Summer Movies
Originally written on May 30, 2006
I love summer. The warm weather. The cookouts. There is only one thing that will make me stay indoors for a chunk of time. New movies. I love summer movie season. While the Oscar-worthy, artsy flicks that I like to watch occur during the holiday season, summer flicks are the ones that are the most fun. Join me, as I look into some of the movies I plan on viewing this summer.
The Da Vinci Code
Saw it. Read the book. It'll save you over two hours of watching Tom Hanks and Ian McClellan desperately trying to shove good acting into a terribly written movie. And no, it won't change Catholicism as we know it.
X-men: The Last Stand
I saw it. It's pretty good, but it should have been better. Also, the way it ended and the disappointing response to it tells me that there will be an X4, but it'll be a long time before it'll be considered. Who do I blame for the disappointment? Two words. Damn Superman!
Superman Returns
Yeah, I'm going to watch it, but it'll have to live up to the hype. First it stole one of the main actors from X3, thus making his role in that movie shorter than it should have been. Second, it stole the director of the first two X-men flicks. So I'm already prejudiced against it. Also, I'm pissed at the fact that this movie isn't a restart to the Superman franchise like Batman Begins was to the Batman franchise.
This movie is telling us to forget Superman 3 and 4 from the original Christopher Reeve series and that this is the real sequel to Superman 2. First of all, while the Christopher Reeve series was classic, the last Supes movie was over 20 years ago! So they have already alienated people that have never seen Supes 1 and 2.
Also, I feel bad for Brandon Routh. Who? Exactly. The man is a virtual unknown, which is good since the Superman character could have been freshened up. However, I'm afraid that because this is the new Superman 3, Routh will be forced to play Christopher Reeve as Superman as opposed to playing Superman. Christopher Reeve is and was Superman, but it's time to move on. Batman Begins would have sucked if they asked Christian Bale to look and act like Michael Keaton as Batman. I'm just watching this flick due to the hype and because I think Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor is the best casting decision ever.
Cars
It's Pixar. They haven't made a bad movie yet. Why should that change?
Nacho Libre
Jack Black + Lucha Libre + director of Napoleon Dynamite = I can't possibly be disappointed.
Clerks 2
A sequel for a movie that's over 10 years old. Probably suck, but I'm a sheep who'll follow Kevin Smith into a mud pit filled with alligators that have knives for blood.
Snakes on a Plane
The only movie that is a cult classic before the official trailers have been released. The title explains it all. Samuel L. Jackson signed on to do the movie after seeing the title alone. Check this out. There is this plane right? And then, someone unleashes a crapload of snakes into it. That's the movie. This movie is also the first flick to go way out of it's way to actually add profanity and violence in post production! It'll be terrible, but it'll be fantas-terrible!
So enjoy the weather and if you need A/C, check out your local theater.
I love summer. The warm weather. The cookouts. There is only one thing that will make me stay indoors for a chunk of time. New movies. I love summer movie season. While the Oscar-worthy, artsy flicks that I like to watch occur during the holiday season, summer flicks are the ones that are the most fun. Join me, as I look into some of the movies I plan on viewing this summer.
The Da Vinci Code
Saw it. Read the book. It'll save you over two hours of watching Tom Hanks and Ian McClellan desperately trying to shove good acting into a terribly written movie. And no, it won't change Catholicism as we know it.
X-men: The Last Stand
I saw it. It's pretty good, but it should have been better. Also, the way it ended and the disappointing response to it tells me that there will be an X4, but it'll be a long time before it'll be considered. Who do I blame for the disappointment? Two words. Damn Superman!
Superman Returns
Yeah, I'm going to watch it, but it'll have to live up to the hype. First it stole one of the main actors from X3, thus making his role in that movie shorter than it should have been. Second, it stole the director of the first two X-men flicks. So I'm already prejudiced against it. Also, I'm pissed at the fact that this movie isn't a restart to the Superman franchise like Batman Begins was to the Batman franchise.
This movie is telling us to forget Superman 3 and 4 from the original Christopher Reeve series and that this is the real sequel to Superman 2. First of all, while the Christopher Reeve series was classic, the last Supes movie was over 20 years ago! So they have already alienated people that have never seen Supes 1 and 2.
Also, I feel bad for Brandon Routh. Who? Exactly. The man is a virtual unknown, which is good since the Superman character could have been freshened up. However, I'm afraid that because this is the new Superman 3, Routh will be forced to play Christopher Reeve as Superman as opposed to playing Superman. Christopher Reeve is and was Superman, but it's time to move on. Batman Begins would have sucked if they asked Christian Bale to look and act like Michael Keaton as Batman. I'm just watching this flick due to the hype and because I think Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor is the best casting decision ever.
Cars
It's Pixar. They haven't made a bad movie yet. Why should that change?
Nacho Libre
Jack Black + Lucha Libre + director of Napoleon Dynamite = I can't possibly be disappointed.
Clerks 2
A sequel for a movie that's over 10 years old. Probably suck, but I'm a sheep who'll follow Kevin Smith into a mud pit filled with alligators that have knives for blood.
Snakes on a Plane
The only movie that is a cult classic before the official trailers have been released. The title explains it all. Samuel L. Jackson signed on to do the movie after seeing the title alone. Check this out. There is this plane right? And then, someone unleashes a crapload of snakes into it. That's the movie. This movie is also the first flick to go way out of it's way to actually add profanity and violence in post production! It'll be terrible, but it'll be fantas-terrible!
So enjoy the weather and if you need A/C, check out your local theater.
posted by Erik Barnes @ 6:06 AM
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