Brett Ratner Considers Ruining Guitar Hero

It's no secret Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Rush Hour The Second One, Rush Hour Again, and the worst X-Men movie) is an awful director. Sure, he's not the worst, as people are likely to point out, but he's quite bad at making movies and I don't think that's debatable. He's not such a likable guy, either. And he's made less likable due to the fact that he doesn't seem to mind being such a shitty director. Basically, he's Paris Hilton with a camera.

And much like he did with the X-Men franchise, he's considering ruining something many, many people enjoy.

Potential “God of War” movie maker Brett Ratner would really like to make a “Guitar Hero” movie. But the “X-Men” and “Rush Hour” director doesn’t think Activision would want him to.
Ahh, they've seen his work with Chris Tucker, then. I wonder how far into Rush Hour 3 they got before coming to this conclusion? I'm guessing, a paragraph into the copy on the back of the dvd box.

Ratner spoke to my MTV News colleague Jocelyn Vena yesterday for an interview primarily about his “Best Director” Video Music Awards nomination for his work on Miley Cyrus‘ “7 Things” music video. Since Ratner has done a lot with “Guitar Hero” lately — he had Miley pretending to smash “Guitar Hero” instruments on the set of “7 Things.”
Genius. Yes, he had Miley do that thing with a guitar that every person who has ever picked up a guitar jokily pretends to do with it.

... we needed to ask him what else he has in store for the game.
This was his unexpected response: “I love ‘Guitar Hero’ and I think it’s a part of pop culture.
Very astute. Sure to anger the vocal contingent arguing the opposite side of that heated debate. Really, what the hell is he saying? Is there a group out there claiming that Guitar Hero hasn't sold record numbers of games, become an institution and basically (on some level) altered the way music is sold and bought? Yes, it's popular dumb-ass.

I would love to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie, if Activision would ever let me. I’m trying to convince them, but why would you have a movie screw up such a huge franchise?
Why indeed, Brett.

Not that I would make a bad movie. So that would be cool, to do a ‘Guitar Hero’ movie. ”
Again. Not that you would make a bad movie... again. And you would. Please try to prove me wrong. But do it far from here and quietly. If, somehow, you succeed, then release it. But not a day before.

And here is his idea for the plot: “It could be about a kid from a small town who dreams of being a rock star and he wins the ‘Guitar Hero’ competition. One of these dreams-[come-true] kind of concepts.”
isn't that the plot of a Fred Savage movie? I was going to say, the Fred Savage movie but then I remembered The Princess Bride. By the way, what contest did Brett Ratner win to get where he is?

Ratner’s been able to have significant influence on the “Guitar Hero” franchise through his Brett Ratner Brands consultancy.
Please let them have brochures. And possibly an infomercial. Do they just charge you by the level of douchebaggery he's able to bring you to? I'm saying yes.

“I have a deal with Activision for their branding,” he said. “For instance, naming ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour,’ coming up with the new ‘Guitar Hero game name. It’s sort of like [MTV's] ‘Rock Band.’ So they said: ‘Come up with a name.’ And I did, and it became ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour.’”
Again, genius. A version of Guitar Hero that allows you to go on tour and he comes up with... Guitar Hero, ahem, World Tour.

Exec- "Yeah come up with a name for our new Honda Civic. It's a turbo."

Brett - "Ok! Uhh...How about Honda Turbo?"

Exec- Yes!

Brett Ratner. Is there anything the man can't do... terribly?




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