Tell-all ratings
Carina CHOCANO expertly reviewed the bumper crop of pending summer releases, providing a profound analysis of the cliched, old-hat, repetitive, borrowed and stale themes that most contain. Current movie ratings protect children from disturbing films, and that’s fine. But what movie-going adults need today is a rating system that protects them from movies coming in the summer onslaught, to save them from boredom -- or, worse -- from gagging up their popcorn.
The following adult-rating system should be required on all summer movies:
EP: Exploitative Pap
FF: Formula Flick
NT: Nostalgia Trip
RR: Ridiculous Remake
SS: Sappy Sequel
TT: Teen Tantrum
According to the best information available, this will cover 98.5% of the summer films.
Sam McCarver
Dana Point
Only good movies
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