Norbit opened with $33.7 million, easily beating the rest of the competition this weekend.
What the hell? Am I the only one who saw every TV trailer for this movie and thought, "F*ck, this movie looks damned stupid"?
I know I'm not, because 81 of 89 professional critics aggregated at Rotten Tomatoes panned the film. Who the hell went to go see this movie? IT LOOKS LIKE THE STUPIDEST THING IN HISTORY. I can see why kids might go see an even more critically-rejected film like Epic Movie because it is a "teen flick."
Norbit is not a teen flick. It is a stupid flick, that has absolutely nothing of interest in it save Thandie Newton, and even then that's a stretch. Yet it earned $33 million in one weekend? Huh?
Is America really that retarded?
Meanwhile, I was watching Mike Judge's Idiocracy. It would seem that, yes, we are that retarded. (Full review coming soon.)
Well last year at this time it was Big Momma's House 2 that was #1. While it might not be the whole country, those that are spending money in the theaters certainly are that retarded. Could be the rest of us are too, the jury is still out.
... I loved your discussion about this in class! It was rather intriguing.