>>>>>Mashup o' the day: http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/148-harrison-ford-and-daniel-craig-saddle-up-for-cowboys-aliens
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>>>>>No, I am not making this up :-\
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>>>>>Along the lines of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, I guess...
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>>>>Fight aliens? I'll be impressed if Harrison Ford can still get on a horse.
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>>>Indian Jones meets Men in Black? :o) Believe it or not, millions will watch it (literally I think) simply due to the two top stars in it. I know I will :o)
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>>>I saw Harrison Ford on a late night tv show and he was being asked about the next Indiana Jones movie. He said that it's being written and it would be a good thing if it happened - then he started making the $ hand signs and laughing - it was hilarious.
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>>That's the way the box office usually works. These days it's hard to even get a studio movie greenlighted without one or more big names attached.
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>It is possible to make a film without spending millions of dollars. For a start they don't have to buy expensive film stock any more.
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>They could try spending a little less on special effects and a bit more on the script.
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>Mots big budget films are c__p. I'd see this as it looks fun and I'm not the grinch but the endless spidermen batman harrypotter movies are just beyond tedium.

We are in complete agreement. But we are probably not representative of the American moviegoing public as a whole. Probably a majority of studio movies are aimed at the frontal lobes of teenagers. They still release good movies occasionally, and of course there are the indies. Just the other night I watched one, kind of a chick flick, called "Please Give," and enjoyed it.