Thursday

I didn't see a movie yesterday for various reasons; the main one, though, was that I couldn't find anything I really wanted to watch. It seems there is at the moment a brief lull in the rhythm of film releases. Towards the end of May (supposedly the beginning of summer) we had the first big openings: Spider-man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and Ocean's 13. Then, more recently, as the school holidays approached, we've had some family fun: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Shrek the Third. Now, as I say, I think we're in the middle of a brief lull, before a storm. Coming very soon: Die Hard 4.0, Transformers, Rush Hour 3, Evan Almighty, Ratatouille, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Grindhouse, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Simpsons Movie. So, it should be pretty exciting, but as you'll notice almost every one of these films is either a sequel or contains material derived from another source. It doesn't seem like Hollywood is capable of making original blockbusters anymore. Perhaps that thought deserves another post though.