Posted
1:47 PM
by Gene
I was at a sports restaurant for a retirement luncheon, and on one of the too many monitors ESPN used one of its many excuses to fill airtime during the day to plug
MMMMMMMMMM-IIIIIIIIII-THREEEEEEEEEE, and even having not been to a theatrical movie since
Star Wars and
New York, New York (long story) I knew why this bombed. Look at the stunts and you've seen them a million times before, even if you haven't been to an action film. Cheerleaders like
MARTY! (RAH! RAH!) who think THE CONSPIRACY will magically right itself are wrong. Oh sure, it'll do its
grosses for a couple of weekends, but long-term the movies are in profound trouble, and there's no happy ending.