DISQUS

Kevin Gustafson · 1 year ago

Pineapple Express and Get Smart I'm really excited about. I'll see Iron Man and the others but that's mandatory.

Chris · 1 year ago

Aside from Iron Man, Speed Racer (which like most, I'm hoping will knock this total Speed fanboy on his keister) Hellboy 2, The Dark Knight, and X-Files, there's really not a whole lot I'm looking forward to this summer. Maybe I've just been burned too many times in the past? Or maybe the excitement levels just haven't hit me yet for the other flicks. I sure hope it's the latter, 'cause I really wanna go to the theater more than a few times this year and not leave disappointed.

Rob Hunter · 1 year ago

I can't really be the only one who thinks Speed Racer looks incredibly lame... will be ridiculously bad... and will crash and burn at the box office... can I?
And thanks Neil for the heads-up on The Foot Fist Way... hadn't heard of that one before but now I'm interested.

Matt · 1 year ago

The Foot Fist Way looks hilarious, but my inside source (woohoo! I finally have an inside source on something) told me it's only going to get a limited release and then head straight off to DVD. Here's to hoping it comes to a city near me.

@Rob: I have no interest in Racer either, but I didn't care for the cartoon either.

Colin Boyd · 1 year ago

I think 15 is a bit much. Maybe ten. Are American Teen and Hamlet 2 really must sees? I also agree with Rob that Speed Racer could be a huge letdown, not that it shouldn't be considered for a list like this. To me, there aren't even ten, but I'm an a-hole and hate pretty much everything.

Josh Radde · 1 year ago

Rob and Matt--

Go check out the video we just posted. You will be COMPLETELY turned off by this movie (if you weren't before).

Kevin Carr · 1 year ago

The Wackness????????? You very funny lady, Neil Miller!

Matt · 1 year ago

@Josh: Wow. Yeah, that did it for me. The whole thing looks visually cool, like it'd make a sweet reference clip for showing off a new home theater, but there's no way I could sit through 90 mins of that without seizure fits.

Cole Abaius · 1 year ago

I can see that my input wasn't considered at all in making this list. You'll burn for this, Miller.

@the world - I am really excited about Speed Racer. I love both Christina Ricci and rainbow-colored seizures.

Carlos · 1 year ago

Foot Fist Way looks bad. Will Ferrel hasn't made a funny movie in ages (ok, maybe 2 years), and this guy sucked in Hot Rod. Never saw drillbit taylor, but I *heard* it sucked too, so I'll pass on that one.
Outside of Hamlet 2 and The X-Files 2, the rest of the list looks pretty solid.

Adam · 1 year ago

What about The Happening?!? It's in my top 5 along TDK, Iron Man, Hellboy 2, and Indiana Jones... Funniest movie will go to Get Smart or Tropic Thunder IMO.

Coquito Von Tito · 1 year ago

Hamlet 2 sounds... AWESOME.

Bhuvan Chand · 1 year ago

thanks for your information.

Tim · 1 year ago

I saw Fist Foot Way at Sundance in 2006. Not the greatest acting you'll ever see and I am surprised its getting this much buzz, but there are some fantasticly funny moments in the movie. Its kinda like Napeleon Dynamite, you'll won't recall enjoying the film that much, but it won't stop you from quoting it for the next year.

scott · 1 year ago

come on guys! not even a MENTION of the Incredible Hulk? i am disappointed.

reed · 1 year ago

OK, for starters...WALL-E can thank SHORT CIRCUIT for its existence.

As for INDY 4...check this out.

Here's a NEW video interview with Harrison Ford that Maxim is featuring. Good stuff actually, he smashes the CGI rumors

http://www.maxim.com/Harrisonfordgetsair/video/...

Tivius · 1 year ago

You guys are quite likely to be wrong about Speed Racer...
but the greater concern is...

----------- how lame you are to be such a bunch of doubters.

What do you want?!
More cliche? More of the same old tired formulas?

"Please don't give us anything new... or *gasp* --- WEIRD...man. *

Hypocrites.

Since when did geeks, nerds, fanboys and otaku everywhere join the ranks of the mindless entertainment zombies who don't like to be challenged? I had thought us to be a little better than that. You sound like a bunch of frat boys, picking on the algebra club....

Iron Man, Indy and Batman are formula. Designed to appeal to everyone= ticket sales. Not that those will be bad films - I'm dying to see each of them too.
Thank goodness however that the Wachowski's had enough guts to dare to try something different and interesting! Cool. Bring it on !
Afterall ... they did it once before...

Or have you all forgotten how The Matrix CHANGED MODERN CULTURE?
We all LOVED IT.
(ja ja ja -- don't bytch about II and III.... you KNOW the first one was golden.)

The Bullet-Time effect is now seen in every summer action movie, cool commercial and kung-fu flick you can think of -- ANYWHERE on the PLANET where there is modern cinema! Those guys have contributed massively to our genres of films, if nothing else.
Damned if I'm right, but all your pre-hate hissing sounds a little like an attempt to hang with the masses in sheep-like safety...

Or tell me -- where you all spouting as much doom and gloom for The Matrix before it was released? Hm?
Too *different* for you?!

.... right. Posers.

How un-American... you sellouts... kicking the underdog before he's even barked?
(Did comic books teach you nothing? lol. Bunch o'henchmen wannabes. )

Look, its simple --- see the movie.
Then..... Like it for what it is. Or hate it for what it isn't. Fine.
That's valid.

But to whine about it because of the way it takes chances and goes for true cutting edge is not only lame, but goes against the very same fanboy code that will have you all lining up to buy the *&^%-damned DVD come next Fall.

Fanboys everywhere need to lend their support to the guys willing to make the movies we want ( HALO, VOLTRON, JLA, etc. ), -- and not be so quick to pledge $ole allegiance to the Sure Thing.



Whatever.
Just my two cents -- opposing yours. But let it be known that a lot of us are hoping for something cool and different, along with our Movies for the Masses.

The public usually catches on long after our gang has already decided what's cool.
Anime. Martial Arts movies. Giant Robots. Comic Books. Video Games.

Meanwhile - the studios *Rinse-Wash-Repeat* the same old tired heroes over and over again... because that's easy money.


Um... hello --- Did we not all see Batman Forever?
My point exactly.


Figure it out.
Meanwhile -- let the boy race.

And don't be surprised if he comes home with the trophy.



GO SPEED GO !!

Tivius · 1 year ago

( and sorry to go off like that --- lol ! )


This list is great !
15 is fine: there's a lot of stuff out there to be excited about!

Good luck to all those movies.
Its evident that the Trekkies, geeks and other smart kids are driving the bus this year... and everyone is going to enjoy the ride!

If you're a fan of all this good stuff, an 80's kid, or just a dreamer who still believes that Action Figures should be called "Collectables" ---- this is going to be a great summer!

See you in the front row..

^ ^

Matt S · 1 year ago

No harry potter 6? no hulk? come onnnn. haha. will ferrils movies are god awful and
as to that dude that made that huge rant, I'm all for it (except u were wrong and
speed racer sucked). Point is don't knock it till ya tried it!

c dog · 5 months ago

gardens of the night.