THE BIG SUMMER: It has occurred to me for quite some time that we haven't seen a summer like this before in the popular culture, one in which there were so many strongly anticipated cultural attractions which came and, by and large, delivered -- the third editions of Spider-Man, Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean (all three of which feel like they were years ago already), Bourne and the Oceans franchises; Potter 5 (film) and Potter 7 (book); the long-awaited Simpsons movie; a pair of Apatow-related films and a pretty solid Hairspray adaptation; Bonds' home run chase ... basically, television has mostly stunk this summer (except for all those basic cable shows I know I'm not watching), but everything else has been pretty satisfying.
2006 had only one film gross more than $300M (Pirates 2); 2007 will have at least five. [BTW, how the hell did Wild Hogs gross $168 million? Who saw this movie?]
And we still have HSM2 this week. What a country.
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