Movie related things that annoy/excite me

I love the movies and I hate it when they are treated like a red headed step child.

1. Censorship is something that I appreciate but it sure can get my goat. If you are a cable channel showing Total Recall at 1:00 pm on a Saturday afternoon what are you thinking!?! My memory of Total Recall is that it lasts longer than 20 minutes. If I remember correctly there is a lot of blood and a woman with three boobs. Cutting a movie to fit a time slot is bad enough but cutting for content is wrong. R rated movies are clearly not appropriate for showing in the afternoon so don't. Show them late at night so they can be appreciated the way they were made. At 1:00 pm show a good kids film, there are plenty and these don't need to be butchered like a rack of lamb.

2. An extension of point 1 is movies that are made for a rating that is not in keeping with the canon to which the film is being added. Two cases in point are Die Hard 4 and Alien vs Predator. Both were made and released as PG-13 with the only reason being money. 10 year olds shouldn't be allowed to see these movies, they should have to wait till their mid-teens to enjoy these flicks like I did. You have to earn it. These are the movies that you spend your formative years wanting to see but that your mum wont let you. Then one day a friend brings out his older brother's copy and your horizons are broadened exponentially.

3. Movies made and released based entirely on a fortuitous date. The Omen was remade in 2005 so that it could be released on 6/6/06. Friday the 13th was just released on Christmas Day (no of course not, it was released 2/13/09). A relevant date is not a reason to make a movie! Please tell me that there is some originality left in Hollywood. Remakes should only be allowed if the original had a great concept but was poorly done or if you are completely revisioning the film. Merely rehashing the original does not count and Hollywood must be stopped! I don't think it can be though, its like Amy Winehouse at an all-you-can-shoot up buffet.

This whole blog has been a bit rant so here is something I love about movies. I love the little notes that come under the ratings (like Drug Use, Violence on a R rated movie). But they can be much more interesting than my examples. I remember seeing a kids movie poster that mentioned that the film contained mild peril. Genius!