Blockbuster Season: Update

[adrienne_j]

Tomorrow's July 1st, which means we're about half way through summer blockbuster season, and as mentioned here , it has been a pretty busy movie-going summer. So, where are we on this list and what is still to come?

Seen it

Iron Man - Loved it.

Prince Caspian- T'was ok.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Very disappointed.

Comments

[geekent]

You should also mention that we're both VERY disappointed to see Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh in the new Mummy movie. Sure, it has a Yeti in it, but it's still a flippin' Mummy movie. Ugh.

[troy_duffy]

Ok, because you in no way asked for, my observations on your list...

Iron Man - Loved it.

Us too. We finally got the chance to see it, and man was it worth the wait. Pretty much the perfect super hero movie (a title I had originally given to Spider-Man and X-Men 1). The climactic battle could have been a *bit* better (and from what I hear that's where the Hulk steps up) and there was a nit pick here and there, but overall, awesome. And did you catch Captain America's Shield in his lab? I missed it but have since googled and saw stills and man, that is an awesome easter egg. Completely missed with all the hooplah over the surprise (though I was spoiled) appearance by Nick Fury and The Avengers Project. Very cool.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Very disappointed.

Yeah, this disappointed enough people that I will likely wait and rent this.

WALL*E- Saw this on Saturday with Graig and Jet, and just loved it... Well done again Pixar, well done.This surprises me how many adults and kids are just loving this movie.

[adrienne_j]

Ok, because you in no way asked for, my observations on your list...

No, I didn't ask, but I'm glad you responded :)

Yeah, this disappointed enough people that I will likely wait and rent this.

I admit, since because I am such a HUGE fan of Raiders, that there is probably no way Crystal Skull could live up to it. That said though, there was just a lot to not be too excited about in this movie. So yeah, don't hurry.

This surprises me how many adults and kids are just loving this movie. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved Toy Story and The Incredibles and others, but this just looked way too cute and sweet for adult consumption. Glad to hear that's not the case.

Due to it's subject matter, the Incredibles will probably always be my favourite of the Pixar crew, but Wall*e is just... wow. As I said, the first part of it where he's on Earth by himself... it is phenomenal.

Yeah, I really want to see this. And imo, you can't give a better endorsement than comparing it to a good game of FS :) It was made by the same director

[troy_duffy]

No, I didn't ask, but I'm glad you responded :)

Heh, glad to hear it :)

I admit, since because I am such a HUGE fan of Raiders...Yeah, basically I see three levels of critiques for this movie

[lightning_rider]

I wanted to comment on Kung Fu Panda( which I just saw last week)- I liked it but I TRUELY feel it would've been cooler if it had been animated in the style BEFORE the credits instead of the CGI generic look we get.
And speaking of CGI- that's one of the reasons I have NO PLANS to see Clone Wars- I loved Genndy Tartakovsky's style but the idea of taking that style and grafting it to CGI just doesn't work... it look hyper realistic.

and I should I loved Wall*E( paid for Wall*E, snuck into Kung Fu Panda) and am stradling the fence as to whether to put Hello Dolly on my Netflix list( evan really helps me keep it a 100 movies strong).

Lastly- if you liked Iron Man, get thee to Hulk. I really liked Hulk, I was worried that it was going to be like the Ang Lee version- but they TOTALLY nailed Hulk.
I just hope Sampson gets to do something in the next movie... like I'm hope Rhodes gets HIS armor in the second IM.