Summer Movie Preview

A Summer of aliens, soldiers, and superheroes…but mostly aliens

          Sometimes the summer movie line-up looks good on paper, they have all the right ingredients, but it’s just not cooked right.  Now since we’re talking about movies not food, I’ll get to my list of movies that may or may not entertain this summer.

Prometheus - (June 8) Is it an “Alien” prequel? Is it not?  Who cares, did you see that trailer?  It looks amazing, I am so glad that director Ridley Scott got those dramas/period pieces out of his system.  This man needs to get back into the world of sci-fi.

Brave – (June 22) After the nearly unwatchable “Cars 2” Pixar is hopefully back to form with this swords and arrows Scottish tale about a young girl who simply doesn’t wish to be married off, but to be in charge of her own destiny.

The Amazing Spider-Man- (July 3) Well at least they got the title right this time.  I originally was not looking forward to this re-boot of the franchise that ended with oversaturated “Spider-Man 3”.  However the trailer which shows a darker tone and Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) as Peter Parker looks really promising.

The Dark Knight Rises – (July 20) An epic finish to what so far has included a fantastic origin in “Batman Begins” and the ‘Godfather’ of superhero movies “The Dark Knight”.  I completely trust Christopher Nolan and the awesome cast he’s put together for Batman’s final battle.

The Bourne Legacy – (August 3) It’s not on everyone’s radar this year with this being the fourth film in the “Bourne” series this time without Matt Damon.  Still I think it looks like a good hand-off, with Tony Gilroy who was a writer on the three previous “Bourne” films as the director.  Also on board is Hawkeye himself Jeremy Renner (The Avengers).  This could be the surprise of the summer.

Other big summer flicks include:

Battleship (May 18)

MIB 3 (May 25)

Snow White and the Huntsman (June 1)

Ted (June 13)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (June 22)

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (June 29)

The Expendables 2 (August 17) 

--Robert L. Castillo