Least I Could Do

So I'm a huge fan of Least I Could Do and LFG Comic. If you haven't checked them out already, you should. Not only are the art and writing amazing, but the gentlemen who produce these comics must be the hardest working guys in the business. Least I Could Do is a strip format full-color comic published on a daily basis and LFG Comic is full page, also in color and published twice a week. It should be noted that Least I Could Do is in the PG-13 area of things, so if you're going to check them out keep that in mind.

I bring up these strips not only to let you know how awesome they are, but also to discuss a post that Sohmer made that spoke true to the message of this blog. In his post he's discussing the new Transformers movie and Film Elitism.

First off, if you haven't seen the movie, you should. If you like action movies at all, you'll love this one. If you make your movie seeing decisions based solely off reviews, you'd never see this movie in a million years. The movie is a summer blockbuster, not a thought provoking drama. I, like Sohmer, fail to see why it is that every movie that comes out seems to need to have some deeper meaning in order to be a critical success.

We should review movies based on how well they do their job. In my mind movies serve one main function and that is to entertain. Sure, a good movie can reveal something we never knew, or make us think more about some human condition, but in the end the primary reason movies exist is as a form of entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a lot of off the wall, quirky, critically acclaimed movies too. I just fail to see why every movie has to be that way.