Stupid Rated R

So, I dont get it!

Why does the movie industry keeps falling back to the idea that they can make more money or get more respect from making rated R movies? There are a ton of movies coming out this season, but almost all of the high-drama ones are rated R.

What it really means to me is that people believe it is not considered a serious film unless it is seasoned liberally with the f-word. As one who doesn't care for the f-word, who finds it crass, low-brow and offensive, this is a bit of a mystery to me. It is like taking a great symphony and saying "Now, for anyone to take this work of art seriously, we need to put in farting noises".

Movies to me are all about details: Great characters, clever dialog, stunning visuals, powerful music, moving storyline. When you try to make something more "real" or "full of impact" by adding some mud to the recipe, you ruin the flavor. Suddenly the stunning visuals are just bloody visuals. Suddenly, the only thing the storyline makes you feel is a revulsion for the human race.

A few weeks ago I bought a burger from some fast food place. It was my favorite place to get burgers at the time. They just had super-yummy burgers. However, while I was chomping on the burger this time I found a staple in there. A staple in my burger! Up to that point the burger was tasting pretty good, but then the entire experience was ruined. I have not been back.

Movies are rated "R" for a reason...

I just wish the movie industry would stop putting staples in my movies.

Mothman Prophecies (2002)

Meh.

M-E-H, meh. This movie was mostly just boring. I mean, the idea was kinda cool, I guess. Some weird moth-being that would zap your eyes if you saw him, and tell you secrets from the future, secrets you could doing nothing about... or maybe he would lure you away to another city to get a call from your dead wife, and try to keep you from saving your new potential love, even though she already had a dream-vision from the moth of her rescue.

Are you confused yet? I was, and I don't get confused easy. Well, to be fair, I wasn't confused, I just didn't understand why, and the "why" is what drives me. I dont need to understand everything perfectly, but I do want the pieces to fall into place. I need everything in the story to count for something, and when the final picture is revealed, I want to go "A-ha! That is what that was about." And if there is a piece left-over, I want it to feel like a teaser from the creators. Something to make me think, ponder, or speculate.

This movie just didn't do it for me. Maybe my second time watching it made the overall affect more boring, because I knew the story wouldn't really go anywhere. Maybe I had been watching Sixth Sense, and this movie could just not stand up. Or maybe this is just a blah movie. Not great cinematography, storytelling, dialog, acting, editing, or really anything. None of it was really bad, but none of it was really good.

So, not really scary, but not really anything at all. Meh.