I know what you did last summer. You sat in the movie theatre and you were enthralled by Robert Downey Jr. in the role of Iron Man, only to get even more amazed with the Oscar-winning performance of Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
To help you prepare for the months to come, I thought it may be apt to consider some of the big special effects-laden films that will be hitting the silver screen this summer. While I don’t really expect any of these to floor me in the quite the same way as the Dark Knight, I fully expect to be entertained. Even if it takes two bottles of Nos. Which I need by tonight.
Watchmen
Opens March 6, 2009 (today)
Yes, I know that it’s not technically summer just yet, but this movie has to be worth mentioning. I didn’t really know about the Watchmen
Terminator Salvation
Opens May 21, 2009
One of my favorite movies of all time is Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Terminator 4 Terminator Salvation. We finally get to enter the world post-Judgment Day, filled with Terminators blasting the crap out of everyone. Christian Bale flipped out on the set of this movie (and inspired some spoofs), so let’s hope that he was able to translate that energy into his role as John Connor.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Opens June 24, 2009
There were a lot of things that weren’t quite right with the first Michael Bay Transformers movie. Optimus Prime had a moving mandible and there were several inconsistencies with the canonical Transformers G1. Even so, the huge robot battling action made the film well worthwhile. Seeing the trailer for Transformers 2, it gets crazier than ever, with bigger robots, bigger explosions, and bigger battles in pure Michael Bay fashion. Oh, and that massive bot at the end of trailer is said to be just one of the Constructicons. It takes at least five of them to make Devastator. Epic!
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Opens May 1, 2009
Sabretooth doesn’t look nearly as large and menacing as he does in the comics (and Saturday morning cartoon). The story probably won’t be all that satisfying, even though we may catch a glimpse into the Alpha Flight era in Wolverine’s life. The dialogue will probably be poor and the other characters terribly contrived. But I don’t care. This is Wolverine
Fast and Furious
Opens April 3, 2009
I’d like to believe that fiction is more than just a diversion, but it comes to the unrealistic street racing antics of this franchise, it really is just a diversion. After discovering that they are nowhere near as profitable as they thought they were, both Paul Walker and Vin Diesel are coming back to the Fast and Furious
Honorable Mentions: GI Joe: Rise of Cobra, Crank: High Voltage, Public Enemies, Night at the Museum 2
1. Watchmen looks great, looking forward to it.
2. Terminator has died since T3 and the TV show does nothing except for a great looking babe as a Terminator. I hope this one is like T2 or I will never watch a T movie again.
3. Love X-Men, anything X-Men, bring it on! Of course another real good Spiderman would get me even happier.
4. Don’t care about either Transformers or Fast and Furious.
5. I would go see Night at the Museum 2 because it would be just too funny if it brought back Ben Stiller.
Indeed they are bringing back Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Robin Williams for NATM2. The rest of the cast is pretty impressive too with Jonah Hill, Ricky Gervais, Bill Hader, Hank Azaria, Eugene Levy, and Dick Van Dyke.
I always look forward to a good comedy during the summer, but I can’t see anything on the radar this year.
Year One with Jack Black and Michael Cera has some odd promise to it.
I know I’m going to regret it but I really want to see Fast and Furious. Mostly due to the hilarity of the original.
I am really, really pumped for the new Terminator, especially after seeing the new trailer with Watchmen.