I'm a little shocked by this new useless information that has come to my attention

I'm not sure if anyone noticed the box office take from the films this past weekend but for all the smart people of the world I would like to say one thing , SUCCESS.!!!

Why? Because the new film Poseidon only grossed 20 million this weekend. This is a re-make from the 1970's classic "The Poseidon Adventure" about a rogue wave that turns a ship upside down and the few remaining survivors must climb their way to the stern in hopes someone will be able to cut them out from the outside. Adventure is a very crucial word that best describes how the movie is. It took survival serious but at the same time took us on a trip through a boat upside down, in and out of dangerous corridors and even though it worked at making you hope everyone stayed alive and your heart did pound from time to time, the original never let you forget that you were on an "adventure".

This new version ,from what I've read, will be enjoyed by people that aren't interested in plot or character development. The people that will like this movie are those who like to be tricked into crying, forgetting that nothing in this movie gave them a reason to bond with any of the characters before something bad happens to them.

I should move onto the title of this post. What shocks me is that poseidon cost 180 million dollars. Mission Impossible 3,which is suppose to also suck and isn't doing as amazing as predicted, cost about the same. X-men Last Stand, which opens in 2 weeks, cost about 230 million. Now I love the X-men movies. X-2 only made 220 million dollars. From what I've read x-3 isnt as good as the first 2 so ... if that's the case than first, where did all the money go and second, why make a third movie that will cost more than the first 2 made? Other summer movie costs are Superman with 260 million and Pirates 2 at 220 million. I'm hoping X-men, Superman and Pirates won't disapoint. I still think the money their hoping to make is set very high.

Back to Mission Impossible and Poseidon. It makes me very happy to think that audiences are finally getting smarter when it comes to going to the movies. That maybe the majority of the movie go-ers finally want to care about their characters before they get killed. Maybe high cost explosions aren't enough anymore. If that's the case than, I don't want to live anymore


Did I throw you a curve ball on that last one? =0)