Hyped for Summmer Movies?

Not really. I don't go to the movies as much as I used to for a couple of reasons. First, it costs too much, Second, it's really hit or miss as to whether I'm going to see a movie that is worth the price of admission. Finally, there just doesn't seem to be any good, original movies being made anymore.

The magazine Entertainment Weekly put out it's summer movie preview issue recently and less that half the movies they featured were original stories. Of the 51 movies they previewed for May, June, July and August, here is the breakdown:

11 are based on books, short stories or comic books

4 are based on television shows

1 is based on a video game (which I guess is better than a movie based on a child's toy!)

7 are sequels

4 are re-makes or spin-offs

4 are documentaries

That leaves only 20 movies with original stories out of 51.

Now I know books have been made into movies for years but few movies based on books have been as good as the books (like Harry Potter) and most don't meet the expectations. And Hollywood has been doing sequels for years (there were twelve Friday the 13th movies, yes twelve). The newest trend is movies based on cheesy television shows (this year it's The A-Team) or remaking movies (this year it's The Karate Kid) and usually the re-makes aren't nearly as good as the original.

Guess I'm going to have see more independent films at art house theaters. Thank goodness Denver has a couple of those!