{"id":2367,"date":"2009-02-26T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christandpopculture.com\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2009-02-26T14:00:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T19:00:52","slug":"my-top-5-most-disturbing-box-office-successes-of-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2009\/02\/my-top-5-most-disturbing-box-office-successes-of-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 5 Most Disturbing Box Office Successes of 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><strong>My Top 5 Most Disturbing Box Office Successes of 2008<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua<\/strong> \u2013 I died a little inside just typing that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Mama Mia<\/strong> \u2013 It\u2019s the gift that you can\u2019t take back and just keeps on giving, with lyrics at the bottom of the screen so everyone can sing along, and with a top-selling soundtrack, and with a lead who sings like a water buffalo (I have to admit, I\u2019m pretty sure I stole the water buffalo thing from a review I read somewhere).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. You Don\u2019t Mess with the Zohan<\/strong> \u2013 Gay jokes and making fun of foreigners! A romping good time that requires a shower afterwards!<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Fool\u2019s Gold<\/strong> \u2013 Apparently Matthew McConaughey sometimes takes his shirt off. And apparently it\u2019s box-office gold. That\u2019s where they got the name from. Apparently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Hancock<\/strong> \u2013 Okay I\u2019ll admit it. I saw this one. But the shaky camera work was the director\u2019s desperate attempt to convince us there was something worthwhile and unique in the disappointing film that should have been so much better.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Top 5 Most Disturbing Box Office Successes of 2008 1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua \u2013 I died a little inside just typing that. 2. 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