May 4th is a momentous day. It is a day I’ve eagerly awaited since the beginning of this year. It is a day of great hope and expectation. It is the opening day of Spider Man 3, which ushers in the most wonderful time of the year: Summer Movie Season!
No longer will our viewing choices be limited to trite romantic comedies that studios waited two years to release, cheap slasher flicks, and films involving time travel and Sandra Bullock. For the next four months, movie theatres will be filled with new multimillion dollar epics, smart indies, and brilliant sleeper hits every weekend! I can already taste the popcorn.
With eleven major sequels (Spiderman 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Shrek the Third, Twenty Eight Weeks Later, Ocean’s Thirteen, Live Free or Die Hard, Evan Almighty, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Rush Hour 3) plus a host of other long anticipated movies (including Transformers and The Simpsons Movie), some say that this may be the biggest summer in movie history! That may be a bit of a stretch, but then again – THE SIMPSONS MOVIE.
Here are the five movies I'm looking foward to the most. Happy viewing!
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – Opens May 25th
When I was a little kid, I dreamed of being kidnapped by pirates and I still love a good pirate yarn. I thought the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie was fantastic, I loathed last summer’s sequel, and I’m hoping that this final installment will redeem the trilogy (just like Revenge of the Sith totally redeemed the Star Wars prequels . . . oh, wait.) I think the inspired casting of Keith Richards as Jack Sparrow’s father is a good sign.
Ocean’s 13 – Opens June 8th
This series isn’t so much about plot and dialogue as it is watching cool kids get paid millions to goof off in exotic locations. But when the cool kids are George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Carl Reiner, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, and Al Pacino and they’re directed by Steven Soderbergh, I’ll pay nine bucks to see it.
The Simpsons Movie – Opens July 27th
Let’s just say that my expectations for this movie are very high. If they are not met, it could make for a very long and sad rest of the summer.
The Bourne Ultimatum – Opens August 3rd
Unlike your typical bullet proof action hero, I always felt that Jason Bourne was a vulnerable kid who could actually get hurt, which made me root for him all the more. I’m hoping that this film is as good as the first two.
Becoming Jane – Opens August 3rd
1. It’s about a young Jane Austen.
2. It stars Anne Hathaway.
3. There will be lots of beautiful clothes.
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Jason and I went and saw the midnight showing of Spider-man last night. Wonderful. And they had trailers for all those movies. Suffice it to say, even the trailers were getting applause.
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