I 100% agree. People nowadays immediately assume that anything that comes out has to be something brand new and unique (and though I do wish for movies to try and "say something," everything has a time and place) and they shit on movies for not living up to their inflated ideals of perfection. Movies are awesome tools for expression and representation, but at the end of the day it is just...a movie.
I think they were trying to go for a "Halloween in July" kind of vibe that didn't work nearly as well as its Christmas counterpart hahaha
I always have said, "There are great movies and there are movies that are great fun." For example, 12 Angry Men and Army of Darkness, respectively.
I 100% agree. People nowadays immediately assume that anything that comes out has to be something brand new and unique (and though I do wish for movies to try and "say something," everything has a time and place) and they shit on movies for not living up to their inflated ideals of perfection. Movies are awesome tools for expression and representation, but at the end of the day it is just...a movie.