Friday, February 26, 2010

The return of pop culture Friday

This week's pop culture question on the AV Club blog is, "What are your personal pop culture rules?"

Mine are as follows:
  • I will never ever see a film with Adam Sandler in it. Yes, I've seen some of his films in the past and I regret it.
  • I will never ever see another film that has been directed by or has Kevin Smith in it. To me he epitomizes the kind of self referential pop culture wanksterism that I so despise. He's under the impression he's talented and witty. However the reality is he's a fat blowhard who's fifteen minutes of fame were up years ago. Seriously Kevin, stop raping the corpse of pop culture and go get a job that requires you to give back to the world for a change.
  • I will never ever see a film where the star plays either a retarded person or a racist who sees the light through the power of the love of a good man or woman or because of Jesus.
  • If a film has a performance in it that's labeled 'brave' or 'fearless' I'm not seeing it.
  • I won't buy Elvis Costello CD's that are jazz, classical, or Burt Bacharach inspired.
  • If Julia Roberts is in a film, I'm out. Forget it. I will not see her in anything.
  • I'm all in on films about con men and dystopian sci fi films.
  • I'm all in on comedies featuring Steve Coogan, Dawn French, Ricky Gervais, and Peter Serafinowicz.
  • I'll watch most anything with Olivia Colman, Jessica (Stevenson) Hynes, and all my adopted actors.
  • Films made from characters from Saturday Night Live sketches? Never. Forget it. Not gonna see them.
See? I'm not so hard to please.

6 comments:

Laura said...

Great list!
I agree with pretty much everything.

Especially about Julia Roberts!!!

((Hugs))
laura

SkylersDad said...

My favorite is your last point. Couldn't agree more!

Professor Chaos said...

re: Adam Sandler. I feel the same way about Ben Affleck.

Anonymous said...

Elvis Costello lost me a long time ago for the same reasons. One can evolve and grow as an artist without losing what made them so special in the first place.

libhom said...

The only movie I would see Adam Sandler in would be a gay porno movie. He's incredibly hot looking, but his movies are too stupid to be bothered with.

Tengrain said...

Not a bad list, Dr. Monkey.

I like caper movies, so those almost always get a green light. Gimme a good heist movie any day, and I'm happy.

I was stuck on a transatlantic flight years ago and due to a malfunction all the way from California to the UK, The Runaway Bride played nonstop in a loop. I have seen a lifetime of Julia Roberts for the both of us.

Regards,

Tengrain