Summer Movie Preview
 

This isn't an all encompassing discussion thread when these movies release more like a checklist for when the cool movies come out.

For the purposes of this thread and generally the rule of thumb. The summer movie season starts first week of May and goes till early Sept. I shall cut it off in Aug.

Won't embed movies because some people seem to have slower browsers due to it.

Week of May 2nd
Iron Man
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vhgzIM-9lfA

Week of May 9th
Speed Racer
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8aLwVYmcBg8

Week of May 16th
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VqzYukVDqy4

Week of May 23rd
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2BgyhHBoz50

Week of May 30th
Sex and the City (Not for most people here but sure a great gf/wife movie)

Week of June 6th
Nothing of note.

Week of June 13th
The Incredible Hulk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ia3uPDuojmU

Week of June 20th
Get Smart
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w2O5n3qouIo

Love Guru
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WPz5e9TvYIs

Week of June 27th
WALL•E
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fCcCZOSAtxA

Week of July 4th
Hancock
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rZQQgvhn4jg

Week pf July 11th
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uezDz6r9q_k

Week of July 18th aka THE GOLDEN WEEK
The Dark Knight
(Space Reserved for the brand new trailer which should hit in about 2 weeks)

Week of July 25th
The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Week of August 1st
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
No Trailer yet

Week of August 8th
Pineapple Express
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AZ07JO-SaBc

Week of August 15th
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Week pf August 22nd
Nothing of Note

Week of August 29th
Nothing of Note

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Man there are a lot of great movies coming out this Summer. I'm personally looking forward to Iron Man, Chronicles of Narnia (hope this one's better than the last, but I'll still go), Indiana Jones, Get Smart, WALL•E, The Dark Knight, and X-Files.

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I wonder how Stan Lee is going to be in Iron Man...

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Hmm. Honestly, I'm not that excited about a lot of them.

I will DEFINITELY see:
The Dark Knight.

I will PROBABLY see:
WALL•E
Indiana Jones

I will AVOID:
The Incredible Hulk. (Honestly, I though the first one was decent enough and I don't want to see it fucked up.)
Prince of Caspian (Yawn.)
Pineapple Express (I loved Superbad but Drillbit Taylor left a really bad taste in my mouth and I really don't like the premise here.)

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Edward Norton doesnt seem like an ideal Dr.Banner. Anyone else think this?

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Exactly. And there's absolutely NO reason to not have Jennifer Connelly again. She's flipping hot.

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Well, the good reason is that this has nothing to do with the first. so it would make no sense to cast the same people in any role.

As for Edward Norton, I think it is an inspired choice really. We shall see how it goes.

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I concur 100%, although I think I'll definitely see Wall-E. It looks so good.

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Honestly the only thing im interested in right now is Indiana Jones 4. That could change.

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Are you saying you don't want to see The Dark Knight?

I wish I had banning powers right now!

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Dark Knight is a definite...Wall-E and Get Smart are maybes...Not all that exciting really...Never seen an Indiana Jones before, so I don't want to jump straight to number 4...

I'll check the independent theaters, maybe something decent will come of that.

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Definately want to see Dark Knight.


Hopefully going to see Iron Man next weekend.

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Wow... I don't remember seeing a single "Summer Blockbuster" last year...
I see at least 3 on that list that I just might have to go and see...

Dark Knight, X-Files, maybe Indiana Jones, and maaaaaaaybe Get Smart... I'm a Steve Carell fan, but if it gets terrible reviews (such as say, Bewitched, which he was also in) I may just have to skip it...

Good times...

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Sorry Penguin, I didnt like Batman Begins very much. I felt it was overrated. The Dark Night dosent really interest me.

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X-Files is going to be so cool. And I'm still holding out for a Spider-Man 4!

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I wish I could ban for bad taste. :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1hsKYtez4w
New Hancock Trailer

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I'm looking forward to Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. is the man, and even if the script sucks I'm sure he'll deliver. Plus Iron Man is fucking awesome, Marvel >>>>>> anything else.

Indiana Jones is going to ruin the original movies, I just get that feeling. Raiders of the Lost Ark will always be a classic, so it doesn't really matter. I'm still going to see Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Hellboy II looks amazing! Directed by Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrnth), I have really high hopes. Also, the first Hellboy is easily one of the best comic book movies to come out....maybe the best, the only contender is Sin City.

I didn't like the first Hulk movie so hopefully they don't botch the new one, but I have low hopes.


Now, for the Dark Knight, I have insanely high hopes. It will be nice to get Batman back on track. I really enjoyed Batman Begins, because it was an undeniably awesome _action movie_, but I don't know if it was a flawless Batman movie. The final fight sequence wasn't that great, and the movie was overlong. It was also trying to pass off some moral bullshit, and there was way to much pseudo-preachy crap at the beginning. I mean, Batman is a comic character after all. I personally thought the art style in Batman Forever was pretty good, despite the terrible story and acting. And thus far, NO ONE has captured the spirit of the Tim Burton films. These are comic book movies after all, a little campiness never hurt and everything doesn't have to be super realistic. I also think that this mindset is what hindered Casino Royale from feeling like a true Bond film. Right now there’s this trend to avoid campiness and art style and focus more on realism and drama in Hollywood. Batman shouldn’t be a drama and neither should Bond. That is one reason why Hellboy was such a good film, it was campy and had great art style

And if anyone says that Daniel Craig is the closest to Fleming’s Bond as Hollywood has gotten, I don’t really care. Cinema Bond is not Fleming’s Bond, he’s a different, much more entertaining, character.

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We meet again Mr. Gremlin let's see if this goes better than our Wii discussion.
;)

I am with you. I think Robert Downey Jr is the role is such an inspired choice and I really REALLY want to see this movie.

Though, gonna disagree with you on the Marvel front. DC for lyfe. :D

I am lukewarm on this movie. I think older franchises should remain dormant but I was impressed by Rocky Balboa but bored by Rambo so we shall see.

The first Hellboy is a weird movie. I love it greatly, but I can't bring myself to watch it a second time. I really don't know why.
As for greatest superhero movie, REALLY?

Agree

Agree.

Agree

Somewhat agree. I agree with everything except the pseudo preachy part. I mean the moral is kind of what has driven the character for the last 60 + years.

Hmm I like some of the look of Forever. I thought it went a little TOO neon crazy. And I actually think it is a decent flick that gets a bad rep.

This is iffy. I enjoy Burton movies but not so much the spirit or the style even though Returns remains my favorite Batman movie. He based his Batman on the Batman comic I think is the most overrated....


I kind of agree. What really bought this to my attention is when people start to bring up Batman villians like Clayface or Killer Croc and they say it doesn't fit into Nolan's universe. I enjoy Nolan's universe but this is Batman's world. If core characters don't fit into the series than there is a problem with the series.
I don't want it to be overall campy though because Batman does tend to take himself serious. I think the camp should come in the Bruce Wayne scene and I thought it did in Begins such as when he buys the club or pretends to be drunk.

I live Casino Royale but I can so see your point.
Bond is about the gadgets, the bad puns and the great action pieces.
Casino Royale had one of those, it just did it REALLY well. And made Bond a badass. I think some of the movies especially the Moore era neglected that part.


Yeah at this point the Bond in the movies is THE BOND. They are based on the books but the movies are so much larger than the books could ever dream to be.

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WALL*E will be amazing.

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I don't know if it's the greatest, but it's one of my favorites. The actors in the film seem like they are having fun, and they seem very natural in their rolls. I'm also a sucker for the Nazi-supernatural stuff, anything with World War II and the supernatural gets my approval. Personally, I think it is just a really fun movie. Maybe not the greatest comic book film, but definitely one of the better comic to film adaptations.

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Not that I need much more reason to anticipate this movie but...

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If the side of a building really does become etched in flames with Batman's emblem in the movie, I'll swallow anything of your choosing.

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Oooh, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Donnie Darko's cute sister.

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do you REALLY want to stand by that comment?

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I'm pretty certain Chris Nolan would never allow something so cheesy to happen in his movie. Even if its just artwork for the poster, I think an explanation should still be offered to the public. I really doubt Joker would do something like that.

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Pretty interesting trailer comparison here...Will the whole movie be re-made shot for shot?

http://www.filmdrunk.com/post.phtml?pk=1633

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according to the article below it, it seems that they copied the trailer (or so these guys propose) for the purpose of trying to recreate the hype that the first batman movie did. All the same as good as this movie looks (and it DOES look good), I can't help but feel that Jack NIcholson was the perfect joker, and I have reservations about picturing Heath Ledger as that particular villain. As much as I enjoyed Tommy Lee Jones as two face, Aaron Eckhart is one of my favourite actors and I have high hopes for his role as Harvey Dent. I wonder if his villainous alter ego will make an appearance in this chapter.

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So, it was just fan-made. But cool nonetheless. Here's the link to the real original trailer.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...Nor2rQKemLXlBA

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It seems im the only one who is seriously wanting to see hancock, super strenght, flight, invulnerability? and this one's not a boy scout? shit im all over that.

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no zen, you're not,, I saw the trailer last night....looks damn good

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Hancock is definitely in my "to see" list.

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Ill see Hancock. Looks funny as hell.

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I've been rading a lot of negative buzz about Hancock online, but the trailer does look quite good.

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hellboy is EASILY the best 'superhero' movie. theres been other good ones.. but none as great as hellboy.

so your 'golden week' is one week late. the real golden week lies with the golden army!


hopfully the new batman is better than the last. not that the last one was bad. it was pretty good. (original batman movie was still better)




but interesting list if your an action fan i guess.

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Has anyone seen the preview for Tropic Thunder? This movie looks like it's going to be hilarious.

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I want to see it as well.
Hell, its like a movie version of that website Superdickery.

I really don't see Hellboy as being the best superhero movie but that is me personally.

As for action movies, yeah I tend to lead that way. If there are other movies coming out be kind and list em I'll add them.


This movie does indeed look awesome. But isn't it in like Sept or something?

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Not the best quality in the world.
But should tide you over until Sunday when it shall be released in its hi def glory.
And seeable.

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Anyone else think that the front tire is too big on that bike?

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Men with big tires or vehicles are often trying to compensate for something else lacking in size in their lives. Short stature or maybe a small 'package'. Read the subtext as you will.