With this year’s blockbuster season now over, I thought it was time to take a retrospective look at the movies I saw as well as this season as a whole.
And my verdict is that this year was somewhat better than 2007 and 2006, both of which were not that good as the movies had wall to wall action and no plot, this year was about the same with Indy IV and Get Smart relying a lot on it rather than real screenplays but while Iron Man in May was a winner, taking the runner up spot, there was one that destroyed all that came against it.
And that was the Dark Knight; this has been covered elsewhere in both my review and editorial on its record breaking box office but this as well as Batman Begins from three years ago have set the bar not only for superhero movies but also summer films in general, having proved that a entertainment film can still have heart, ideas and reality in them and not be mindless action fests.
It will be interesting to look at next year’s lot and hopefully there will be some good ones, but as I’ve said before, only time will tell.
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