Our hope of never having to blog about anything American Idol related is now officially gone.
Lowest-common denominator box-office holiday tripe “National Treasure: Book Of Secrets” was rendered slightly-less odious recently when a song composed for the film by Chris Daughtry was axed at the last minute according to Variety.
The virile, former-American Idol contestant had written the original song, “Feels Like Tonight” specifically for the film and the track was meant to be placed in the Nicolas Cage sequel’s closing credits.
“Creatively, it just didn’t seem to go with the film,” said Mitchell Leib, president of music and soundtracks for Disney. “It’s a great song, and probably could have been a good marketing tool, but when we put it up with the movie, it just felt wrong.”
Really? Really? Dunderheaded red-state rock side by side with insipid blockbuster idiocy? Sounds like a match made in heaven to us.
Apparently not any song will do anymore and the days of filler soundtracks are over (fat fucking chace) according to Leib. Evidently it’s all about fiscal responsibility as the price for songs used in films is skyrocketing (naturally) cause of the festering shit-hole state the music industry is in. Not any song will do, cause it’ll fucking cost your ass.
“The use of end credits songs is not over,” he said with a straight face. “But the shamelessness of it existing in the film purely for marketing is. The song has to be a creative, musical extension of the film.”
Someone alert the media. In other news: Hey, shitty filmmakers, there’s a new Daughtry song that’s for the taking!
‘National Treasure’ completely owned at the box-office this season, once again reaffirming Americans dedication to worthless dogshit films. If that’s any indication of the population’s overall take on things, give up hope on the election now and save yourself the tears.