When Did Movies Forget How to Just Be Movies?
I don't know if it's just me getting older, but I swear watching a new movie feels like attending a three-hour meeting where someone forgot there was supposed to be entertainment. Remember when you'd grab popcorn, sit down, and watch a simple adventure? A hero, a villain, maybe a car chase, and a happy ending. Now I'm twenty minutes in wondering why the squirrel is giving relationship advice, the raccoon has a better vocabulary than my high school English teacher, and the bear is apparently just misunderstood. Somewhere along the way, Hollywood decided every animal needed a voice actor. Don't get me wrong—they're funny on the screen. But in real life? That adorable raccoon isn't looking for a hug. He's looking through your garbage while quietly considering whether your fingers are worth investigating. The same goes for bears, moose, coyotes, geese, and about every other wild animal. They're not evil—they're just wild. Most of the time they'...
