A NY Times Article puts fort a rather interesting look at why movie companies may not be doing so well this summer: many of the movies just plain suck. It’s an interesting theory that I’ve personally been sympathetic to for many years (not just this summer). After all, who wants to see a remake or re-adaptation of a crappy movie from the 20, 30, or more years ago anyway (Bad News Bears, Herbie fully loaded, etc…)?

Another thing that keeps me personally from going to many movies is price. Why would I want to pay $20 just so that my girlfriend and I can see a movie in the movies that we can eventually rent for $4 at home and have for a few nights? Most are not worth that much money to own let alone see on the big screen.

My suggestions: 1) put more thought into making/producing movies so as to cut out the crap before it gets to market, 2)lower the price and watchers will come, and 3) quit putting annoying TV advertisements at the start of movies. If companies followed those rules, they’d probably find themselves pleasantly surprised at the increased attendances of their films.

Lauren and I just returned from our 10-day trip to Ecuador for one of our friend’s weddings. It’s kind of funny… so far, we have spent more time there than we have in our own apartment. We’re still in the process of unpacking, but the apartment is coming along nicely and should be “done” soon. I’ll be posting pictures of our new place and our trip to Ecuador very soon, so look out for them. Also keep an eye out for the “lostâ€? post about my trip to the National Parks just North of where I live from 2 months ago… I’ll finish it eventually.

Ecaudor pictures are up

We’ve officially moved into our new apartment!!!

Lauren and I have been quite busy unpacking and getting all of the things done that we need to get done before we leave for Equator.

I’ll post some pictures up when we’ve finished unpacking and the place looks a little better.