3. Maleficent
This must have been the worst movie summer in living memory to have been a young child. When the best Hollywood offers you is an upgraded DVD movie about talking aeroplanes, it’s no wonder the Nick Jr crowd went to see this in their droves. Maleficent’s steady hold after its $69m opening weekend suggests that a lot of them went to see it at least twice. A strange concept, bewildering character motivations and a suspicion that it might be too scary for the little ones were all causes for concern.
Ultimately, this was Disney doing what it does best and all the money in the world can’t buy you a special effect as dazzling as Angelina Jolie. This iconic role gave her the biggest hit of her career – $237 million and counting.
Great summary of the summer. I am not sure why opinions were SO mixed on Godzilla. I thought it was EASILY the best Godzilla movie of all time. I mean have the complainers actually seen any of the source material? The new Godzilla was The Godfather comparatively. Apes, Xmen and Guardians were my other favs of the summer. Disappointing though Michael Bay will be reinforced to make more Transformers of the same ilk. T4 was the worst. I liked Revenge of the Fallen better for goodness sake. Yet it still made a billion globally so another one is on the way. I mean, Optimus easily flying at the end kind of defeats the purpose of a lot of the crap from the first three doesn’t it? Sigh…..
I hear tell that Michael Bay is handing the reins to another director for Tran5formers. It would be nice if they gave it to Lars Von Trier to play with but I suspect that Louis Leterrier is already on the phone to Hasbro. Thanks for the comments