If the nay-sayers had their way, there would never be another sequel, prequel, sidequel, reboot or remake ever again from Hollywood. Every movie would be an original, stand-alone story and that would be that. But we happen to love us some sequels and prequels and sidequels and reboots and remakes, so we would never ask for all of them to be taken away.

There are, however, a certain number of subgenre's that Hollywood really needs to take a small holiday from before we get completely sick of them. We're not saying that they need to stop completely making these types of movies forever, but maybe just take a step back, re-evaluate where we're at, and then come back with a renewed appreciation. Distance makes the heart grow fonder and all that…

COMIC BOOK / GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATIONS
Yes, we know what you're thinking, and it's probably something along the lines of…

… and we're right there with you, kind of. Some of our favorite movies this year have been comic book movies, but let's be honest, we're drowning in them at the moment. We've had Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Man Of Steel, The Wolverine, 2 Guns, Kick-Ass 2, RED 2 and RIPD. That's more comic book and graphic novel adaptations in twelve months than we used to get across an entire decade. While Marvel have a whole enterprise in full swing right now - Captain America 2 and Guardians Of The Galaxy are both due in 2014 before The Avengers 2 hits in 2015 - is there anyone really clambering for a reboot of The Fantastic Four or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? No. But we're getting them anyway.

DARK RE-IMAGININGS OF CHILDREN'S STORIES
We understand and appreciate that mixing up the original material a little bit shows that you're not just taking the route of least resistance, but at this point, a "dark re-imagining" has got to be the most trodden on way to make a movie in the last five years.

Who do we blame for this? Possibly Tim Burton, for going all demented on the likes of Alice In Wonderland and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. But here's the thing, both of these movies were massive box office successes, and they were both fairly dark to begin with, so all they did was allow Burton to let his freak flag fly. But since then we've had Snow White & The Huntsman, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Red Riding Hood, Beastly, Jack The Giant Slayer, Oz: The Great & Powerful, and this week saw the release of the first trailer for Maleficent, the "dark-reimagining" of Cinderella. It's all a bit overkill if you ask us.

ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DEVIL OR POSSESSIONS
We love a good horror movie here at entertainment.ie, but actually finding a good horror movie is another story altogether. 2013 has had some standouts - The Conjuring, V/H/S-2, but more often than not, they've been uniformly terrible. And the most terrible of the terrible are the ones that deal with any kind of possession, usually by the devil. When we find out that that's what the movie is going to be about, this is what we're like going into the cinema screen:

The Last Exorcism Part II, The Possession, The Devil Inside, Lovely Molly… we've come a long way from The Exorcist here, people. We're thinking that these possession movies need to have their "Scream" moment, like when boring slashers got reinvigorated by Scream, or boring cabin-in-the-woods movies got a do-over by Cabin In The Woods. Any movie to do with the devil or demons seems to have its IQ removed, so we need someone to put it back in.

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL ADAPTATIONS
Yes, Harry Potter and Twilight and The Hunger Games have all been success stories, but that doesn't mean that film companies should rush out and buy the rights to every alternative-universe-with-teenagers series of books that's available. In fact, Hollywood has snapped up the adaptations to SIXTY young adult novels and series.

Look at this year alone: The Host, Beautiful Creatures, Warm Bodies, Percy Jackson 2, The Mortal Instruments, Ender's Game. Flop after flop after flop. Yes, we've still got Catching Fire to look forward to, but that is an anomaly because it wasn't a quick cash-in, the makers got a great group of people in front of and behind the camera to get it made. If you're not going to do that with all of them, then maybe don't do it at all.

ADAM SANDLER MOVIES
Grown Ups 2, one of the worst movies of 2013, made almost $250 million worldwide. That's more than genuinely funny comedy This Is The End, not to mention genuinely good movies like Captain Phillips.

When was the last time Sandler was actually funny? Let's retrace our steps here. That's My Boy? Nope. Jack & Jill? Good God, no. Just Go With It? Nope. Grown Ups Part One? Nada. If you're feeling particularly charitable, you MIGHT be inclined to say Click, from way back in 2006, or maybe even Anger Management from 2003. But if you're being realistic, it was probably The Wedding Singer, from 1998. That was 15 years ago. And yet he still manages to star in and/or produce at least one movie a year, and the movies keep making money. Sandler, you need to go away for a little while. You can't need the money anymore, you really can't. So why not come back when you've gained a little perspective on what an audience actually expects from a comedy - i.e. for it to be comedic - and then we can see where we stand.

What about you? Any movies that you're sick of seeing lately? Sound off in the comments below.