I was on YouTube and saw an ad for Nicolas Cage's new movie, Drive Angry. The cheesy title already made me think the movie won't be worth watching, but I decided to watch the trailer, and my initial suspicion was confirmed. It looks to be one of those typical movies where a loved one gets taken, then the "hero" looks to get her back, shooting anyone who gets in his way, with a few unnecessary explosions sprinkled on top (Is Michael Bay the director?). The trailer even includes one of the number one ingredients to a corny action flick: the protagonist calmly walking away from an explosion, as if that hasn't been done a million times already. Now I'm not saying I could make something better. If I could, then I would. But I don't see how these kinds of movies make enough money for studios to keep churning them out. The action genre includes plenty of great movies, but there are enough bad ones that whenever I think of action movies, the image of wanton explosions (I do enjoy an explosion now and then, but not overdone as many movies do), unrealistic gunfights where one guy somehow kills a dozen bad guys (each apparently with no aim), and me dying a little inside.
So I ask you studios, please put more thought into your movies. Guns, explosions, car chases, and attractive actresses do not automatically result in a good movie. They can certainly help the movie, but must be used properly. Action movies should have action, but please stop overdoing it. And no more casting Nicolas Cage in these roles. He's just not convincing as a serious action hero. He does alright when you don't have to take him too seriously (I thought he was alright in Kick-Ass and National Treasure, the latter a movie I'm not sure why I enjoyed), but when there's no joking going on in a movie of his, I'm not feeling it.
And is that new movie with the cowboys and aliens supposed to be a serious one? It looked serious from the trailer, but I hope it isn't. Please oh please don't be a serious one.
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