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The summer of 2008 was a good one: With Labor Day behind us, we have reached the end of the 2008 summer movie season. Let’s look back at one of the more impressive summer movie seasons in recent memory.
The box office report for 2008 shows there was a big winner for the year, “The Dark Knight.” A rare perfect storm of a film, “The Dark Knight” was not only the buzzword title with fans, but critics also heaped praise on the film. It has made $150 million more than its closest competitor this year. And “The Dark Knight” may have the ultimate respect of the film community next year, if Heath Ledger gets a much anticipated Oscar nomination for his role as The Joker.
“Iron Man” and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” were the only other films to break through the $300 million threshold this summer.
Will Smith had a predictable success with the action film “Hancock.” It seems like putting Will in a summer action film is akin to printing money.
Probably one of the biggest summer surprises has to be “Kung Fu Panda.” Sure we all expected the Disney/Pixar release of “WALL-E” to be big, but “Kung Fu Panda” is very close in box office dollars.
Now, as we put the summer behind us, what will I most remember?
“The Dark Knight” blowing me away.
“Indiana Jones” taking another journey.
An Adam Sandler movie I just didn’t care for. (“You Don’t Mess With the Zohan.”)
“Tropic Thunder” and all the controversy and laughs that came as a result of it.
A return to the stoner comedy with “Pineapple Express.”
The perfect start to the summer with “Iron Man.”
The absence of dialogue in “WALL-E.”
Pierce Brosnan singing in “Mamma Mia!”
Being surprised by “Wanted.”
The lines of women at “Sex and the City.”
Overall, this was a good summer -- a summer of box office winners and critical favorites.
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