A Silver Lining: finding some good in boring Hollywood movies

Everyone who knows me, knows that I am a harsh critic when it comes to films. I do think i have a bit of the "holier than thou" mentality since i was a film major and just can't enjoy stupid crowd-pleasers. Somehow i always seem to find things i DON'T like about movies (even Inception and some other hits). SO, i'm dedicating the "Silver Lining" series to finding the good things in movies (and in life)...starting with the two i saw this week:

The Adjustment Bureau was an interesting one. I knew literally nothing about it prior to seeing it. While I didn't love the typical Hollywood romance and ending, the silver lining is that the concept was interesting enough to make for a good discussion about where society is today, and what's going on in the world.

Hall Pass was really dumb. I could barely focus on the movie because I was so distracted by contemplating whether or not i should leave the theater! I'm not even exaggerating. I almost left the theater (like 30 times). Anyway, the silver lining is... well... shoot. i'm already failing at my goal of finding something positive in any piece of crap. I guess the silver lining is that now hopefully i've saved a lot of people time and money by encouraging them to not see it.

Well that's all for now! Have you guys seen any good movies in 2011?