Because cell phones could solve most movie plots.

Well, they do have pay-or-play contracts, after all. Might as well use them.

For me, the big problems are with the makeup departments:

Speak for yourself. I've been hassling every person who has ever made a racist joke or comment around me since I was 8. Now that list includes you.

"…but we’ve all said those things."

That's really an excellent question, for at least a couple reasons.

That's really an excellent question, for at least a couple reasons.

More than that, people disagreed with the theme. If you disagree morally with the theme of a film, you won't like it, beyond an intellectual appreciation for the filmmaking (when applicable).

The loss of inimitable Crispin Glover, for this and the third film, was a terrible blow to the films' overall success. Terrible, terrible mistake to not include him.