So, after a lovely string of arrests, anti-Semitic remarks, apologies and goodwill gestures, Mel Gibson is at the top of the box office with Apocalypto (currently pulling a 7.7 with our friends at IMDB).
I think the movie looks interesting, and different for a change. One of the biggest things I take issue with when it comes to the movie business is repetition in too short of a time (see earlier post concerning Dreamgirls). Comic book movies would have been ok if it had not been for such horrible failures as The Fantastic Four and Daredevil (Benny Boy, you were so much better off with Shakespeare in Love, Good Will Hunting and Kevin Smith movies). Also, the reason The Nativity Story will probably never be of any renown except for the fact that Keisha Castle-Hughes is in it is probably largely due to the recency effect of The Passion... should we expect The Creation Story next Christmas? I was going to suggest Revelation, but couldn't come up with a good joke or pun to link it to Apocalypto. Gotta work on that.
On an interesting side note, earlier today as I was braving the insane hive-minded rush that is Christmas shopping at the mall I wandered into the DVD section at Target to find out that they now have... an indie section? That's right. Apparently indies are hip now even for non college students, who by definition think that mainstream = evil. It's probably Steve Carell's fault with Little Miss Sunshine. Who knows, I'll take it. Also, Love Actually was $7.50 and I didn't buy it. I'm pretty much an idiot, but at least an idiot who is done with her Christmas shopping.
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