Good news: GREAT MOVIES!!!!!

Finally, here in August, the good movies of the summer have finally come out. And it's not what you'd expect. All of the loud, big budget extravaganza turned out to be garbage. Be it the mega-junk films like GI JOE and Transformers 2 or the other stuff like Bruno and Public Enemies and Funny People. Aside from the Hangover, June and July were pretty terrible. But now, at long last, here we go....

Three movies: The Hurt Locker, 500 Days of Summer, and District 9. All of them cool. All of them fun.

Hurt Locker is the best of the three, although it aint no feel good movie. Still it is incredibly deep and thought provoking. The smartest movie you'll find. And ridiculously intense. Every scene is fantastic and clever and important. And the action is great too!

On a lighter side, because not everyone wants to see drama or action, theres 500 days of summer, which really is smart and nice and fun. It's a romantic comedy, although it doesnt play by any of the rules of romantic comedies. in fact, it sets out to defy the rules and does a damn good job. People have said there hasn't been a rom-com told from the guy's pov this well since Say Anything. I'd say since High Fidelity, but yeah, the idea is pretty accurate. Very enjoyable and quirky and different.

And then there's District 9, an alien sci-fi movie that also breaks the rules and tries to be its own unique, clever thing. Are we seeing a pattern here? District 9 is very cool with amazing effects that look real (as opposed to the usual drawings done by computers). It combines elements of Blair Witch and Cloverfield and the Office, to make the film feel more documentary-like, and that's exactly what a movie like this needs. It needs to be taken seriously and this movie figures out a way to do it.

So three good movies, none of them headlined by big stars, all of them low-key, and all of them smart as hell. These are the summer movies I've been waiting for. They're finally here!!!!!!