It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released.
Painfully bad as some entries from last year's summer season were (I'm looking at you, Spider-Man 3 and Pirates 3), there seemed to be a legitimate blockbuster that came out every week, from the two movies mentioned to Ratatouille to Shrek 3 to Transformers to Hot Fuzz and so on. This summer? Not so much. Iron Man and Indiana Jones have come, The Dark Knight hits in almost two months...and what's in between? The Incredible Hulk? Ugh. Get Smart? No high hopes there. Zohan or The Love Guru? People are shielding their eyes already. (Though I do hold out hope for Hancock.)
I thought 2007 was a great year for movies; to this point, I think 2008 has been pretty horrendous. It's so bad at the local indie theater that In Bruges was still playing there as recently as a few weeks ago. Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed the crime caper a lot, but it was released in February, for chrissakes!
The good news is that there are a number of indies that have hit theaters (in NY and LA, anyway) recently and some that are coming soon that sound promising, from Bigger, Stronger, Faster to Standard Operating Procedure to Mongol.
Let's hope there are more on the way.
Sex and the City
Sure, I watched the show a bit when it was on, but I just have zero interest in seeing this, and luckily, Mrs. Fletch never watched the show and has pretty much zero interest in "chick flicks" to begin with, so...negative ghost rider, the pattern is full.
Fletch's Chance of Viewing (in the theater): 3%, or worse than the chance of me coming around to like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The Strangers
This might be a dark horse as a counterprogramming film going up against a rom-com and a pre-teen targeted actioned, but I can't say that my demographic will be there to help it out.
Didn't we just see this story a couple months ago? Aside from the masks and possibly some sadism, how is this different from Funny Games? Still, a pretty cool poster.
Fletch's Chance of Viewing: 8%, or equal to the chance that I'll ever forget about the animal cracker scene from Armageddon.
And then...
Painfully bad as some entries from last year's summer season were (I'm looking at you, Spider-Man 3 and Pirates 3), there seemed to be a legitimate blockbuster that came out every week, from the two movies mentioned to Ratatouille to Shrek 3 to Transformers to Hot Fuzz and so on. This summer? Not so much. Iron Man and Indiana Jones have come, The Dark Knight hits in almost two months...and what's in between? The Incredible Hulk? Ugh. Get Smart? No high hopes there. Zohan or The Love Guru? People are shielding their eyes already. (Though I do hold out hope for Hancock.)
I thought 2007 was a great year for movies; to this point, I think 2008 has been pretty horrendous. It's so bad at the local indie theater that In Bruges was still playing there as recently as a few weeks ago. Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed the crime caper a lot, but it was released in February, for chrissakes!
The good news is that there are a number of indies that have hit theaters (in NY and LA, anyway) recently and some that are coming soon that sound promising, from Bigger, Stronger, Faster to Standard Operating Procedure to Mongol.
Let's hope there are more on the way.
Sex and the CitySure, I watched the show a bit when it was on, but I just have zero interest in seeing this, and luckily, Mrs. Fletch never watched the show and has pretty much zero interest in "chick flicks" to begin with, so...negative ghost rider, the pattern is full.
Fletch's Chance of Viewing (in the theater): 3%, or worse than the chance of me coming around to like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The StrangersThis might be a dark horse as a counterprogramming film going up against a rom-com and a pre-teen targeted actioned, but I can't say that my demographic will be there to help it out.
Didn't we just see this story a couple months ago? Aside from the masks and possibly some sadism, how is this different from Funny Games? Still, a pretty cool poster.
Fletch's Chance of Viewing: 8%, or equal to the chance that I'll ever forget about the animal cracker scene from Armageddon.
