The summer of 2019 has now fully come to an end, but retrospectively the summer was a great one for entertainment, especially movies. Many motion pictures were released this summer and more than half of them have already been forgotten. The trailers may have caught your eye, but most of the movies themselves clearly did not. Looking back on the movies of this summer may seem useless, but soon all those movies will be on Netflix or On Demand.
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Lover: A Nightmare Dressed Like a Daydream
The first two singles released for the album had all the whim and excitement that one would expect from a Disney Channel Original movie--the songs were lyrically shallow and sounded ditzy and obnoxious. Most importantly, what was lacking was the vulnerable authenticity that Swift has become known for. “ME!” and “You Need to Calm Down” in particular lacked this quality. While there seemed to be a major disconnect with these singles, they are no indicator of the well-executed pieces featured in “Lover.”
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This Ain’t It
It (2017) takes place in the small town of Derry, Maine where a shape-shifting, killer clown named Pennywise feeds on the town’s residents every 27 years. To stop Pennywise’s feeding frenzy, seven kids join together and create the Loser’s Club, a group of social outcasts who are determined to put an end to the maniacal creature. It: Chapter Two revisits the town of Derry, 27 years after the Loser’s Club supposedly defeated the infamous Pennywise, where the members of the Loser’s Club are now adults with professional careers and lifestyles. After a series of grisly murders announces the return of the monstrous clown, the Loser’s Club must revisit to their…
