July and August Movies 2009

The last two months of summer are usually the best time for movie releases till after Thanksgiving. Audiences only deal with minimal blockbuster BS, and are treated to films that are just main stream enough to make money and earn accolades.

July 10:

• "Bruno" - It did not seem to get the same reception as Sacha Baron Cohen's last starring vehicle, "Borat." There may have been a backlash towards the exploitative style of film making, but critics were not overly harsh to the project, but not as rabid as they'd been for "Borat". Still, Cohen might be the contender for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical when he Golden Globes come around.
• "I Love You, Beth Cooper" - A PG-13 movie about teenage corruption is a paradox. It should not happen. With the more intelligent "Assassination of a High School President" making it to DVD this fall, this film will hopefully be forgotten even though I cannot say it was necessarily bad.

July 24:

• "G-Force" - I had fun watching this film. The only thing I would complain about is that it wasn't completely animated. People who were cast as people instead of rodents were done so because they look odd. Bill Nighy was cast because he's a creepy Brit, and Zach Galifianakis looks funny. None of their abilities as actors are used, so why not take the time to just draw these caricatures?
• "Orphan" - A tried horror concept in a time of bad horror movies. This is not a good thing.
• "The Ugly Truth" - Katherine Heigl in R-Rated comedies seems to work, and it would be nice to see Gerard Butler portray someone who is not shouting all the time. Otherwise, nothing unique about this flick.

July 31:

• "Aliens in the Attic" - Enough with the damn aliens this year. Didn't we just have a cute live-action animated flick?
• "The Collector" - Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan might be the smartest minds in horror, but if the film is not as intense as the latter "Saw" trilogy, it can't be good. Still, when "Saw" is mentioned, awards won't be.
• "Funny People" - It is a film that could have crossed Judd Apatow over to serious cinema, but I haven't heard anyone say that it did.

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