In This Contest, Everyone's A Loser

This weekend we have the big box office showdown between the stupid comedy starring mostly white actors (You, Me and Dupree) versus the stupid comedy starring mostly black actors (Little Man). Let the laughs begin!

Is it too much for me to ask that both these films crater with opening weekend returns similiar to Gigli? (That would be less than $4 million.)

Honestly, is anyone looking forward to seeing these films? Did anyone camp out last night so they could be the first in line and catch the noon showing?

These movies one-joke potential is competely played out in the 60 second commercials that have been overplayed. Dupree is an idiot that repetitively does stupid and annoying things, but his heart is in the right place (Awwwwwwwww!) The Little Man and his partner in crime hatch an incredibly complicated and unfocused plan to get back a diamond that they stole and dropped in the wrong purse (or something). They are supposed to be crooks. Why don't they just stick a gun in someone's ribs and demand the diamond back? It's not like the characters would have moral issues about such things.

The audience is conditioned to believe that summer movies are light and breezy, and we should (in Shawn Wayans words "Take your brain out of your head, sit down and just have a ball." ) Yeah, just be sure to leave you $10 with the cashier. So we can continue to have summer after summer of movies like these.