It’s supposed to be 98°F tomorrow. It’s officially summer. That means weekend trips to the lakes of New Hampshire and Maine, days at the beach on the Cape, and delicious barbeques. It also means daily voyages to CVS to restock on bug spray, sunscreen, and aloe (when the sunscreen doesn’t work). There is one more important aspect of summer that I am personally very excited about: blockbusters. I know that somewhere out there, there are cinephiles like myself, who secretly hope for a rainy summer*. Blasphemous, I know, but a rainy summer means you can see all the blockbusters your heart desires. It also means your athletic, outdoorsy, or too-cool-for-school friends will begrudgingly agree to go see these movies with you, because they have nothing better to do. Life can’t get back much better than that. So, for those of you who can relate, here is my quick-and-dirty review of the upcoming 2011 Summer Blockbuster Season.
Movies I’m Excited For:
Super 8 – JJ Abrams + Steven Spielberg = DREAM TEAM. This coming-of-age, sci-fi looks like an instant classic. I’m thinking ET meets Stand by Me. So far the reviews have been stellar and I can’t wait to find out for myself. Anyone who knows me, knows I think Spielberg is invincible, and I dare a certain unnamed professor to try to refute that ever again.
Horrible Bosses – Any ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ fans out there? If so, than you’re like me, and dying to see Charlie Day team up with this all-star cast of Jason Bateman, Kevin Spacey, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, and Jamie Foxx. Also, the trailer is just hysterical. AMAZING use of music. I’ve seen this trailer way too many times and every time I get ‘Takin’ Care of Business’ stuck in my head.
Friends with Benefits – I’m a girl who grew up with *NSYNC and ‘That 70s Show’. Sue me.
Bad Teacher – Clearly there’s a Justin thing going on here, I will own up to that, but more important is the fact that this movie legitimately looks like it has potential. Jason Segel can do no wrong. Except for maybe ‘Gulliver’s Travels’, but I think most of us are choosing to pretend that didn’t happen. Also, judging from the trailer, I think I am going to relate to this movie on a personal level for two reasons. 1) I’m kind of a teacher now and 2) I had a whole host of horrible teachers as I made my way through the New Hampshire public school system. My 8th grade English teacher would buy clothes from the American Eagle website during class. She would ask my fellow classmates for input. Enough said.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 – I don’t want it to end.
30 Minutes or Less – The guy who invented Facebook robbing a bank? That’s too ironic to pass up.
Movies I’m on the fence about:
One Day – Too sappy. But we’ll see.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – I’m only going to see this if someone can promise me that the Apes win in the end and take over the world.
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon – Too intense. But we’ll see. Also, where’s Megan Fox?
The Green Hornet – I just, I really just don’t know. But we’ll see.
Movies in which the trailers made me lose faith in cinema (don’t watch the trailers, they’re painful, just trust me):
Abduction
The Change – Up
Spy Kids 4
Go forth, enjoy, and do a rain dance for me!
*Pale people, lifeguards, and lazy people also root for rainy summers. I am all of these things.
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