Attack of the summer movies: Shake n' Bake edition... and other thoughts

Shake n' Bake is back! In "Step Brothers," Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are two fortyish men who still live with their parents. Will Ferrell's character's mother and John C. Reilly's character's father get married, the two "kids" become step brothers, and comic mayhem ensues.

Not too much to say about this movie. It was very funny and really raunchy. Well worth seeing for a few good laughs.

How about "The Dark Knight?!" 4 weeks, $441 million, and it looks like it will beat the original "Star Wars" to become the #2 top grossing movie of all time behind that movie about that boat.

And for this week's stupidhead award, the groups protesting "Tropic Thunder" need to lighten up. Apparently, certain groups who are advocates for the disabled take offense to the movie because Ben Stiller's character plays an actor whose previous role is "Simple Jack," a mentally challenged man, and because the word "retard" is offensive. These people need to take a chill pill and realize that this movie is making fun of the shallowness of movie stars, and take it all with a grain of salt. Also, over the years, no one seems to get the fact that protests and boycotts only draw attention to the movie and inspire curiosity, which leads to more people seeing the movie, and the studio making more money. Quite counterproductive, if you ask me.