Disaster Movie: Oh the irony.

If you haven't seen the trailer for Disaster Movie, odds are your eyes are still in their sockets. Personally, I gouged mine out along with everyone else in the theatre the minute this bad boy came on screen. Even when I watched it on TV in my living room during a commercial break it still made me feel awkward and embarrassed. Like I'd done something wrong.

See for yourself:

You're welcome.

The trailer itself begs a lot of questions. How did this movie get green-lit? Who managed to read through the entire script without lighting it on fire and burning their house down? And finally, where do I find the studio executive who said, "This is comedy gold. This needs to be seen." I want to kill his family.

Okay relax, I don't really want to kill his family... probably because I haven't seen the whole movie, but still. Anyway, I have a theory on why stupid movies continue to make money. See below:

People are un-smart.

Now I think it's safe to say that this woman doesn't really believe that elephants are larger than the moon. Odds are she just wasn't paying attention. But doesn't that require a certain kind of stupidity in and of itself? Why go to all the trouble of getting yourself on a game show if you're not even gonna take a few seconds to read all of your choices. "Elephant! I know this one! It's elephant! Trust me, Regis! I don't even need to see the other choices. Elephants are freakin' HUGE, okay! I mean good luck thinking of something BIGGER than an elephant, am I right?!!! LOL!!!"

Simply put, stupid movies keep making money because stupid people keep watching them.

The average American IQ is 98, lower than almost every other country that isn't considered "third world". So it should come as no surprise that movies like Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Wild Hogs do so well at the box office. I only ask that movie theaters start giving non-retards some kind of pre-trailer warning. Here's an example:

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Is this too much to ask?