Staring at the sun movie movie#
Staring at the sun movie portable#

This year, it will be interesting to see how strong The Dark Knight remains once it enters such unfavorable waters.

Hence, the last 'viable' time for opening a blockbuster is the first weekend in August. Distributors are unwilling to release something targeted at them when they might be distracted.

Staring at the sun movie movie#

Kids are the lifeblood of the summer movie season.

Staring at the sun movie portable#

As September 1 draws nigh, children and teens think less about multiplexes and more about notebooks (either of the portable computer variety or the old-fashioned spiral kind). (Unless you count drive-ins or novelty evening beach screenings, where patrons sit with their backs to the waves and watch a movie unfold on a giant screen.) Then there's the whole back-to-school thing. Summer vacations favor outdoor activities and, for the most part, that doesn't include movies. More families in the United States take vacations during the first two weeks of August than during any other period in the year. When the weather is at its worst, often the movies are at their best.Īugust is not a great month for movies for two reasons. For those who love movies, the best is yet to come. For those who love popcorn on the screen as well as all over the theater floor and in a tub on their laps, the best months of the year are May, June, and July. Now, we enter the lull that exists between Dark Knight mania and the late-year holiday/Oscar season. The bread and butter of the summer movie season is gone. There are still some good movies to come between now and Labor Day, but none are blockbuster types. With last week's release of the third Mummy film, summer ended with more of a whimper than a bang. Long, cold days loom on the horizon and I feel like I'm staring into the abyss.įor movie-goers, the season has changed. Yes, it's still warm outside and my grass is still burned in places, but there's no mistaking the inexorable approach of autumn and winter. Perhaps it's the lengthening midday shadows as the sun no longer soars quite so high in the sky.

Perhaps it's the way the nighttime cooling feels more permanent. Perhaps it's the shortening of daylight hours. Temperature-wise, it's my second favorite month of the year (behind July), but it always feels more like an ending than a beginning. I have always found there to be something mournful about August.