Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Why Hollywood's Footloose remakes are just not US teenagers' Thing

The teenagers whom Hollywood woos week-in, week-out voted with their feet yet again as the US box office slumped to another slow session this week. After several lacklustre weekends the studios thought they might have had something with the release of The Thing and Footloose. But guess what? The kids by and large stayed away, preferring to spend their dollars on alternative forms of entertainment. It's no wonder when you think about it: churning out anodyne remakes and prequels continues to insult the intelligence of the masses.

Read more in The Guardian filmblog here.

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