It’s September folks. We made it through the jungle that is the summer movie season, full of overhyped blockbusters that both soared and toppled onto their audience-tested faces. Back in June I watched a stack of trailers and made a few bold predictions on what would be worth seeing. I think it’s time to go back to that and see how I did.

Do I bay in triumph or do I owe all of you an apology? Let’s see.

When I wrote that post, a few of the best movies of the summer had already been released: Mad Max Fury Road and Ex Machina. And I’d seen Me And Earl And The Dying Girl. I can’t take any credit for those.

Fury Road is the out-and-out king of the summer. When people think back on this season, that’s the one they’ll remember. It stands as a testament to imagination and spirit at a time of impotent action extravaganzas, and hopefully we’ll see more of its like going forward.

But I was right on the money with The Uninspired: Though its huge box office suggests many disagree, I thought Jurassic World was a big waste of time, one of the season’s most pointless films. I liked Terminator Genisys a little more, but it was still a mishandled franchise entry. Those trailers didn’t lie.

As for Ted 2? It came and went so quickly I didn’t even get a chance to see it. To be honest, I didn’t make a big effort to see it.

I categorized  Entourage, Spy, Self/Less, Ant-Man, Fantastic Four , Pixels, Irrational Man, Southpaw, and The Man From UNCLE as Middling prospects in the summer movie season. It turned out Spy and The Man From UNCLE both stepped up as above-average efforts, while Southpaw, Pixels, and Fantastic Four were real disappointments. The rest were somewhere in the middle. None really shone, so I’m going to take a passing grade on these predictions.

The Outliers, or the movies (both indie and mainstream) I was genuinely excited to see, included Inside Out, Magic Mike XXL, Amy, Mr Holmes, Trainwreck, Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation, Ricky And The Flash, and, to a lesser degree, Diary Of A Teenage Girl, and Straight Outta Compton.

That last one is the only picture I have yet to catch up with, but many of these did impress: Inside Out, Magic Mike XXL, Diary Of A Teenage Girl, and Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation were among the best movies of the summer. Some may even find their way to my Top 10 of 2015 list.  Mr Holmes and Trainwreck offered solid entertainment and Amy was a moving documentary. Ricky And The Flash was just OK, maybe a bit disappointing given the quality of the creatives behind the camera, but, boy, La Streep doesn’t disappoint.

And, as usual, there were a few fun titles that showed up unexpectedly, like American Ultra, The Gift, What We Did On Our Holidays, and Love & Mercy, and even a few real gems, like The Clouds Of Sils Maria.

So there you have it. You might argue that any prediction I make about a movie trailer is self-perpetuating, but I’m willing to call it a hell of a lot better than the summer of 2014.

And for those who pay attention to such things from Hollywood, I think we’re starting to see some indication that the superhero bubble may be close to popping, and the ’80s nostalgia bubble may have really burst this time, if Pixels’ crash and burn is any indication. If you want to do it right you need to reinvent it, like George Miller did with Mad Max.

With the arrival of Testament of Youth, a deliberate and epic British period drama, the fall season has really begun. The Atlantic Film Festival will be upon is in just over two weeks, and I’m looking forward to posting my picks for the fest and digging into the best time of the year to be a Haligonian cinephile.

Here come a swath of quality films. See you at the movies.