# Were movies good or bad this summer?

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**Created:** [July 25, 2014, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-movies-good-or-bad-this-summer/694005 "2014-07-25T08:53:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-movies-good-or-bad-this-summer/694005/21 "2014-07-26T08:35:49Z")

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> [@Kiros](#):
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> Note that the Lego Movie was a Feb release this year, and Gravity was October last year, among some of the names people have brought up that aren’t close to Summer even if you stretch it.

_The Lego Movie_ was released in February. But it’s still in theatres this week. As far as I’m concerned if a movie is playing in theatres in July, you can call it a summer movie.

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**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-movies-good-or-bad-this-summer/694005/22 "2014-07-26T15:38:03Z")

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I can’t objectively answer the question in the Subject Line because while I like it when their numbers agree with me, neither Box Office Mojo nor Rotten Tomatos has any bearing on what I see or what I like. I generally don’t look at either site before I see a movie and only sometimes, out of curiosity, after.

I’ve seen 161 movies in the theater so far this year (58 in March alone, most of them at the European Union Film Festival, because I’m one of those film snobs, don’tcha know), and on the whole it’s been a fantastic year and summer so far for me. I haven’t liked everything I saw but since I don’t even go to see movies I think I’ll hate, I do at least like the majority.

With so many movies coming up that I can’t wait to see, I don’t see my already thinking it’s been a great year for movies changing. For me anyway, since I don’t care about any other criteria.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-movies-good-or-bad-this-summer/694005/23 "2014-07-28T19:53:48Z")

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It has been a rather underwhelming summer, I’d agree. Standouts for me were _The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Lego Movie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ and _X-Men: Days of Future Passed_. Very different, but each fun and well-done in its own way.

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