Good Things Come in Threes...Right?

It seems, like the music industry, that the movie industry is running out of new ideas. Solution? Milk every existing franchise to hope for succcess.
Luckily it seems to be paying off as there are a handfull of actual good follow up movies, with just a few bad ones thrown in for balance.
Shrek the Third - A lame attempt entertainment wise, but Shrek fans and kids alike will eat it up. All in all: better than the second, not as good as the first. [C]
Oceans 13 - It by far surpasses Oceans 12, and just falls behind Oceans 11. Thankfully though, it's a good sequel. All in All: [A]
Spiderman 3 - Since when did a comic based action movie turn into a romantic comedy? Gross. All in All: [C-]
Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End - I love long action packed movies, which Pirates certainly was, however it was a bit confusing, and there were a few cliches thrown in aswell. All in All: Better than the second, not as good as the first. [B+]

Now that the "threequels" have been rated, onto the sequels.

28 Weeks Later - Although it had liberal amounts of gore, and a somewhat predictable plot, 28 Weeks still delivers and is just about as good as 28 Days Later. All in All: [B+}
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Haven't seen it, the name sounds kinda gay though, if that helps.. Rotton Tomatoes says its rotton, so there.
Knocked Up - You mightas well classify it as the sequel to The 40 Year Old Virgin, anyway, it's a bit of a chick flick, but its a nice date movie. All in All: [B-]

So it seems as though movie sequels and threequels have worked for the most part this summer, movie execs can breathe a bit easier. But it's still kinda boring though, right? I mean yeah there were a few good movies, and I even looked forward to a few of them. But it still would have been good to have some fresh ideas and faces on the big screen this summer. Oh well, maybe The Simpsons Movie will fill the void..
Speaking of which I'm kinda excited about, I hope it will actually boost the show, and not drag it down like so many other TV movies have done to other shows.


Quick Side Notes:

-The European Union finally agreed on some stuff today. Whatever, you mightas well just let them get on with thier evil empire.
-I have a feeling something really big happened in Big Brother today, but I won't find out for two weeks since its gonna be a while until my friend ships DVDs over! So basically, I'm no help on analyzing Big Brother for you today.
-Lindsey Lohan cancels her 21st birthday party - turns out they really don't let booze and drugs in rehab. darn.
-Fergie's "The Dutchess" has now sold over 2 million copies. How could the album that bore "Fergalicious" sell that much? Anyway, heres hoping that the Black Eyed Peas release an album soon!

So for now, all 4 of you that read this, thats all thats swimming in the Social Fishbowl.