Lesson Learned

After a dismal start to the season, it looks like Pixar and Sam Raimi are restoring our faith that the Summer can pick itself up and dust itself off.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine clawed its way to an outstanding opening weekend, proving that fans love the X-Men franchise, and that it’s best to lower our expectations for comic book films.

Obsessed could have been called Bitch, That’s My Man! and it would have made just as much money, maybe even more.

In our attempt to make sense of the cinematic world, we analyzed the weekend box office numbers. Our findings? We want a mall cop we can see on the TV.

Call us Colonel Nathan Jessep because we’re saying you can’t handle the truth. It doesn’t matter whether it’s crap or not, moviegoers are adamant in their devotion to computer animated films.

Put the peace pipe down and throw your neighbor’s hand to the side. If there’s anything to be learned from this week’s box office numbers, it’s that Americans love to watch the world burn.

Until we elevate truly groundbreaking films to the top of the theatrical totem pole, Hollywood will continue to sing the same song. If past is prologue then it appears we will continue to hum along.

In an effort to understand what makes American film audiences tick, we begin our weekly study of truths in cinema. This week’s lesson? We love men who dress in drag.