I gotta say; I’m not BOWLED OVER by this summer’s releases. Two things are
missing from the menu in my useless opinion; 1- More horror movies. Other
than the THE STRANGERS, we aren’t getting much loving in that department. 2- At least one
straight forward, take no prisoners, testosterone fueled action flick. What
happened to those? They used to own the summer season eons ago.
With that said, I
still managed to find 9 films (IRON MAN aside, it already opened) that I’m
pumped for this summer and here they are in order. Share your own MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER MOVIES
with us below!
1- INDIANA JONES AND THE
KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
WHY: Cause Indiana Jones is a fav of mine! Love the movies, the
many video game incarnations (arcade Temple of Doom rocks) and I even own the hat. I
really can’t think of a better time at the movies than an Indiana Jones
flick, coupled with a tub of Popcorn. Adventure, mystery, action, eye popping stunts, dames, laughs and
Harrison Ford being the bad ass that he is. Can’t wait!
2- THE DARK KNIGHT
WHY: BATMAN BEGINS owned hard and if I go by the
trailer, TDK won’t disappoint on its end either. Am always up for a grounded
and mature interpretation of a comic book hero and thus far Nolan’s take on
Batman is numero uno in my book in that regards,
3- THE X- FILES I WANT
TO BELIEVE
“Bootleg trailer… only thing available.”
WHY: X-Files WAS my life at a certain point in
time. Every weekend I’d go to Joblo’s place, we’d fix up some nachos and watch
the show …religiously. Twas simpler times, before I was forced to
“grow up” (which sucks BTW). I’m proud to say that I stayed with the show
till the end, yup even the underrated Doggett era. I’m pretty stoked to
see my two fav FBI Agents (right after Agent Dale Cooper that is) once more
grab the truth by the balls and put it out there. Bring it!
4- THE STRANGERS
WHY: This is an easy one. Cause both trailers that I’ve seen for this
bitter pill creeped the hell…and I mean THE HELL out of me. This looks like it could be an uber frightening
flick- and I’m always up for uber frightening – ex stalkerific flings aside of course.
5-
WANTED
WHY: It’s from the visual genius (Timur
Bekmambetov that is) that gave us the gorgeous NIGHT WATCH and it sports
hot cars (You see what Timur could do with a car scene in DAYWATCH? I expect
nothing less here), striking cinematography and hot pants Angelina Jolie shooting lots
of guns. Any questions?
6–
MIRRORS
“No trailer for this sucka just yet.”
WHY: Cause it’s from French madman Alexandre Aja
who gave us two top notch horror films (High Tension and The Hills Have Eyes
remake) and who owes me another gem after the blander than Paris Hilton in
the sack P2 (which he wrote).
7- THE INCREDIBLE HULK
WHY: Cause I wanna see the Hulk smash shit up
and with Louis Letterier behind the lens (who proved that he can helm action
with The Transporter 2), I’m sure I’ll get lots of that jive. On top of that star
Edward Norton (who did great things with American History X) had a hand in
the screenplay and Abomination is played by the great Tim Roth. Call me
happy!
8- THE HAPPENING
WHY: Because M Nigh Shyamalan was on a roll for a while there in
terms of putting out superior genre efforts,. From The 6Th Sense up to Signs, I was a
happy mofo. My gut tells me this puppy will reboot his “superior efforts”
movie streak. If only Mark Walberg wasn’t the lead (don’t buy him as a
professor), if only.
9- HELLBOY II
WHY: Cause the first one was a hoot, Ron
Pearlman rocks it out of the park in the title role, Selma Blair won’t return my calls
(good move girl) and Guillermo del Toro is
the definition of a true filmmaker. I’m there!
Something I’d like to see this summer that I
won’t:
REAL ACTION like this clip! Summer of 93 baby!
BRING ON SUMMER!