Seriously America?!?

First off, I know Hollywood has been sucking lately. Very few movies come out these days that have a completely original plot, let alone a good one. Most of what hits theaters these days are just remakes of older movies, or even remakes of remakes. But then The Dark Knight came out over the summer. That movie alone helped bring the music industry back into the spotlight (no pun intended). Everyone knows about the records it set...or didn't set. And then, over the past couple of days, I've been reading about how Twilight was actually a bigger hit than The Dark Knight. Upon seeing the headline on yahoo.com, I was floored. I couldn't believe how a little teeny-bopper vampire movie could possibly out-do The Dark Knight. But, I read the article and it made sense. Twilight had a much smaller budget and made a much larger profit, relatively speaking. Acceptable.

But there is still one thing that I am baffled by. How come Titanic STILL holds the record for most money made? Seriously? We've had thousands of opportunities to dethrone it from it's position, but apparently, a movie in which EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS THE ENDING is better than a movie that's fresh and new. I guess we just have to blame the movie-goers for not putting in 100% effort in ending Titanic's epic run, even after it's epic failure. Way to go people.