It's beyond official: the 2009 summer movie season is over. Comparatively speaking, I'd say the 2009 season was good (not great), with a few gems surrounded by a largely mediocre slate of movies. Here's a recap of my tweet-size thoughts and grades for the movies I managed to see this summer:
* Inglourious Basterds ~ "Tarantino at his finest." [A]
* Star Trek ~ "J.J. Abrams does it again." [A]
* The Hangover ~ "Very funny...and novel unfolding of story." [A-]
* (500) Days of Summer ~ "Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel well cast." [B+]
* Bruno ~ "A solid follow-up to Borat." [B]
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ "Mostly a bridge to final films." [B]
* Away We Go ~ "Dialogue tends to overexplain." [B-]
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ~ "Overly complicated story." [C+]
* Angels & Demons ~ "Significantly deviates from book, to detriment of movie." [C]
(Plus, a list of summer movies I'd still like to see: Up, District 9, Food, Inc., Public Enemies, Funny People, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Terminator Salvation, Whatever Works, Julie & Julia.)
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