Lets look at a chunk of the movies that came out this summer:  Transformers 2, GI Joe: Rise of Cobra, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Terminator: Salvation, Public Enemies, and the list goes on and on.  What do you see in this list?  Nothing but complete and utter disappointment from the creators of these horrible disasters. 

Am I the only one that remembers summer being the point in the movie season when we were suppose to get the bad ass movies of the year.  Not the artsy stuff that is released at the end of the year, but the fun, popcorn action and comedy stuff that you don’t have to really think about to enjoy.  And yes, I understand that reading that sentence means that none of the movies this year should have been bad, but there is a difference between mindless fun and the horror that hit the cinemas this summer.

I wondeer if the bigger issue is that there was nothing that really stood out as a figure for the summer movie event.  Growing up, you knew that come summer, you were going to have a huge Schwarzenneger film, or a Stallone film that would blow the socks off of you and you would sit back and enjoy the fun action, corny dialog lines and of course the shot of nudity.  Looking at this summer, there was no stand out hero or actor that had you drooling at the release schedule.  There is something to be said when the big hero that stands out from the summer uses a walking cane to get around while hanging out with a boy scout.

Part of me thinks that the look at this summer could also be a trend of my generation getting older, and more crotchety about what we watch on the big screen.  I took my son to see Transfomers 2 and he absolutely loved the film.  He also saw Land of the Lost and thought the potty humor was hysterical.  I am still going to therapy to forget everything I saw in the Transformers 2 movie, and I subjected my wife to the horror that was Land of the Lost. 

Looking at the flipside, I can say that there were a few hits that at least took a bit of the ugliness of the summer of 2009.  People have raved about Up, and Harry Potter seemed to keep up the tradition of translating the books to the movie screen.  I saw The Hangover and thought it was probably the winner of the summer if Star Trek had not been released in the same summer.  It was nice that there was something to enjoy this summer, but overall, nothing will watch out the taint that was Summer of 2009.