Things I’m looking forward to in this summer’s movie queue:
- Iron Man (5/2): Okay, that’s not really summer yet, but it counts. Looks like great fun (Peter David says it is.)
- Speed Racer (5/9): I don’t care. I want to see it.
- Prince Caspian (5/16): One to go see with Kitten? Maybe so, since I saw the first one with her.
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (5/22): Oh, yeah.
- Kung Fu Panda (6/6): I’m not sure I want to see this, but I suspect I will have little choice.
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (7/11): Woot! Hellboy! Woot!
Maybes:
- Incredible Hulk (6/13): Have never seen the whole of the first Ang Lee flick, but what I saw didn’t wow me. This one is, supposedly, maybe, sorta better.
- Get Smart (6/20): I think Steve Carell can pull the Don Adams role off. The question is — will it be any good? Might wait on word of mouth for this one.
- WALL-E (6/27): I suspect I will have no choice on this one, either, and it should be Pixariffic goodness — I just get a weird vibe about it.
- Wanted (6/27): I found the Mark Millar comic tale train-wreck fascinating but ultimately nihilistic and unsatisfying. I have little doubt it will be toned down for the big screen, and it’s an interesting enough idea that I’m curious as to what they do with it.
- Hancock (7/2): Will Smith as a down-and-out superhero. Hmmmm.
- The Dark Knight (7/11): I am ashamed to say I haven’t yet seen the first of the new Batman movies. So I’m not sure I’ll see this one any time soon.
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon King (8/1): For a franchise from a movie that I consider one of my all-time faves, I’ve been increasingly disappointed with each installment — and this going back to the well again doesn’t strike me as a promising idea.
Now, how the heck I’m going to see these things when we average about, oh, three movies a year, is beyond me …
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Iron Man: I think I may take a Half-day vacation tomorrow.
Go Speed Racer!
Prince of Caspian: Pass…..
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Oh, yeah…
Kung Fu Panda: Kung Fu whatta? PvP?
Hellboy II: The Golden Army: Oh yeah…
Incredible Hulk: Didn’t see the last one…no interest to see this one.
Get Smart: Could be meat, could be cake…
WALL-E: Not even heard of it.
Wanted: Not even heard of it.
Hancock: Will Smith? Epic Fail.
The Dark Knight: Didn’t see the last one…no interest to see this one.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon King: The second one was so horrible, and the cartoon series killed any interest I had left in it.
Ahhh….
Wanted, the trailer looked horrible when I saw it in the megaplex. I may have even reviewed its horribleness.
Wall-E. Looks Cute.
Kung Fu Panda. Yeah, Just have no idea why you may end up seeing this, no idea at all. ;P
I will loan you the Wanted TPB if you like, BD. You will either be tickled or appalled, or possibly both.
I’m soooooooooooooo totally geeked out over Iron Man. Once we get the floor laid in the bedroom this weekend I WILL be going to see this!
And Hellboy is just awesome in general.
I’m willing to give the new Hulk movie a while because Ed Norton is amazing!
I think I’ll be taking my 10 year old to see the new Indy flick, that should be good, campy fun!
Dark Knight is a DO NOT MISS event. Really, plan on it now.
Hancock’s first trailer DID look like an epic fail, but the latest version, and buzz I’ve seen floating around make this seem like a better movie than I was expecting, so don’t completely write it off yet.
Of course, I loved Mystery Men, so I may not be the best sritic to listen to . . .
1. Iron Man (5/2): Seeing this Sunday…hope it lives up to the hype
2. Speed Racer (5/9): I’m seeing this…not holding out hope.
3. Prince Caspian (5/16): Saw the first one, liked it more than I thought I would…still not sure I care..
4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (5/22): I’m there, midnight showing anyone?
5. Kung Fu Panda (6/6): Jack Black…in a kids movie….wrong on so many levels.
6. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (7/11): Woo hoo!!!
Maybes:
1. Incredible Hulk (6/13): Hated the first one, I’d rather chew aluminum foil
2. Get Smart (6/20): I love Carell…This will be brilliant or suck
3. WALL-E (6/27): It’s Pixar how bad can it be.
4. Wanted (6/27): Never heard of it.
5. Hancock (7/2): I think this looks good, but I don’t hate Smith as much as BD does.
6. The Dark Knight (7/11): Another movie I liked the first one more than I planned. It’ll be a catch on DVD title.
7. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon King (8/1): This looks promising. I love Maria Bello and hope she fills in well as Evie. It has Jet Li, that’s also promising.
Only the return of Indy has made it so that 100-percent of my excitement this summer isn’t about The Dark Knight. Batman Begins made forget the earlier Batman movies ever existed (not that I hadn’t already tried scrubbing the last two out of my brain with a wire brush anyway).
Only the return of Indy has made it so that 100-percent of my excitement this summer isn’t about The Dark Knight. Batman Begins made forget the earlier Batman movies ever existed (not that I hadn’t already tried scrubbing the last two out of my brain with a wire brush anyway).
We saw a trailer for Hulk at IM yesterday — and I have to say, it looked pretty good …
Dark Night — didn’t feel tremendous excitement. The art direction for Joker was an interesting direction (very different from the Nicholson version), but the rest just didn’t seem compelling.
The trailer for Hamlet 2 looked bizarrely amusing.
The extended theater trailer for Speed Racer was: “It’s like the Matrix, only in technicolor, and with cars instead of metaphysics.” It looks like it will be just amusing to *watch*, regardless of whether it’s as stooopid as it’s likely to be.