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Put Up Your 'Dukes'
I was so happy not to see Jessica Simpson on your cover! The boys were a
way better choice. Now, if only we could get her off the cover of every
other magazine in the universe...
PAM EDWARDS
edwardsp@shaw.ca
Prince George, British Columbia
I just got my issue of EW with Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott
on the front. Of all the boobs from The Dukes of Hazzard, those aren't
the two I expected to see on your cover.
ANDY FORRESTER
iambigA@msn.com
Durham, N.C.
Are you aficionados of irony? That's the conclusion I reached after
pulling issue No. 833 out of my mailbox. There, right on your cover, you
feature the craptacular The Dukes of Hazzard, and on the same cover you
declare: ''Why Moviegoers Are Mad — and How to Fix It.'' My response? Um,
look around.
LORRAINE BERRY
lorraine_berry@yahoo.com
Ithaca, N.Y.
Car Trouble
Chris Nashawaty needs to have his learner's permit revoked. He puts
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the top of the list of ''10 Best Cars in Movie
History,'' then wastes valuable space on James Bond's made-for-Matchbox
submarine Lotus Esprit? Kid stuff! There is no cooler car in movie
history than Mad Max's Interceptor.
CURTIS GROPP
cgropp@socal.rr.com
Huntington Beach, Calif.
So, according to Chris Nashawaty, ''Goldfinger's Aston Martin is a little
obvious.'' When does being the ''obvious'' member of a list (and, I would
argue, the most famous car in movie history) mean you don't get included
on a 10-best list? That's like saying Anthony Perkins is ''obviously'' the
most famous psycho in film history...and then leaving him off a list of
the 10 best psychos of all time! (Plus, the Aston Martin in Goldfinger was driven by Sean Connery, the best James Bond of all time!)
STEVE BRANT
trimtab@sprynet.com
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Movie Madness
Thanks for the state-of-the-movies story (''You're Mad as Hell and You're
Not Going to Take It Anymore''). The bill of rights is great; however, I
doubt that the parents who brought their 4-year-old to a documentary
about penguins marching (it's rated G, so it must be suitable!) or the
middle-aged woman who talked through the entire movie are hip enough to
read EW or apply it to their own lives. It's called courtesy, people.
LISA FEDOROV
wombatlove@gmail.com
Keller, Tex.
Why are moviegoers mad? Movies based on crappy old TV shows or comic
books? Another bad remake? To reverse the current box office trend,
studios should invest in some creative, original scripts. If I want
reruns, I'll watch Nick at Nite.
BOB SATNAN
azbobdog@yahoo.com
Mesa, Ariz.
I read your article about the decline of the moviegoing experience. One
place to lay blame is with the multiplexes, especially those outside of
urban areas. It's my impression that when a ''big'' movie is released, the
multiplex will use half or three-quarters of their theaters for that one
show, so unless that is the movie you want to see the options are pretty
slim. The multiplexes also tend not to show the smaller films until
there is significant buzz generated about them — meaning that in a lot of
cases they don't show them at all; unless you live in a major city the
only opportunity to see these films is when they come out on DVD. I have
not been to a movie in the theater since February, and sadly, I've seen
nothing of late that would make me want to go any time soon.
SUZANNE WEINER
poohsuz@yahoo.com
Lake in the Hills, Ill.
