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Posted by Dominic von Riedemann Jun 21, 2006 |
Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties came out in theatres last Friday. So why did your fearless purveyor of all things animated not give this movie a review, like I did with Cars or Over the Hedge?
The answer is simple: unlike professional reviewers, I pay to see the movies I review. Yeah, just like you, I slap my hard-earned piasters down on the counter if I want to see a flick so I can tell you whether or not it's worth seeing and why. At least Roger Ebert can console himself, if he wasted 90 minutes of his life, that he didn't have to pay for the damn thing. Not surprisingly, I don't want to waste my money on a film if I know it's going to be a stinker.
The first Garfield movie was so bad that it made me want to go after the director with a chainsaw. So when I saw the trailers advertising a sequel to a movie I hated, you can be sure my Stinker Sense™ went into overdrive. And no, I'm not going to rip up a flick just for your amusement. Did I mention I pay to see these film?
So yeah, until I (or our fearless editors) work something out with the studios, if I know an animated movie's gonna suck I'm not seeing it. Believe me, I prefer to see movies I actually enjoy and it means that money goes to other things (like say, rent).
And like my momma always told me, "If you got nothing good to say, come sit by-" No wait, that's not it. Oh yeah: "Don't say anything at all." Here endeth the rant.