2009 Box Office review: where have the classics gone?

The other day I wanted to see where the 2009 Box Office stood-of the top 25 movies, which I happened to see most of them, only a handful were worth the price of admission.

Here is a quick rundown…

1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – sucked
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – same movie as the previous but with more effects
3 Up – best movie I saw in 2009?
4 The Hangover – Old School, Super Bad, Knocked Up, Wedding Crashers…the Hangover was really funny but this is getting old.
5 Star Trek – much better then the previous 3 Star Trek Movies, but that isn’t saying much.
6 Monsters Vs. Aliens – passed on seeing it
7 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – mildly entertaining
8 X-Men Origins: Wolverine – SUCKED, could have been so much better
9 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – no where as good as the original
10 The Proposal – I would rather lose a foot then see this.
11 Fast and Furious – No, thanks.
12 Paul Blart: Mall Cop – head it was funny but worth waiting until it plays on FOX
13 Taken – decent
14 Angels & Demons – big disappointment
15 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - another movie that could have been SO much better
16 Terminator Salvation – sucked
17 G-Force – passed
18 Watchmen – I own the graphic novel, that is good enough for me
19 Public Enemies – thought it was about the rap group, I was wrong
20 He’s Just Not That Into You – funny
21 District 9 - Amazing
22 Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail – yeah, no thanks
23 The Ugly Truth – passed
24 Knowing – fell asleep
25 Hannah Montana The Movie – Am I a 13 year old girl?

Not only did most of these movies suck but I few were serious disappointments. Wolverine and GI Joe by themselves should have been classics – yet both were a major let down.

We need movie studios to start making movies that arent just about bringing in $300mm, we need classics. The movies that we want to see multiple times AND own the DVD AND watch everytime it comes on tv.

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