Are you disappointed with this summer's batch of movies?
 

I am asking because although you wouldn't know it dollar wise, this summer's movies so far has shaped up to be the worst set of movies in many years ( 2003 in my guestimation). And Transformers 2 had to be the worst offender: It had the worst reviews (public and professional) but raked in the most dough.


If you are disappointed, why? What would you do differently? Are them any movies that came out that yo still think you will purchase on DVD?

Some suggestions for Hollywood

1. Find a new IP. People hate seeing part 6 or 7 of anything because after awhile it gets tiring. Speaking of...

1a. There should be a rule that after number 3 of ANY movie, stop. Besides, Lord of the Rings and the original Star Wars trilogy ( and maybe James Bond , the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street series depending on whose counting) there hasn't really been a BIG franchise that has been good from beginning to end.

2. Every toy and comic franchise does not need to be made into a live action movie. I cringe at the thought of G.I. Joe coming next month and there is a rumor that there will be a live action Johnny Quest coming soon? Do we really need that one? What's next the Smurfs??

3. If a series has fallen off, please don't try to give it a reboot or a reimagining. Although Star Trek was 'good', think of how many people you piss off by trying to 'reimagine' a 40 year old franchise.

4. Stop watering down good horror movies made abroad to 'appease' American audiences. Some of the best Asian thrillers are best when left alone. Movies like Ringku, The Eye and Juon were best left if you just subtitle it and show it as is. If poeople didn't get it...o well. For those of you that saw and inwardly loved Oldboy, cringe now, an Americanized one is supposed to be coming.

5. Sacha Cohen, Christian Bale and Will Ferrell must die.


That's it....take it from there.

O God no...the Smurfs may be really coming:

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/02/17/...-smurfs-movie/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472181/

The Eye was very creepy. I saw the original subtitled.

I think most movies need to stop at part two. Like Shrek 3... why did the movie need three parts? It hardly needed two.

I can't wait until Neopets get a movie. INTENSE.

And I seem to be the only one out of my friends that strongly dislikes those three bolded fellow. I think they're incredibly stupid, their movies are extremely tasteless, and they should be dropped in NYC's sewer system and left there. I'm just waiting for the three of them to get together and make one giant shitfest of a movie that rakes in $6 billion somehow. sigh.

Find a new IP? Internet Provider? Or do you mean HP, as in Harry Potter? I'm not following...

I'm with you on Sacha Cohen. I've never appreciated his humor (if that's what it is) at all. Christian Bale... eh, I can tolerate him to a point. I have to disagree, though, about Will Ferrell. His contribution to SNL's Jeopardy skits is just way too good for me to wish him professional death (I'm assuming that's what you mean). While I'm not much of a fan of his movies (although I liked Stranger Than Fiction), I think he's great as Alex Trebek (especially when Darrell Hammond is playing Sean Connery).

Intellectual Property

Bruno was EXTREMELY overrated. I should've known it would be terrible when my best friend, who has the vulgar personality of a 15 year old boy, texted me saying it was really dirty. The homosexual references were WAY too over-the-top and I couldn't wait for the movie to be over. My boyfriend and I both thought Borat was much better.

I was somewhat disappointed. There was only about three movies I enjoyed this spring/summer.

Daemon, why are you complaining? I mean with all of those free movie passes you had.....it's not like you were spending any money. :rolleyes::)

hehe true but some I did, but either way it's really hard to see what a waste of what some of these movies could have been...

Wolverine and Transformers I did spend money on....

Star Trek i saw free and then saw it 2x after it was released...and that probably was the only summer movie I LIKED....skipped over Angels and Demons and still wanna see Night at the Museum.

and for the few hundred or thousands of us that get to see these movies, there are the millions behind us that pay for it...those are the ones I feel sorriest for. LOL

I have only seen christian bale as batman, I think. That I can recall anyway.

I hope they don't screw G.I. Joe. However, I must point out that the G.I. Joe movie is not the same thing as G.I. Joe - The Movie.

The only movies I can say I really liked were Pelham 123, Star Trek (of course) and Knowing. The rest were either really bad or weren't worth seeing at all.

Oh, I forgot about Public Enemies. That was really good.

I am really excited for the new Quentin Tarantino movie about the French Resistance. It's about time one was made about this. It will be epic.


I'm stoked.

Nothing worth seeing has come to a theater in about a year. I've only seen X-Men: Wolverine and Harry Potter recently. Wolverine was ok and Harry Potter never really picked up. I kept waiting for something to happen.

I'll see Angels and Demons on DVD, I guess.

The last movie I really saw that I liked was Adventureland.

I like a smart comedy or drama. I'm not one for a huge blockbluster. Blowing things up or special effects don't really impress me. Somebody just wasted a bunch of money and too much time on their computer. I'd rather see a great story line or witty conversation that took some actual talent to write, not just $ or a computer.

I saw the preview for G.I. Joe.

Why are they doing this? Such an unnecessary venture. It looked kind of Matrixy. And Marlon Wayans? :rolleyes: Why?

Exactly what I thought!

'The Hangover' is pretty much the only movie I've seen lately that I loved. It takes a lot to get me to laugh at a movie, and I was pretty much in hysterics during this one.

Spending money on something you don't like is bad. What's worse is knowing you wasted 2-3 hours of your life watching it.

I want to see 'Pelham 123' and 'Public Enemies'. However, I don't go to the movies that often, so I'll probably just wait for them to come out on DVD.

I'm actually curious about this movie. This might be one I'd actually see in theaters (only after reading at least 10 reviews and talking to 5 people who have seen it). Going back to that whole spending money/wasting my time thing... I really don't like to do it if I don't have to. :p

I still need to see Adventureland!

And I agree with your second statement to some extent. I watched 'Independence Day' (for about the 20th time) a couple weeks ago, and that movie will never get old for me. Yes, there were some special effects and explosions and all that fun stuff, but it wasn't over the top. It's nice when the actors actually do the majority of the acting, rather than computer generated robots. ::ahem:: Transformers.

If they're going to continue to make these action-packed blockbusters, they need to create less of the comic book hero flicks, and more of the Indiana Jones/Diehard/Lethal Weapon type movies. And no, I don't want them to continue to remake these. I want to see something new! .. because most of the time, sequels are disappointing.

Oh, but Terminator 2 was actually amazing. And still is.

And if you want my idea of some good summer blockbusters over the years... how about 'The Sixth Sense', 'Forrest Gump', and 'Jurassic Park' (another one that will never get old for me). And a few older ones, some of which came out a few summers before I was born... 'Top Gun', 'Jaws', 'ET', 'Back to the Future'...

Just because computers can do extraordinary things nowadays, it doesn't mean they have to create/enhance every last aspect of a movie.

I'm a sucker every year for the summer movies and EVERY year I am disappointed! The only great movie this year has been UP. I laughed at Bruno, but it was completely over the top, poorly designed and overshadowed by Borat. I won't even go see Transformers 2, even though I liked the first. Harry Potter was a nice change from the rest of the series with a little imagination and whimsy from the books finally injected into the usually flat movies. GI Joe looks terrible...seriously Channing Tatum? Oh...maybe this is heresy, but Star Trek was stupid! Can you just parade one old character after another to say hello and call it a script?

Same reason why they did Transformers, Underdog, any comic book, and plans for the Smurfs, Hong Kong Phooey, Voltron and a few others....some brilliant mind thinks that it's a great idea to take all of these classics and turning into a live action/CGI suckfest.

It also goes to show how little originality is left in Hollywood when it comes to making something new.

And the Asian flicks haven't been any better this year either...nothing really new or eye catching has dropped yet unless you list Ong Bak II.



**COFF** Star Wars**COFF**

I remember watching all of those in the theater. (Except Jaws - too scary!) So, unfortunately, statements like that make me feel old. :( I remember Top Gun most - I saw it with my uncle, an aeronautical engineer who, after the movie, talked at length to me and my brother about F-5s, fictitious MiG 28s, inverted dives and the like. That will always be one of my favorite movies. (This is the script from one of my favorite scenes from any movie ever.)

I'm seeing Harry Potter tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, but I never expect to like the movies nearly as much as the books. Since spoiler fonting isn't as practiced as it needs to be, I know more about this movie than I've ever known about the previous HP flicks (before watching it). So even though I'm looking forward to it, I know some of the things that will let me down. This might actually help me like the movie more. We'll see.

Angels and Demons was just ok for me. Again, the book was much better.

Transformers was a good 'escape' movie. It's nice to have something every now and then that doesn't require much work to enjoy.

Up was great. My kids loved it and so did hubby and I. Best movie this summer so far, IMO.

Both movies are really good, especially Pelham 123. When school is in session I don't get a chance to go as much as I would like to. The only thing I don't like about DVDs is I miss out on the big screen and the great sound.

Oh, and the "movie popcorn" too.:p

An LCD widescreen and surround would help.

Plus every great movie needs some strong black stereotyping. Just look at Transformers 2!

I'm only disappointed that I haven't gotten to see a lot of the movies I wanted to see. Pelham 123, Angels and Demons and Public Enemies all look like movies I'd want to see on the big screen. Just not enough time or money...

I try to go to the matinee when I do go, but the prices at the concession stands are too high.

That's why you sneak stuff in.

At the theater I like best, it's actually cheapest to go to the shows that start between 4 pm and 6 pm, which is cool

Saw Public Enemies yesterday...it was pretty cool.

I've been generally happy with all the movies, but still wonder why they don't use the Tranformer theme music for the films?

I saw a preview this weekend for a movie I'll definitely want to see: The Time Traveler's Wife. It looks like a love story and it has Rachel McAdams, who is a favorite of mine ever since The Notebook. It comes out August 14th.

It is and it is also an awesome book.