May Movies '09

It's been a bumpy ride so far at the start of this summer, with the lousy Wolverine kicking it off. Last year it was Iron Man at the same time of the month and that movie gave rise of hope to everything summer that would follow. Wolverine did the exact opposite.

Luckily J.J. Abrahms' Star Trek was a smart and entertaining movie and very much like his Mission Impossible III, pushed all the right clever buttons without being amazing. It will most likely be remembered as one of the best movies to be released this summer.

Angels and Demons met with mixed responses, although it is unanimously toted as better than The Da Vinci Code, but that isn't really saying much.

And Terminator of course is supposed to be terrible. All effects and limited story. I wonder which is worse, Terminator or Wolverine. Wolvie had some positives, but they were very few. It just was not an enjoyable or well-made film. Terminator looks bleak as hell and like a movie with no hope or fun. Maybe it's better than I think, but I doubt it.

Luckily at the start of June, some new movies seem to have promise: Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell and Disney Pixar's UP.