2015 has done many things for film fans: shown that a 70-year-old man can direct action movies better than most guys half his age (Mad Max: Fury Road), demonstrate the extent to which an actor can be pushed when he desperately wants an Oscar (The Revenant) and Pixar once again made grown men cry. However, 2015 has also proved how easily we as consumers can be manipulated by marketing both clever and pandering, appealing to our basest emotions and desires. In other instances, we simply threw down our disposable income on a prospect that was probably never going to be good, and surprise surprise, we got burned. Pretty much no film fan came out of the year totally unscathed, falling victim to the Hollywood money-printing machine, and true to form, we'll likely repeat the same damn mistakes next year too. Here's a handy guide for you to see how the year's movies pulled your intellect down a few pegs, a reminder that none of us are perfect, and that we should definitely know better sometimes. Here are 12 ways 2015 movies definitely made you dumber...
Stay at home dad who spends as much time teaching his kids the merits of Martin Scorsese as possible (against the missus' wishes).
General video game, TV and film nut. Occasional sports fan. Full time loon.
