You can't tell me that a musical, starring this guy, is aimed solely at children.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the top five movies of this weekend were, in order:
—High School Musical 3: Senior Year ($42 million)
—Saw 5 ($30.5 million)
—Max Payne ($7.6 million)
—Beverly Hills Chihuahua ($6.9 million, and AAAARRRGGGG!!!!)
and,
—Pride and Glory ($6.3 million)
You got it: a silver screen blockbuster for preteens and gay men so Disney-fied that the major conflict revolves around whether or not to take early acceptance at Stanford; the umpteenth regurgitation of a slasher film; a live-action VIDEO GAME, fer chrissakes; an ohmygodican’tbelievepeoplearestillwatchingit live-action chihuahua love story; and a star-studded blue-line drama that, frankly, got terrible reviews.
We deserve everything we’re getting in the financial crisis. As Rev. Wright would say, our chickens are coming home to roost.
Now that I have that out of my system, on to the newsy-news (close cousin to the dancy-dance! We’re inane! We love it! No, really. I love the dancy-dance. Shut up.):