Summer is a special time for movie-goers. With the major studios packing all of their eye candy into the span of May-August, many people end up going to the movies as often as once per week. And with releases such as Wanted, Hancock, Wall-E, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Mamma Mia!, and The Dark Knight all coming out within four weeks of one another, sometimes even for the most avid moviegoer it was hard to keep up.
It can be so hard to keep up in fact, that often a movie or two which you had every intention of seeing in theatres, often gets swept aside in favour of BBQ's, cottages, and other summer plans that take advantage of not being indoors. With summer at its end, check out the movies I'm sad I missed out on, after the jump!
Missed The Boat Movie #1: Sex and the City: The Movie. I, like many a 'mo, have often prided myself on being the Stanford to my friends' Carrie et al. Which is part of the reason it's so blasphemous that I completely missed the movie while in theatres. While I was away at a wedding on its opening weekend, thus not allowing me to see it with my Carrie and friends, that's hardly an excuse. After all, the film had one of the longest and most successful theatre runs of any film released this past summer. Yet by the time I got home from the wedding, it seemed that every female in the universe went to go see it opening weekend, and thus I was left with nobody to go with. After convincing my bf to go see it with me at the drive-in, I thought it was a done deal. But then fate shat on my face, and it stormed that night. Boourns Mother Nature! As a hardcore fan of the show, I'm disappointed in myself, but intend to make it up to Carrie and the gals by buying the DVD on September 23rd. Even if the movie turns out to be crap.
Missed The Boat Movie #2: The X-Files: I Want To Believe. And I really did. Want to believe in getting to see this movie in theatres, that is. Yet again, seeing this movie on opening weekend got usurped by busy weekend plans. Yut I assumed I would be able to see the following weekend, right? Not so much. Thanks to underwhelming reviews, even more underwhelming box-office, and opening in the shadow of The Dark Knight juggernaut, the X-Files sequel bombed outta the gate, and never had the chance to recover. Two weeks later we tried to go see it in the theatre, only to discover that it wasn't playing anymore. Apparently, the opening weekend really does count now more than ever.
Missed The Boat Movie #3: American Teen. In the wake of aging archaeologists, brooding superheroes, and robots with acronyms for names, it's pretty easy for a small independent documentary to get lost amongst the sea of explosion-happy summer fare. Yet American Teen was the one indie film this summer that seemed to have the buzz going for it, and could have led it to become the summer's sleeper hit. That is, if anyone went to see it. Unfortunately, all the positive buzz it rode from the Sundance Film Festival, as well as those comparisons to The Breakfast Club, didn't generate at the box office. As a result, the film was never allowed to expand into more screens, meaning it still hasn't even arrived in my lovely town of Waterloo. Maybe the always-wonderful Princess Cinemas will give it a second chance a few months down the road.
What about you? have any movies that you wanted to see over the summer, and missed the boat on? Post in the comments section below!
It can be so hard to keep up in fact, that often a movie or two which you had every intention of seeing in theatres, often gets swept aside in favour of BBQ's, cottages, and other summer plans that take advantage of not being indoors. With summer at its end, check out the movies I'm sad I missed out on, after the jump!
Missed The Boat Movie #1: Sex and the City: The Movie. I, like many a 'mo, have often prided myself on being the Stanford to my friends' Carrie et al. Which is part of the reason it's so blasphemous that I completely missed the movie while in theatres. While I was away at a wedding on its opening weekend, thus not allowing me to see it with my Carrie and friends, that's hardly an excuse. After all, the film had one of the longest and most successful theatre runs of any film released this past summer. Yet by the time I got home from the wedding, it seemed that every female in the universe went to go see it opening weekend, and thus I was left with nobody to go with. After convincing my bf to go see it with me at the drive-in, I thought it was a done deal. But then fate shat on my face, and it stormed that night. Boourns Mother Nature! As a hardcore fan of the show, I'm disappointed in myself, but intend to make it up to Carrie and the gals by buying the DVD on September 23rd. Even if the movie turns out to be crap.
Missed The Boat Movie #2: The X-Files: I Want To Believe. And I really did. Want to believe in getting to see this movie in theatres, that is. Yet again, seeing this movie on opening weekend got usurped by busy weekend plans. Yut I assumed I would be able to see the following weekend, right? Not so much. Thanks to underwhelming reviews, even more underwhelming box-office, and opening in the shadow of The Dark Knight juggernaut, the X-Files sequel bombed outta the gate, and never had the chance to recover. Two weeks later we tried to go see it in the theatre, only to discover that it wasn't playing anymore. Apparently, the opening weekend really does count now more than ever.
Missed The Boat Movie #3: American Teen. In the wake of aging archaeologists, brooding superheroes, and robots with acronyms for names, it's pretty easy for a small independent documentary to get lost amongst the sea of explosion-happy summer fare. Yet American Teen was the one indie film this summer that seemed to have the buzz going for it, and could have led it to become the summer's sleeper hit. That is, if anyone went to see it. Unfortunately, all the positive buzz it rode from the Sundance Film Festival, as well as those comparisons to The Breakfast Club, didn't generate at the box office. As a result, the film was never allowed to expand into more screens, meaning it still hasn't even arrived in my lovely town of Waterloo. Maybe the always-wonderful Princess Cinemas will give it a second chance a few months down the road.
What about you? have any movies that you wanted to see over the summer, and missed the boat on? Post in the comments section below!
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