Personally, I thought (from a quality standpoint) this summer movie season was pretty excellent. The blockbusters were a little less dumb, the indies a little more thought-provoking. Not that it apparently mattered, since nobody went to the theaters. But don’t take my word for it. For your (holiday) weekend reads, it’s…
Battle of the Summer Movie Recaps!
Who’s ready for insight?! And contradictions?
4 Summer Movie Lessons Hollywood Must Learn (via Kyle Buchanan for Vulture)
Sample takeaway: “Make More Comedies” (no argument here).
What Went Wrong (And Right) At The Movies This Summer (via Adam B. Vary and Alison Willmore for BuzzFeed)
Sample takeaway: “There were a decent number of indie success stories this year.” (woo hoo!)
The Winners & Losers Of Summer Movies 2014 (via Oliver Lyttleton for Indiewire)
Sample takeaway: “It’s been a fairly disappointing year, box-office wise, for indie cinema…” (damn, okay then)
Good News/Bad News About 2014 Summer Movie Box Office (via Scott Mendelson for Forbes)
Sample takeaway: “…Perhaps we should be reevaluating what constitutes an indie break out.” (can’t we all just get along?)
Box Office Down 15% in Hollywood’s Worst Summer in Nearly a Decade (via Brent Lang for Variety)
Sample takeaway: “You can’t chalk it up to anything other than a weak slate of movies that didn’t resonate with consumers.” (nihilist)
What This Summer’s Blockbusters Got Wrong (And Right) (via Kate Erbland for ScreenCrush)
Sample takeaway: “…The box office offered plenty of new alternatives for moviegoers burnt out on been-there-done-that fare.” (hope!)
Five charts that explain why we didn’t go to the movies this summer (via Alex Abad-Santos for Vox)
Sample takeaway: Charts. Lots of charts.
How ’bout you? Read anything good this week?
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