Summer Movie Fling

Summer is always the big time of year for movies, and the summer of 2007 will be no exception. I will be at the movies two or three times a week judging from the list of films coming out this year. Let’s tackle some of the more important films from May to August and give some predictions on how they will fair.

May 4th sees the return of the webslinger in “Spiderman 3.” This film should be nothing short of amazing seeing as how we are getting not one, not two, but three villains this time around. Sandman, Hobgoblin and the much anticipated Venom. Now, the only way this film can go wrong is if Venom does not get the amount of screen time that he deserves. Fans have been demanding Venom since the very first film, so let’s hope that Raimi does him justice. Since I am not a big “Shrek the Third” yet, I will skip right on over to “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.” I am stoked for this one. I recently saw a preview (had to change my pants twice) and it looks to be the best of the series so far.
Then we move right along to June and we are hit full force with several huge movies. We start with Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up,” which sounds as if it will be this year’s “40 Year Old Virgin.” The following week is “Ocean’s 13.” I am stoked for this one. I loved the first two movies, and for some reason, they simply ooze cool. In this outing, Danny and the boys return to Vegas to go up against Al Pacino. That same weekend my girlfriend will be dragging me (kicking and screaming, mind you) to “Hostel: Part II.” A movie that will be so bad, it will be torturing its audience. Lucky me. Then we move into “The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” and “Evan Almighty.” I will skip past those in favor of “Live Free or Die Hard.” Man this should be great. As long as I get one John McClane one liner than rivals my favorite in “Die Hard with a Vengeance,” then we will be fine. For those of you who do not know the best line in that film was this:

(McClane, covered in dirt and blood, walks into the bank and up to the guard on duty)

McClane
Detective John McClane, NYPD.

Guard (looking at a beaten and battered McClane)
Are you alright?

McClane
Yeah, it’s laundry day.
July is another big month. We start the month off with Michael Bay’s “Transformers.” I am looking forward to the movie, but not the fan boy backlash it will stir after the nerds find all the discrepancies (wait wait wait, Optimus Prime never had flames painted on!!!). Then we get, or shall I say, hopefully we get a great ghost story in Stephen King’s “1408.” Harry Potter is in there somewhere, as is “The Simpson’s Movie.” The TV show has been past its prime for some time now, so it will be interesting to see whether or not the movie has been saving all the good material.

August is when things wind down for good. Only two movies start that month that are worth mentioning. The long awaited “Rush Hour 3” is finally coming up. I should mention that yes, Chris Tucker did get twenty million dollars for this movie, even though his last film was, yup, and you guessed it, “Rush Hour 2.” Then we cap the summer off with another remake/reimagining with “Rob Zombie’s Halloween.” No clue how that one will turn out, but I do know that Rob has gone into Michael Myers back-story and revealed much of what made Myers so scary. Nice job, Rob.
So there you have it. The summer films that you should be going to see. If I left anything out, then you’re going to summer movies for the wrong reasons.