Unlike last summer, there have been very few movies this summer that I’ve been interested in seeing. (With the notable exceptions of X-Men 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean, both of which I found… okay.)

So how come when there is finally a movie I want to see, it’s not showing in Morgantown?

We still haven’t decided about “A Scanner Darkly” but that is already at the Warner, which is not the best place to watch a movie.

I’m still undecided about “Invincible”. Not only am I not sure I can sit through two(?) hours of seventies hair and clothing (shudder) but I’d have to find someone to go with, because I really can’t see Michael being at all interested in a football movie.

And we’ll just have to see if “Fearless” is an option. I’d think it would be, but then I thought the same about “The Illusionist”.

ADDENDUM the First:
Let me clarify a bit why I’m frustrated. We now have three theaters. One small, old, three screen theater, and two mega-plexes, each with 12 screens (at least I think it’s 12).

BOTH of the mega-plexes are showing:
“Accepted”
“Barnyard”
“Material Girls”
“Pulse”
“Snakes on a Plane” (two screens in each theater)
“Step Up”
“Talladega Nights” (two screens in one theater)
“The Descent”
“World Trade Center”
“Zoom”

So there is complete overlap on ten screens (eleven if you count Snakes on a Place twice)

No one is showing “Little Miss Sunshine”, “Factotum”, or “The Illusionist”–all three of which are positively rated on Rotten Tomatoes, while “Step Up”, “Barnyard”, “Material Girls”, and “Pulse” all are rated under 25%.

And that’s why I’m bitter.