Enjoy The Film

It’s not a vintage year (Check Semi-Pro) to be opening a state of the art cinema in a small town with an existing rival cinema. Unfortunately this one missed the sleeper hit Juno and the mammoth hit No Country for Old Men. There are no sure fire sequels, no new certain barn stormers every one will be talking about. It’s an in-betweenie year with 2007 stacking up the hits and, hopefully, 2009 will explain why 2008 is such a miss. Despite how poor Shrek 3 and Pirates 3 were, how worn Spidey 3 was, they were bankers. There are films such as The Mummy 3 can shine. The year’s profits rely on Indiana Jones with an ageing star. It needs to be to the standard of the first Indiana Jones and not the dross that followed it, to save the year. Kids win the most with sequels to Madagascar and a new Pixar flick with Wally. I had concerns that a Kung Fu fighting panda might typify the year but if it keeps the kids quiet…and looks choc full of references for the adults. The year ends on a high with both James Bond and Harry Potter (now there’s an interesting combination in one film) – but the year is over by then, and they are not confirmed yet. where are the profits going to come from to pay for the new cinemas? Apart from popcorn we are not sure.

2008:

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• 10,000 BC (already failed)
• Dark Knight
• Mamma Mia
• Narnia 2
• Wally
• Madagascar
• Mummy 3
• James Bond
• Harry Potter

So will 2009 explain why 2008 is so quiet? There are a lot of sequels and stuff which begs the question why?

• Terminator 4
• X-Men
• Night of Museum 2
• Transformers 2
• Ice Age 3
• Pirates 4
• Bourne 4

And another “why” is why are there are not more films like Avtar on the horizon?