Summer Movie Plans

Hey there.
It's May and that means it's time for summer movie viewing. Between now and Labor Day, there'll be over 70 films coming out. Now, I have my eyes on about four that I'll be checking out. Here's my list, in chronological order:

1. Mission: Impossible 3 (May 5) -- The first big film out of the gate and of course, I have to check it out. Not only because this has Tom Cruise and action scenes and all of that, but this film is from J. J. Abrams, the guy behind Alias and Lost, two of my favorite TV shows. So this movie may just have something the first two M:I films haven't: some semblance of a plot.

2. X-Men: The Last Stand (May 26) -- I loved X-Men and I really loved X2: X-Men United. So I really have high hopes that the third and last of this films will hit it out of the part. When Bryan Singer, who directed the first two X-films left to do Superman Returns, I had my doubts on this one, especially when Brett Ratner took over. Then I saw the trailer. Holy crap!!! If this is what I expect it to be, this looks like the leading candidate for my film of the year. (X2 was my pick for film of the year a few years back by the way.)

3. Superman Returns (June 30) -- For the second year in a row, a DC Comics icon returns to the big screen after a long absence and the question must be asked: Will it suck? Last year, I posed that same question when Batman Begins came out and it was my film of the year in 2005. I don't know whether this will earn the title or not, but I'll have to see. I just caught the trailer online a couple of days ago and I was impressed. Brandon Routh has some MAJOR shoes to fill playing the Man of Steel, so I have to see if he's up to the task. But I definitely think Kevin Spacey will steal the show with his portrayal of Lex Luthor.

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (July 7) -- When the original version came out a few years back, I had no intentions of seeing this film. It took several friends to convince me to check it out, and I was pleasantly surprised. It was my dark horse film of the year as a matter of fact. This time around, I'm definitely checking out the sequel. And again, I think Johnny Depp will knock it out of the park as Captain Jack Sparrow.

Now that's pretty much the films I will check out without question. There will be the chance that other films will catch my attention in those summer months that I'll look into. But we'll see how the rest of the summer goes.

Let the movie madness begin.