C’mon Hollywood: Why haven’t you made a Twisted Metal movie yet?

Posted 9 years ago

As a kid, I remember popping TWISTED METAL 2 into my PS1, entering the code to play as Minion, and then going out of my way to destroy Paris and any fool who got in my way. It was good...

C’mon Hollywood: Why CGI is not the problem with bad CGI in movies

Posted 9 years ago

I couldn’t have been the only one who watched JURASSIC WORLD last year, and noticed that the CGI somehow looked worse than JURASSIC PARK almost 25 years prior, right? I’m not going crazy? PLEASE TELL ME I’M NOT GOING CRAZY!!!...

C’mon Hollywood: Why blockbusters are just as “artful” as arthouse films

Posted 9 years ago

I’m aware that title is probably a bit more incendiary than I intended. Upfront I want to say I love arthouse films. Hell, HOLY MOUNTAIN, 8 1/2 , and CLERGYMAN AND THE SEASHELL are some of my favorite films of...

C’mon Hollywood: Why Batman shouldn’t kill

Posted 9 years ago

Who doesn’t love Batman? I mean, even ISIS loves Batman! And why not? Batman is a badass avenger of the night who knows every martial arts ever, is super smart (he is the World’s Greatest Detective after all), and is also...

C’mon Hollywood: Race and gender-bending are not ruining movies

Posted 9 years ago

Nick Fury. Starbuck. Deadshot. Nova Prime. These are all characters who were either race-bended, or gender-bended – terms meaning to change a fictional character (this will be important later) from one race or gender to another. While there is always...

C’mon Hollywood: Why videogame movies suck and how to fix ’em

Posted 9 years ago

SUPER MARIO BROS. STREET FIGHTER. MORTAL KOMBAT ANNIHILATION. HOUSE OF THE DEAD. Not only are these terrible videogame movies, there are some of the worst movies, period. And the list goes on! DOUBLE DRAGON, DEAD OR ALIVE, ALONE IN DAR...

C’mon Hollywood: Are we too obsessed with movie reviews and ratings?

Posted 10 years ago

We’ve all done it. In anticipation of a new movie about to hit theaters we scour the Internet in order to find out what the critical consensus is, which generally breaks down to two key components: Is the movie good...

C’mon Hollywood: Stop judging a movie by its rumor and being a better fan

Posted 10 years ago

Last week an article was posted in regards to some alleged BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE screenings that were received with a supposedly negative reception. Since then a furor of Internet rage has spread through the interwebs, inciting a...

C’mon Hollywood: Why Deadpool was a success and what we can learn from it

Posted 10 years ago

In the world of Hollywood we all know what happens once a movie is a huge success: They try to replicate it. Not just in sequels, spin-offs, and the like, but by combing the sea for new or existing properties...

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