Summer 08 movies to see

[Gan]

http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/movies/2008MoviesInTheaters.php

May:

Indiana Jones
Speed Racer (with the kiddo)
IronMan (check)
Chrnoicles of Narnia (forgot to add this one!!!)June:

Dont Mess With the Zohan
Incredible Hulk 2008
Get Smart
Love Guru
Wanted (maybe)
Religuous (Bill Maher)
The Happening (maybe)
Kung Fu Panda (with the kiddo)July:

Hancock
Hellboy 2
The Dark Knight (batman movie)August:

The Mummy (3rd sequel with Jet Li) (maybe)
Mongol
Bangkok Dangerous
Tropic Thunder (maybe)

[Kitsun]

You're a brave, brave man to keep Hulk on that list. The last atrocity ensures I will never pay to see Hulk on the big screen again. That and it feels like the trailer essentially had the entire movie spoiled already.

[Clove]

May:
Chronicles of Narnia
Indiana Jones
Speed Racer
IronMan (check)
June:
Incredible Hulk 2008
Get Smart
Love Guru
Religuous (Bill Maher) - NOT (fucking Canadians)
July:
Hellboy 2
The Dark Knight (the Joker dies)
August:
The Mummy (3rd sequel with Jet Li)

[Skeeter]

Not much worth getting excited about this year.

[Clove]

Not much worth getting excited about this year.Especially if you don't like movies.

[Allereli]

Did people really like the first Hellboy?

[Kitsun]

Did people really like the first Hellboy?

I thought the first Hellboy was mediocre, at best. The trailer for the second one, however, manages to look pretty damn cool. You can totally tell the visual style came from the guy who did Pan's Labyrinth. Hellboy certainly didn't scar me as badly as some other comic movies did.

[CrystalTears]

May:
Iron Man (check)
Speed Racer
Narnia, bitches... do you speak it?!
Indiana Jones

June:
Kung Fu Panda
Incredible Hulk (because Ed Norton will save it, AND Ang Lee isn't directing it... nuff said)
Get Smart
Wall-E (yes I love animation, leave me alone)

July:
Journey to the Center of the Earth (because it's 3D and I luvz it)
The Dark Knight
Hellboy 2 (I suppose)


Footloose remake? :wtf:

[Drew2]

Gan has horrible taste in movies. MAYBE on Wanted and he's going to see Hulk? Ugh.

Narnia.
Wanted.
Dark Knight.
End.


Already saw Ironman.

[Some Rogue]

Speed Racer looks like the biggest pile of crap ever.

[NocturnalRob]

Speed Racer looks like the biggest pile of crap ever.

qft. seriously, how can anyone possibly consider seeing that movie?

[Allereli]

My list:

Indiana Jones
Iron Man
Sex and the City
Wall-E (Rattatoille was awesome)
Dark Knight
The Hulk (Norton)
Star Wars: Clone Wars (if you can find the original series that aired before ep III came out, it's good, much better than I-III)
The Happening (just saw the cast)
Hancock
Tropic Thunder

I am considering Mama Mia for the cast, but I don't know if I can take the Abba music

[Some Rogue]

qft. seriously, how can anyone possibly consider seeing that movie?

I couldn't even sit through the trailer it was so bad.

[Skeeter]

May:

Indiana Jones - Yes Plz.
Speed Racer - This looks awful.
IronMan - Looks crappy I'll netflix it.
June:

Dont Mess With the Zohan - Not worth seeing at a theater.
Incredible Hulk 2008 - Can't be worse than the first one, but I'll still pass.
Get Smart - This looks like hot garbage.
Love Guru - No
Wanted - Jolie is hot but she can't act for shit. no thanks.
Religuous (Bill Maher) - God no.
The Happening - M. Night's schtick is way too played out. Pass.
July:

Hancock - This looks funny.
Hellboy 2 - The first one sucked.
The Dark Knight - This absolutely will be seen.
August:

The Mummy (3rd sequel with Jet Li) - I thought the scorpion king was the 3rd sequel. Pass.
Mongol - Never heard of it.
Bangkok Dangerous - Probably awful. Cage films are very hit or miss.
Tropic Thunder - This can't be any good. I'll netflix if I hear good things.

Sad offering this year IMO.

[CrystalTears]

Heh, Speed Racer looks fun and cheesy... just like the cartoon. :D

[Allereli]

the cartoon was awful. nothing fun about it

[Doughboy]

I'm mostly only interested in Indiana Jones...

I loved the other movies in the series...good stuff

[CrystalTears]

Okay well if you didn't like the cartoon, no point in seeing the movie. I grew up watching Speed Racer, so I'd like to see it.

[Arkans]

Fuck Speed Racer.

Indiana Jones? Why? Harrison Ford is like 60 years old. What's Indiana Jones do, swing around on a walker?

Regardless, Dark Knight looks fucking awesome, I can't wait to see it.

I need to hear reviews about the Hulk, first. I love Edward Norton, so that might sway me.

Honestly, I'm looking forward until next year, for Termintor 4. Yay for Christian Bale being John Connor and double yay for it being finally set during the future conflict.

- Arkans

[Allereli]

Honestly, I'm looking forward until next year, for Termintor 4. Yay for Christian Bale being John Connor and double yay for it being finally set during the future conflict.

The biggest potential problem I see with the movie is that McG is directing. He's never done anything quality, and is a very poor man's Michael Bay, who also hasn't done much good.

[Keller]

Mongol will be the best movie out this summer. But I like that shit.

[Martaigne]

The Mummy (3rd sequel with Jet Li) - I thought the scorpion king was the 3rd sequel. Pass.

The Scorpion King was the second sequel. The Mummy Returns was the first. That makes this one the third sequel. The first one cannot be a sequel...

Definites:
Iron Man
Prince Caspian
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones

Maybes:
Speed Racer (Grew up with it but the movie looks iffy.)
Hellboy 2
Mongol

Waiting for DVD:
Wall-E (I LOVE Pixar flicks, sorry.)
Kung Fu Panda (Okay, maybe anything 3d animated?)

I'm not really a big theatre-movie person. Usually I'll go see decent action/adventure/scifi movies for the full effect, but the rest I wait for DVD releases.

[Latrinsorm]

That and it feels like the trailer essentially had the entire movie spoiled already.I heard Hulk gets pissed off and smashes shit. :D

I would want to see Prince Caspian a lot more if they dubbed Ricardo Montalban's voice for Prince Caspian.

[BigWorm]

qft. seriously, how can anyone possibly consider seeing that movie?

Are you new? It's pretty obvious that movie is marketed towards people who will be seeing it on serious hallucinogenic drugs.

[CrystalTears]

Kung Fu Panda (Okay, maybe anything 3d animated?)
It's not 3D that I'm aware of. I just loved the trailer with Jack Black voicing the panda.


I'm not really a big theatre-movie person. Usually I'll go see decent action/adventure/scifi movies for the full effect, but the rest I wait for DVD releases.
I'm a big movie person, however with the price of movie tickets, and having a great living room to watch movies in that I hate leaving as it is, we limit what we watch at the theater to what you mentioned.

[BigWorm]

The trailer for Wanted looked pretty lame, but it's the first American movie by the guy who did Night Watch, so I'll probably check it out unless it gets horrible reviews.

[AnticorRifling]

Tropic Thunder

[Martaigne]

It's not 3D that I'm aware of. I just loved the trailer with Jack Black voicing the panda.

Yes, yes it is. http://www.kungfupanda.com/ :D


I'm a big movie person, however with the price of movie tickets, and having a great living room to watch movies in that I hate leaving as it is, we limit what we watch at the theater to what you mentioned.

That's the truth... the prices of movies are what keep me away, because people will bring their squalling brats and cellphones and noisy candy wrappers... I can watch in the comfort of my own home on great seating, with a 50" screen and surround.

[Gan]

Gan has horrible taste in movies.
I know.. and I love it. :)



qft. seriously, how can anyone possibly consider seeing that movie?
Taking the kid to see that one.


Also edited the list to add Narnia (which I forgot about) and taking the kid to see kung fu panda.

[Skeeter]

The Scorpion King was the second sequel. The Mummy Returns was the first. That makes this one the third sequel. The first one cannot be a sequel...

valid point

[CrystalTears]

Yes, yes it is. http://www.kungfupanda.com/ :D
My bad, you're right. I misunderstood and thought you meant 3D as in 3-dimentional filming, as opposed to 3D animation which is what you meant. Sorry!

[CrystalTears]

I know.. and I love it. :)

Taking the kid to see that one.

Also edited the list to add Narnia (which I forgot about) and taking the kid to see kung fu panda.
People like Gan have kids just so that they can say "it's for my kid" therefore eliminating the need to publicly admit that they are interested in seeing it themselves. :tongue:

[Gan]

I heard Hulk gets pissed off and smashes shit. :D

I would want to see Prince Caspian a lot more if they dubbed Ricardo Montalban's voice for Prince Caspian.

Admit it. You're going to see Caspian because of all the fancy boots the guys will be wearing.

[Stunseed]

...................

Umm, does no one enjoy the awesomeness that is HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE THE BAY? Wow.

Also, Downey Jr. as a black man for Tropic Thunder is fucking hilarious.

[CrystalTears]

Harold and Kumar is Netflix/DVD fodder. They're hilarious, but not $10 movie ticket worthy.

[Martaigne]

My bad, you're right. I misunderstood and thought you meant 3D as in 3-dimentional filming, as opposed to 3D animation which is what you meant. Sorry!

I'll let you off easy this time. :love:

[Parkbandit]

Speed Racer looks like the biggest pile of crap ever.


Sheesh.. I was seeing that on all the lists and I have zero inclination to see it. For a moment, I thought I was the weird one.. but I knew that couldn't be.

[CrystalTears]

Or maybe you're just both weird.

[Clove]

Sheesh.. I was seeing that on all the lists and I have zero inclination to see it. For a moment, I thought I was the weird one.. but I knew that couldn't be.PB thinks he's not wierd because Some Rogue agrees with him!!!!

[AnticorRifling]

...................

Umm, does no one enjoy the awesomeness that is HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE THE BAY? Wow.

Also, Downey Jr. as a black man for Tropic Thunder is fucking hilarious.

Correct!

I watch the trailer daily.

[Gan]

Or maybe you're just both weird.


PB thinks he's not wierd because Some Rogue agrees with him!!!!

LOL

QFT

[Gan]

Sheesh.. I was seeing that on all the lists and I have zero inclination to see it. For a moment, I thought I was the weird one.. but I knew that couldn't be.

You're just still pissed because they nixed production on Cocoon 3.

[CrystalTears]

You're just still pissed because they nixed production on Cocoon 3.
:lol: OMG I fucking hate you. I just snort-laughed.

[Martaigne]

You're just still pissed because they nixed production on Cocoon 3.

There was a Cocoon 2?!?!

[Gan]

haha yea.

Cocoon
Cocoon: The Return

[Some Rogue]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/lrenzo2/SM1109.jpg

[Gan]

:lol: OMG I fucking hate you. I just snort-laughed.

:rofl:

:heart:

[Arkans]

The biggest potential problem I see with the movie is that McG is directing. He's never done anything quality, and is a very poor man's Michael Bay, who also hasn't done much good.


I have so much hope, though.

Guess who is going to get disappointed?

- Arkans

[CrystalTears]

The biggest potential problem I see with the movie is that McG is directing. He's never done anything quality, and is a very poor man's Michael Bay, who also hasn't done much good.
You're an alien or something. What the hell is wrong with Transformers and The Rock? And other than the love theme attached and/or Ben Affleck, Pearl Harbor wasn't half bad.

Transformers 2 is due out next year, just as an FYI.

[Allereli]

You're an alien or something. What the hell is wrong with Transformers and The Rock? And other than the love theme attached and/or Ben Affleck, Pearl Harbor wasn't half bad.

Transformers 2 is due out next year, just as an FYI.

I said Bay hasn't done much good, not any good. Pearl Harbor made me want to kill myself in the theater. Longest movie experience of my life, just slightly worse than the new Pink Panther. I did like Transformers and The Island. Armageddon was a piece of shit, too.

[Sean of the Thread]

Speed Racer looks like the biggest pile of crap ever.

Reminded me of those shitty 3D movies that came out with Stallone as the bad guy.

I hope it does good however. The wife was taking home $200-300 in tips a night for Ironman last week.

[Clove]

I hope it does good however. The wife was taking home $200-300 in tips a night for Ironman last week.We're not talking about THAT Ironman, Sean.

[Sean of the Thread]

That's a good idea... movies with a happy ending. Girl friend experience type joint. Full liquor/beer/wine/food.

Get the business plan rolling pronto.

Actually that could be the motto "Where every movie has a happy ending".

[Gan]

Actually that could be the motto "Where every movie has a happy ending".

Thats called PORN.

[Sean of the Thread]

OH ffs you just set off a Clyde alarm somewhere with that word.

[Gan]

You're an alien or something. What the hell is wrong with Transformers and The Rock? And other than the love theme attached and/or Ben Affleck, Pearl Harbor wasn't half bad.

Transformers 2 is due out next year, just as an FYI.

Transformers rocked.

The Rock rocked.

Armageddon rocked.

The Island rocked.

Pearl Harbor... ehhh. Some good scenes but wouldnt watch it more than once.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000881/

[Latrinsorm]

Admit it. You're going to see Caspian because of all the fancy boots the guys will be wearing.The stripey socks quotient for that movie is like 0. :thumbdown:

The Island is one of my favorite popcorn movies of the past 10 years, definitely.

[Skeeter]

Reminded me of those shitty 3D movies that came out with Stallone as the bad guy.

I hope it does good however. The wife was taking home $200-300 in tips a night for Ironman last week.

Am I supposed to tip at the movies? :confused:

[Gan]

The stripey socks quotient for that movie is like 0. :thumbdown: [/quote\
Boots I said... BOOTS

[quote]
The Island is one of my favorite popcorn movies of the past 10 years, definitely.

I like the island for many reasons.. Scarlett Johansen being one of them.

[Sean of the Thread]

Am I supposed to tip at the movies? :confused:

It's full liquor full menu movie theatre. You have a server. You eat you get drunk while watching the movie then you tip the server and pref not a penis tip.

[Allereli]

It's full liquor full menu movie theatre. You have a server.

nice. the arlington cinema and draft house does that, but the movies are all older and the theater itself is in pretty crappy shape

[Sean of the Thread]

nice. the arlington cinema and draft house does that, but the movies are all older and the theater itself is in pretty crappy shape

The theater is pretty crappy but new movies at lower prices ($6?). Table top seating but new sound system and shit so it ain't bad. Who gives a shit what the carpet looks like haha.

[landy]

Eh, I thought the Tropic Thunder preview from Iron Man looked outrageously fucking hilarious. When Ben Stiller is in the arctic "Did somebody leave the fridge open?"

[Allereli]

The theater is pretty crappy but new movies at lower prices ($6?). Table top seating but new sound system and shit so it ain't bad. Who gives a shit what the carpet looks like haha.

I don't care what the carpet looks like, but I do care of I walk out with crap stuck on the bottom of my shoes.

[Skeeter]

It's full liquor full menu movie theatre. You have a server. You eat you get drunk while watching the movie then you tip the server and pref not a penis tip.

That is the greatest thing Ive ever heard.

[Bobmuhthol]

Terminator 4 has Christian Bale? God fucking shit, I promised never to watch Terminator without Arnold, but Christian Bale is one of my favorite actors.

[Latrinsorm]

Boots I said... BOOTSBoots without stripey socks are like breasts without nipples: it just makes you go WTF.

[diethx]

Boots without stripey rainbow socks are like breasts without nipples: it just makes you go WTF.

Fixed.

[Laccon]

pineapple express! look that one up, looks pretty comical

[War Drums]

Don't forget to add, "At the Mountains of Madness" the FIRST big time Cthulhu flick. Coming to you at december.

[ViridianAsp]

Iron Man was great, I'm really looking forward to Indiana Jones, though.

[Kuyuk]

Wall-E is gonna RAWK

[Jenisi]

I cannot fucking *WAIT* for The Dark Knight... about damn time they portrayed the joker the way he should be portrayed (a psycho off his meds basically). It looks amazing!

[NocturnalRob]

nice. the arlington cinema and draft house does that, but the movies are all older and the theater itself is in pretty crappy shape

when i lived in ballston and had a day off from bartending, i would go to this theater. it is awesome, and the servers are super friendly.

[TheEschaton]

Saw Wanted last night, decent flick + Angelina's ass uncovered = mmmmmm. I had a hard time swallowing the premise though.

[NocturnalRob]

I had a hard time swallowing the premise though.

angelina doesn't. zing!

[Allereli]

Wall-E is getting great reviews, I might have to see it this weekend

[Nilandia]

I cannot fucking *WAIT* for The Dark Knight... about damn time they portrayed the joker the way he should be portrayed (a psycho off his meds basically). It looks amazing!
:yeahthat:

Definitely going to see that!

Gretchen

[Warriorbird]

Wanted was pretty quality. I would've preferred the original story but what they came up with wasn't too bad.

[Ashlander]

Yeah original story would've been sweet, but I don't see how they could have pulled it off what with some of the character names yet alone appearances.

[Skeeter]

I may go to the Dark Knight, unless it sucks as bad as everyone says Indy did. Then I'll pass till netflix.

[longshot]

Wanted was pretty quality. I would've preferred the original story but what they came up with wasn't too bad.

Wanted was easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

How the fuck could you like this piece of shit?

It was like they were in the Matrix... except they weren't. The story made no fucking sense. None. Zero. "We get our orders from a loom." You've got to be fucking kidding me.

As far as I'm concerned, this movie is a great litmus test to learn who is retarded. Liking this movie is like saying, "I like to watch the WWE on occasion."

I actually go and see movies that don't just have neat flashy things on the screen. Actual characters, a plot, and story structure matter to people that don't breath through their mouth.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[Warriorbird]

I watch way too many movies? It was much better than Hitman, for example.

If you're some obsessive movie elitist... why the hell did you watch it?

I liked the original story. I wish it could have been shot more faithfully. It wasn't the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen bad though.

Did you not watch a preview or read up on the movie at all before watching it?

[TheEschaton]

It was like they were in the Matrix... except they weren't. The story made no fucking sense. None. Zero. "We get our orders from a loom." You've got to be fucking kidding me.

That is the premise I had difficulty believing - who the fuck takes 'orders' from a loom? Why does no one question this? I'd be more likely to obey Morgan Freeman if he claimed he was the 2nd coming of Christ, IE not very fucking likely, than if he told me he was taking random samples of cloth, examining its random mechanical flaws, TRANSLATING IT INTO BINARY, and using that to produce names of people to kill. Did the ancient weavers who discovered this know about 8-bit binary? Couldn't anything with two flawed states then be the basis for the code? WTF?

Who believes 'fate' is guiding a loom to create some crazy code? Why wouldn't fate just tell you the name? Better yet, why wouldn't fate just kill the people itself?

[SolitareConfinement]

That is the premise I had difficulty believing

It's Hollywood, and not meant to really be "believed". Unless it happens to be a true story film. Hense films like the matrix and so on. It's just a rediculous story being told nothing more.

[TheEschaton]

I understand that, but as Simu might say about OOG names, it was so jarring that it disrupted the 'suspension of disbelief' we take into all fiction.

[Skeeter]

I got bitched at for the same argument with Transformers. No attacking heartfelt childhood icons I guess.

[Sean of the Thread]

Wanted was easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

How the fuck could you like this piece of shit?

It was like they were in the Matrix... except they weren't. The story made no fucking sense. None. Zero. "We get our orders from a loom." You've got to be fucking kidding me.

As far as I'm concerned, this movie is a great litmus test to learn who is retarded. Liking this movie is like saying, "I like to watch the WWE on occasion."

I actually go and see movies that don't just have neat flashy things on the screen. Actual characters, a plot, and story structure matter to people that don't breath through their mouth.

What the fuck is wrong with you?


Whilst I agree for the most part... I think WB works at a theatre. I goto every movie I can at my SO's work at the very least. I haven't paid for a movie in 5 years.

That being said my opinions of the movies are always screwed. 1) I didn't pay. 2) they are full liquor license..

At least I get to see movies that I'd never pay for in teh first place.

[Warriorbird]

I do indeed get to see pretty much everything for free. Even though I don't work at a theater any more I have a Screenwriter's Guild card to borrow from my grandpa's second wife. My sister also lets me into her college screenings a lot.

The explanation for the whole weaving concept worked a lot better before the movie got edited. It was going to be a "3 Fates" type thing in the early script I read. The assassins were going to be "killing for fate."

The comic reason why things are done is miles different. I wish they'd shot the comic story.

I came expecting a lot of ridiculous special effects, some violence, and a touch of the original story. It had that so it worked for me. I wouldn't say it was a "great movie" but I thought it was a fair degree better than "one of the worst movies ever made." When you screen some of the things that get put out these days your standards for "worst ever" get a lot lower.

[Clove]

I don't see Angelina Jolie movies for plot. Pretty much every one of her movies as sucked worse than the ones before. Oh. And I don't watch Jennifer Lopez videos for the music and dancing either.

[Warriorbird]

There's one very nice Angelina Jolie tattoo sequence.

[Gan]

movies != reality

If you keep this in mind with every movie you see then you wont have a problem distinguishing believeability or realistic'ness.

A movie is to entertain - for whatever reason you are entertained (which varies by viewer). Some movies fail to even entertain, so those would fall into the abyss of waste of money category, while others which could hardly be believeable are vastly entertaining.

Remember... movies != reality
(yes that inclues Al Gore and Michael Moore's flicks)

[Augie]

I saw Wanted and Wall-E yesterday. Needless to say, I quite enjoyed Wall-E much better than Wanted.

The premise of Wanted was definitely non believable, but then again, I didn't go see it for the plot.

Wall-E was sooooooooo friggin cute! And it had some funny humor in it. I liked it a lot. Definitely would recommend going to see it -- just don't go in the middle of the day when summer camps are there hah.

I'm trying to cram as much movie watching in as I can before the baby gets here (1 week and counting ::fret::). It's crazy that the past few summers have blown for movies and now it's a great summer for movies and I won't be able to see half of them. Guess it's time to look for a babysitter!

[longshot]

I watch way too many movies? It was much better than Hitman, for example.

If you're some obsessive movie elitist... why the hell did you watch it?



I... got nothing here. Good point.

I did read up on it. These aren't movies that I normally see, but there was enough positive that I figure I'd give it a try.

If anything, the movie made me appreciate what Iron Man accomplished, and what a tremendous job they did to parse in all of the things that are "required" of a summer blockbuster while still having real characters and a story.


That is the premise I had difficulty believing - who the fuck takes 'orders' from a loom? Why does no one question this? I'd be more likely to obey Morgan Freeman if he claimed he was the 2nd coming of Christ, IE not very fucking likely, than if he told me he was taking random samples of cloth, examining its random mechanical flaws, TRANSLATING IT INTO BINARY, and using that to produce names of people to kill. Did the ancient weavers who discovered this know about 8-bit binary? Couldn't anything with two flawed states then be the basis for the code? WTF?

Who believes 'fate' is guiding a loom to create some crazy code? Why wouldn't fate just tell you the name? Better yet, why wouldn't fate just kill the people itself?

You sound like you were in the car with me on the way home... except all of my friends liked it, so I was screaming this inside my head.

And if Morgan Freeman is going to be the 2nd coming, why is he going to break out of it and go gangster with "kill this mutha fucker" at the end?

When the one car hit the breaks so it could launch the other car into the air over the limo, I really wanted to leave the theater.

I will say this... I liked the scene in the beginning when he tells his boss to shut the fuck up. When his best friend is waiting with the high five, and he unloads on him with the ergo keyboard is just fucking great. I really, really enjoyed that. Was not worth 13 dollars to see though.


**Note**

It's always fun to wake up after a good night out at the bar and see what you wrote here...

[Warriorbird]

I will say this... I liked the scene in the beginning when he tells his boss to shut the fuck up. When his best friend is waiting with the high five, and he unloads on him with the ergo keyboard is just fucking great. I really, really enjoyed that. Was not worth 13 dollars to see though.

Probably the closest bit to the comic. I also thought Iron Man was much better. Iron Man was probably about my least favorite Marvel hero growing up but it was a pretty darn good movie. Definitely my favorite of this summer.

[Kranar]

I thought Wanted was absolute trash. Not because it was or wasn't believable, that's irrelevant. It's not like I was watching a movie like Iron Man going "Hmm... now this is something I could see happening."

For me, a movie has to inspire something, anything. Represent a really neat idea, present a concept in a novel and thoughtful manner. Wanted is to action what porn is to sex: cheap, sleazy, and too much of it out there already.

Movies I've seen this summer that were amazing:

Wall E - Explores much deeper themes than it leads on.
Iron Man - A prime example of how a blockbuster action film should be made.
Mongol - A ruthless historical epic about the rise of Genghis Khan.

Movies I'm seeing in the following weeks are:

Hancock
Hellboy II
The Dark Knight
The X-Files

I hope they're all good because nothing is worse than having to pay for, and then sit through 2 hours of crap.

[Warriorbird]

I saw Mongol yesterday. I think it could've handled a wider release.

[LadyLaphrael]

Dark Knight

Jesus....christ. The original Joker scared me when I was 7, the new Joker scared me at 25. Personally, I thought it was nothing short of phenomenal.

[diethx]

I'll be seeing that next weekend. I want to go this weekend, but I have two ridiculous finals next week :/

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I wanna see it but the only movie theater around here has totally flat seating-- not stadium. I'll miss the entire bottom half of the movie if I go see it for the first week or so :( So I'll have to wait a bit.

[Asha]

Wanted was shite. By the end you think the ''hero'' is a complete shit head.
Angelina looks a tad too skinny too, but she still gives some hot looks here and there.

I don't care what anyone says, I am really looking forward to seeing Wall-E before dinner tonight :D

[Fallen]

Batman was absolutely fucking amazing.

[Tisket]

I don't care what anyone says, I am really looking forward to seeing Wall-E before dinner tonight :D

Wall-E is supposed to be fantastic. I'm going this weekend.

[Gan]

http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/movies/2008MoviesInTheaters.php

May:

Indiana Jones - liked it
Speed Racer (with the kiddo) - liked it
IronMan (check) - liked it
Chrnoicles of Narnia (forgot to add this one!!!) (check) - liked itJune:

Dont Mess With the Zohan - decided to rent it
Incredible Hulk 2008 - decided to rent it
Get Smart -
Love Guru - decided to rent it
Wanted (maybe) - rental maybe
Religuous (Bill Maher) - rental
The Happening (maybe) - rental
Kung Fu Panda (with the kiddo) - funny, liked itJuly:

Hancock
Hellboy 2
The Dark Knight (batman movie)____________________________________________ _____

I'm so behind... nothing for July yet. :(

[CrystalTears]

I can't wait to see Dark Knight this weekend. My friend saw it at midnight and said it was amazing.

Wall-E was cute, but I had different expectations for it, and it wasn't as great as I thought it would be. Still made me smile though as I love animation.

Gan, you really should see Hulk in the theater.

[Fallen]

Agreed. Hulk is worth seeing in theaters.

[Allereli]

I saw Mama Mia last night at a free showing. I really didn't expect much out of it, but it was a lot of fun.

[Gan]

Gan, you really should see Hulk in the theater.
RLY?

My son has gone nutso for hulk gear - thanks to my mom. Whats the parental rating on it? Probably too violent for an almost 6 year old?

I took my son to see the Prince Caspian movie and he loved it. No scary dreams or anything - if that can be used as a baseline.

[CrystalTears]

So leave the kid at home and see it at the theater first. Seriously, it needs to be seen BIG with the BIG surround sound. Although his nemesis is scarier than the Hulk.

[Skeeter]

I've yet to see one movie this summer, but I'm EXTREMELY picky. Waiting to hear Dark Knight reviews before I decide on this one.

[Gan]

So leave the kid at home and see it at the theater first. Seriously, it needs to be seen BIG with the BIG surround sound. Although his nemesis is scarier than the Hulk.

My time is extremely budgeted. which will not allow for that indulgence. :(

I'll do some research and see if its ok to see on the big screen for small eyes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800080/

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images, and brief suggestive content.

Looks to be about on par with Iron Man rather than Prince Caspian - which is ok since my son has seen Iron Man 3 times and has been the ONLY movie so far in his movie watching career that he's actually sat through the whole movie without bouncing all over the theater for the repeat viewings.

Looks like the movie of choice this weekend while the mrs. is at work.

[Fallen]

RLY?

My son has gone nutso for hulk gear - thanks to my mom. Whats the parental rating on it? Probably too violent for an almost 6 year old?

I took my son to see the Prince Caspian movie and he loved it. No scary dreams or anything - if that can be used as a baseline.

Stuff blows up, but no blood. Lots of fantasy violence.

[Marl]

My time is extremely budgeted. which will not allow for that indulgence. :(

I'll do some research and see if its ok to see on the big screen for small eyes.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800080/

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images, and brief suggestive content.

Looks to be about on par with Iron Man rather than Prince Caspian - which is ok since my son has seen Iron Man 3 times and has been the ONLY movie so far in his movie watching career that he's actually sat through the whole movie without bouncing all over the theater for the repeat viewings.

Looks like the movie of choice this weekend while the mrs. is at work.

After the last Hulk movie which my son saw (just turned 7 now) I really dont want to go through another 6 months of him going around HULK SMASHing things like his sister and little friends and screen doors...

[Gan]

After the last Hulk movie which my son saw (just turned 7 now) I really dont want to go through another 6 months of him going around HULK SMASHing things like his sister and little friends and screen doors...

ROFL

Ok, now I'm definately taking him to see it.

I saw those huge hulk hands (gloves) that make noise when you hit shit with them, at Target. Looks like those will be on his birthday wish list...

[CrystalTears]

I saw those huge hulk hands (gloves) that make noise when you hit shit with them, at Target. Looks like those will be on his birthday wish list...
Oooo me too!

[Gan]

They actually came out in 03 with the first Hulk movie - but they've made a resurgence as have other left-over Hulk gear that did not sell out the first run. I gave a set to my step-brother for his boy so he could beat up on his older sister with them. That was in response to him giving my son a child size trap drum set......... :(

[Keller]

That was in response to him giving my son a child size trap drum set......... :(

ROLF!

I always give my nieces the most obnoxious birthday presents (obnoxious in my sister's opinion -- the girls LOVE them). From finger-paints to musical instruments -- Uncle Dustin is their favorite.

[Gan]

ROLF!

I always give my nieces the most obnoxious birthday presents (obnoxious in my sister's opinion -- the girls LOVE them). From finger-paints to musical instruments -- Uncle Dustin is their favorite.

Its actually a game now. Who can give the most obnoxious, noisy, irritating and fun gift for Christmas...

The trap drum set was awesome (while it lasted). I countered with an electronic drum set but it lacked originality.

I'm considering a nice set of strobe lights among other things this year...

[Marl]

Its actually a game now. Who can give the most obnoxious, noisy, irritating and fun gift for Christmas...

The trap drum set was awesome (while it lasted). I countered with an electronic drum set but it lacked originality.

I'm considering a nice set of strobe lights among other things this year...

if you can find it..get them a "StinkBlaster" and LOTS of refills for it...

[RichardCranium]

These aren't coming out this summer but I thought I'd share anyway.

Body of Lies (http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/17/ridley-scotts-body-of-lies-international-trailer-debut/) - Spy/war games thriller directed by Ridley Scott and starring Leo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe

Here's a teaser trailer for Terminator Salvation (http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/16/must-watch-first-terminator-salvation-teaser-trailer/) with Christian Bale as John Connor.

[Gan]

if you can find it..get them a "StinkBlaster" and LOTS of refills for it...

http://www.walloffame.net/stinkblasters.html

I'm so getting this...

LOL

[Marl]

http://www.walloffame.net/stinkblasters.html

I'm so getting this...

LOL

im talking about this one ;)

http://autonomoussource.com/mt-static/images/stinkblaster.jpg

[Stanley Burrell]

Batman was absolutely fucking amazing.

≥ Batman Begins?

[Gan]

im talking about this one ;)

http://autonomoussource.com/mt-static/images/stinkblaster.jpg

HOLY SHIT!
I'm getting them both!

ROFL

[Fallen]

≥ Batman Begins?

The movie was IMO far superior to Begins, and I liked Batman Begins.

[Stanley Burrell]

I am going to see this later. Yo, my mom is such a bitch and she's forcing my dad to see Mama Mia using her dirty Argentinian cougar prowess. That cuntwhore. Shit.

Cock. She said, "I can't bare seeing Heath Ledger die in this film -- it's too much." Pqweipoeiqoweiuiwoeuqiwe.