No Guitar for Ratner

After talking about his desire to make a Guitar Hero movie, Brett Ratner, it seems, has been denied the opportunity. Apparently the Gods of good taste, after having sat with their heads up their asses while RUSH HOUR 2-3 were made and BEVERLY HILLS COP 4 was announced, finally empowered somebody, and that somebody is Activision. Ratner said:

“I’d really like to do it, but they’re not letting me… I expressed my interest, but because it’s such a success, it’s like now there’s no reason to make a movie about it…. The game is wish-fulfilling, everyone can be a rock star… I might prevail… I usually do.”

I don’t like to get ahead of myself but I can’t help but hope this is like when Chitewel Ejiofor asks for help from the guy he made eat his dinner off the floor at the end of FOUR BROTHERS. Soon everyone else will turn against Ratner too and then Mark Wahlberg will appear out of the frozen tundra and beat his ass just for good measure. Literally or figuratively, it really makes no difference to me – you don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.