Sequels. Sequels of sequels. Sequels of sequels of sequels. . . .

I live in a very small town with only one movie theater. Actually there are only two movies theaters in the entire county. The theater here shows one movie at a time, generally for a period of one week to ten days, with one showing a day (evenings on weekdays and matinees on weekends). We generally do not get a screening of a film until weeks, sometimes months, after the initial release. Some films never make it here at all*.

So anyway walking by the theater this morning I noticed that the new film is Cars II. Prior to that it was The Hangover Part II. And before that it was Transformers 3. Before that Pirates of the Caribbean 4. I don't actually recall what the film was before that. It Keeps Making Millions V?

So this explains why I can't recall the last time I went to a theater to see a movie. The total lack of creativity and originality in the film industry, and it's caution at attempting anything unproven.

*Note that this need not be true for all small towns. Years ago the university at which I did graduate school had an art house type theater even though it was a very small town. This let me see such films as The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Christiane F., Walk About, etc.