Now ends the summer movie season of our discontent _ and the quality of the content was the problem.
We won't know how the 2019 summer box office fared until after Labor Day, generally considered the season's end. There have been some major hits, including Sony-Marvel's crowd-pleasing "Spider-Man: Far From Home" and Paramount's Elton John biopic "Rocketman." Nevertheless, there's a nagging sense of dissatisfaction. "Godzilla: King of the Monsters," for instance, racked up $385 million worldwide, but nobody could deny the movie was a mammoth-sized turkey. Meanwhile, one release after another simply tanked, from the sci-fi spin-off "Men in Black: International" to the Melissa McCarthy crime drama "The Kitchen." The sense of summer fatigue is palpable.
Still, there were bright spots and brave experiments, even if many of them struggled to break through the sequel-driven noise. Here's a look back at the good, the bad and the ugly of this summer.
