Scary Movie 6: nostalgia can't hide the passage of time
Anna Faris is nearing 50 in Scary Movie 6, and early reactions focus on how she has aged. Has the franchise lost its touch?
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Scary Movie 6: Anna Faris and a cinema that refuses to grow old
The sixth installment of Scary Movie is now in theaters, and you don't need to watch the whole film to know what everyone is talking about: Anna Faris has aged. At nearly 50, the actress who was the face of the franchise appears on screen looking unrecognizable to fans. The first impression the film makes is not a pavor parody but the passage of time on its stars.
Criticism of the franchise is nothing new either. Slasher films were already worn out in the 1980s, with titles like Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scary Movie merely parodied them without adding anything. Those who analyze the franchise point out that it never had a charismatic villain and that its success was inexplicable from the start.
Now Hollywood keeps milking the past: Lethal Weapon 5 will arrive with actors in their seventies and eighties, and new installments of American Pie and even The Wizard of Oz are in the works. As studios recycle everything, audiences are treated to an uncomfortable spectacle: watching the idols the industry refuses to retire grow old. The next time someone announces a sequel, it might be worth checking the cast's dates of birth. Nobody seems willing to do so.
The sixth installment of Scary Movie is now in theaters, and you don't need to watch the whole film to know what everyone is talking about: Anna Faris has aged. At nearly 50, the actress who was the face of the franchise appears on screen looking unrecognizable to fans. The first impression the film makes is not a pavor parody but the passage of time on its stars.
Criticism of the franchise is nothing new either. Slasher films were already worn out in the 1980s, with titles like Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Scary Movie merely parodied them without adding anything. Those who analyze the franchise point out that it never had a charismatic villain and that its success was inexplicable from the start.
Now Hollywood keeps milking the past: Lethal Weapon 5 will arrive with actors in their seventies and eighties, and new installments of American Pie and even The Wizard of Oz are in the works. As studios recycle everything, audiences are treated to an uncomfortable spectacle: watching the idols the industry refuses to retire grow old. The next time someone announces a sequel, it might be worth checking the cast's dates of birth. Nobody seems willing to do so.
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