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Let’s be honest, none of us want to see another wedding
movie again in our lifetime. And the
nation’s obsession with Jennifer Aniston died two seasons before the end of
Friends – so please Hollywood, don’t send us any more of her “gee I can’t find
a man,” flicks. We’re not buying into
it.
So what are the good geeks looking forward to this summer in
the way of movies? Here’s my short list
for the next six months or so, in priority order:
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek inspired me to be a writer and that loyalty has
been repaid a thousand times over. With
the reboot of the Star Trek franchise, we learned that we all still love the
Kirk, Spock, McCoy series…even with the new actors.
The new movie looks dark.
It looks like Kirk may be in trouble with Starfleet Command, thus
fulfilling his bad-boy image. We have a villain
that talks like a pretty scary villain.
The pre-release footage of the burning USS Enterprise crashing
was, well, awesome. There’s something in
there for us die-hard Trek fans too, in the guise of Carol Marcus as a
character.
Even if this is a marginal movie, it’s going to be a big
hit. How do I know? My wife, who hates Sci Fi, said, “That looks
pretty awesome,” during the preview.
Hence it makes the top of my list.
Ironman 3:
Let’s be blunt – after last summer’s Avengers, we are all
looking forward to Tony Stark donning his armor again. Robert Downey Jr. was born to play this role.
And the villain this time is Mandarin,
played by Ben Kingsley. When I heard his
voice over on the preview it sounded downright scary. Stark is obviously struggling after the
events of Loki’s little can of whoop ass opening on New York. What is hinted at here is what is the key to
the Marvel franchise movies – character development. We see the characters grow, change, and
advance with each movie. Yes, I will be
watching after the credits – duh!
Man of Steel:
We haven’t seen a lot of the Superman movie – but what tid
bits that are out there are tantalizing.
After the last Superman flick, we’re all hoping that this one is a home
run. The managers of the DC intellectual
property have struggled over the years to reach what Marvel has learned from
trial and error. The only downside to
this movie is it looks like a replay of Superman II with General Zod. Sure, it was fun in the 1970’s – but with all
of the material available on Superman, why rehash something we’ve already
seen?
Still, I’m a sucker for comic-based movies. So I’m all-in on Man of Steel.
Red 2:
Red (Retired – Extremely Dangerous) was a great movie. If you missed it, shame on you. Go rent or buy it right now and we’ll forgive
your earlier oversight.
The sequel looks just as good. Where the Expendables franchise is a
retirement home for old action figures to play with new special effects; Red is
good storytelling and acting with neat twists and turns. Red 2 looks fantastic, with Anthony Hopkins
coming into the mix as a scientist that built a nuclear bomb that is on the
loose in Russia.
Kick-Ass 2:
Kick Ass was a movie that caught me off guard. I thought it was going to be different movie
all together based on the trailers. I
was pleasantly surprised. It was a
violent, funny, twisted and totally weird romp.
This movie looks good, despite Jim Carey’s involvement. Lots of Hit Girl action, and let’s face it,
that’s a good thing. Exceedingly
violent, crass humor – I’m all over this
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