10 Lessons We Took Home From The Movies In 2012

3. Yes, Reboots/Remakes/Re-Imaginings Are Here To Stay

Total Recall. Red Dawn. Dark Shadows. Silent House. Sparkle. Pusher. Contraband. All of these movies were released over the course of this year, and every one of them was either a sequel, a reboot, a remake or a re-imagining of something else that existed once in another (probably better) form. Every one of these also happened to suck, because of course they did. This kind of thing has been going on forever now, that’s true, but 2012  definitely ranks near the top when it comes to Hollywood failing to fire up the creative cylinders: instead, it’s all been incredibly lazy.

Saying that, we’re the ones who keep going to see these movies. Then we find ourselves complaining that Hollywood “doesn’t have an inch of originality in its big dumb head,” when they’re just taking advantage of our own stupidity like any business would. What we can rejoice in as a community, however, is that Red Dawn didn’t make back it its budget, assuring that the human race isn’t quite at its lowest ebb just yet. Phew.