{"id":118,"date":"2006-05-17T14:09:24","date_gmt":"2006-05-17T21:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alertnerd.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/17\/the-send-matt-to-shitty-movies-fund\/"},"modified":"2006-05-17T14:09:24","modified_gmt":"2006-05-17T21:09:24","slug":"the-send-matt-to-shitty-movies-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"The Send Matt to Shitty Movies Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every summer, it happens, and every summer, I get sucked in.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m talking about the summer movie season, which I love, and shitty summer movies, which I don&#8217;t love so very much at all, really. Inevitably, though, I end up at one or two of them. I feel compelled to check out Catwoman to see if it&#8217;s really THAT bad. Or I find myself in the third row of a crowded theater watching The Day After Tomorrow, praying for the sweet release of death.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Joshua Eliis&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenarchery.com\/2006\/03\/25\/net-funded-journalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">experiment<\/a> in net-funded journalism, I have decided to try my own version of it. This summer, I will not see these shitty movies on my dime. I will see them on yours.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it will work. You can make PayPal donations to the Send Matt to Shitty Movies Fund in ANY amount via the button below. I&#8217;m serious&#8211;25 cents, 50 cents, whatever. As soon as I have enough to buy a matinee ticket at my local googlemegaplex theater, I will poll contributors via e-mail on which film I should see.<\/p>\n<p>I will then attend the film, and write about the abject shittiness of it on this site.<\/p>\n<p>If contributions stall at some point, I only really need $3 to see a film at the second-run theater near my house, but those will be old dusty movies. Instead, for just a few pennies, you could send me into the gaping maw of the opening weekend of ANY or MANY of these sure-to-be-shitty flicks (lemme know if I&#8217;ve missed any):<\/p>\n<p>X-Men: The Last Stand (Opens May 26)<br \/>\nThe Omen (Opens June 6)<br \/>\nThe Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (Opens June 16)<br \/>\nGarfield&#8217;s A Tale of Two Kitties (Opens June 23)<br \/>\nPulse (Opens July 14)<br \/>\nMiami Vice (Opens July 28)<br \/>\nGhost Rider (Opens August 6)<\/p>\n<p>Come on. Tokyo Drift?! Seriously?! I would KILL to tee off on that crapfest.<\/p>\n<p>I like to think I&#8217;m a pretty good writer, especially when I hate something. Let me save you from these horseshit bloated disasters and give you a few yuk-yuks in the process. Thank you, and may God bless America.<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"business\" value=\"geeklymatt@yahoo.com\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=\"The Send Matt to Shitty Movies Fund\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_number\" value=\"666\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"no_note\" value=\"1\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"tax\" value=\"0\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"lc\" value=\"US\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"bn\" value=\"PP-DonationsBF\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/x-click-but21.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<p>UPDATE: Even now, as I tinker with this gorram button to make it LOOK right, Chris has already stepped up to the plate with a SIZEABLE donation. Many thanks, True Believer! Should no other brave movie fans and lovers of the worst in American culture step up, Chris will become my benefactor for the summer, like Mozart and that guy in Amadeus played by Jeffrey Jones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every summer, it happens, and every summer, I get sucked in. I&#8217;m talking about the summer movie season, which I love, and shitty summer movies, which I don&#8217;t love so very much at all, really. Inevitably, though, I end up at one or two of them. 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