Examining Summer Blockbusters

When you see every major Hollywood spectacle week after week, it starts to wear on your senses. Movies have gotten bigger and louder and more destructive, and you can only see so many explosions and car chases and superhero battles before they start to muddle together in an indistinct blur. Between May and August, I did see a handful of truly great films – “Before Midnight,” “Frances Ha,” “Blue Jasmine,” “The Spectacular Now” – but they were all made outside of the Hollywood studio system. In terms of the major releases, those epic $100 million-plus productions expected to rake in the big bucks, there were only a couple of highlights, and even then they were mostly underwhelming/ Nathan Weinbender , SR Spokane7. More here.

Question: Which summer movie was your favorite?