Post by exiled on Oct 6, 2008 5:31:27 GMT -5
Well, first let me say that I'll let our good friend Jay Sherman, the Critic speak for me. I can't say this better myself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3F3GiUUHxE
Now the question is what set off this powder keg? Frankly I'm tired of the crap they are trying to shovel down our throats. You got morons doing whatever they like producing bad movies and for the last several years all we have been getting are remakes and sequals. I mean come on do we really need a Saw 5? The killer died in the third movie and we didn't even need a third one.
However whats got me in an uproar is this. I was looking more into Beverly Hills Cop 4. Now granted I think its too long to be doing a 4th movie but some of the sequals from old movies were good. I liked Rambo, Rocky Balboa and the new Die Hard. I also like the original Beverly Hills Cop movies.
For anyone who's seen them knows that the movies are rated R and that the character Axel Foley has a rather foul mouth. The looser they got doing the new movie is aiming for a PG rating. He says he's trying to reach a target audience of 10 to 12 year olds. The flawed logic behind this is he wants kids to see it and they won't know the original movies.
My response is George Lucas insulted us with the same form of logic. Oh after 20 years got ot make the movies appeal to kids. So what do we end up with there? We get all those wonderful scenes with Jar Jar Binks as an attempt to provide childish commical relief.
So I've decided to not pay for my movies until Hollywood can pump out something worth seeing. They don't deserve our money and actors make too d**n much as it is. Bad enough they make so much but then you get those who whine about more money.
Anyway for anyone who wants to read the story behind Beverly Hills Cop 4 here's a link.
moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/03/beverly-hills-cop-4-may-be-geared-towards-kids-says-brett-ratner/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3F3GiUUHxE
Now the question is what set off this powder keg? Frankly I'm tired of the crap they are trying to shovel down our throats. You got morons doing whatever they like producing bad movies and for the last several years all we have been getting are remakes and sequals. I mean come on do we really need a Saw 5? The killer died in the third movie and we didn't even need a third one.
However whats got me in an uproar is this. I was looking more into Beverly Hills Cop 4. Now granted I think its too long to be doing a 4th movie but some of the sequals from old movies were good. I liked Rambo, Rocky Balboa and the new Die Hard. I also like the original Beverly Hills Cop movies.
For anyone who's seen them knows that the movies are rated R and that the character Axel Foley has a rather foul mouth. The looser they got doing the new movie is aiming for a PG rating. He says he's trying to reach a target audience of 10 to 12 year olds. The flawed logic behind this is he wants kids to see it and they won't know the original movies.
My response is George Lucas insulted us with the same form of logic. Oh after 20 years got ot make the movies appeal to kids. So what do we end up with there? We get all those wonderful scenes with Jar Jar Binks as an attempt to provide childish commical relief.
So I've decided to not pay for my movies until Hollywood can pump out something worth seeing. They don't deserve our money and actors make too d**n much as it is. Bad enough they make so much but then you get those who whine about more money.
Anyway for anyone who wants to read the story behind Beverly Hills Cop 4 here's a link.
moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/03/beverly-hills-cop-4-may-be-geared-towards-kids-says-brett-ratner/
