Summer Movies 2007
 

This summer has a lot of great movies comming out, starting with Spider-Man 3 last week (OK, so it's not technically the summer yet, but close enough). Which ones do you plan on/hope to see?

<already saw Spidey>
I really want to see:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

And want to see:
Transformers
Sherk the Third

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Spider-Man 3, meh, something about an emo Peter Parker didn't suit me well. The movie went from "COOL!" to *looks at watch* when he was dancing down the street or whatever he was doing.

I can't wait for...

-Pirates
-Ratatouille
-Simpsons
-Harry Potter

Great summer for movies! Though I'm kinda wondering why they made a sequal to the horrible Fantastic Four movie...

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I don't really watch movies, and I've never seen Pirates of the Carribean... but isn't this like the 5th one? It hurts me to see what is supposedly a good idea being milked out for every last dime.

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Third (and hopefully last) film.
The first one was fun but I didn't see a reason for the second one.
I'll still see the third one.

I'll also see:
28 Weeks Later
SHrek the third.
Fantastic4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
1408 ( the preview looks great)
Live Free or Die Hard (probably against my better judgement)
Ratatouille (Pixar has never failed me)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix
Transformers (in spite of the presence of the evil Micheal Bay)
The Simpson's Movie
The Bourne Ultimatium


I'm sure there will be others that catch my attention.

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Personally, I'm not as stoked about this summer's movies. The only ones I really want to see are Shrek, Transformers (more as a joke than anything), and the Simpson's (more as an obligation to the series than really wanting to see it). I'll probably end up seeing Pirates too, but the first one got old really fast and the second one was pretty terrible.
The good movies of 2007 already came out, imho. Grindhouse, Hot Fuzz, and 300 were amazing.

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Pirates, Bourne Ultimatum, Rush Hour 3, Ocean's 13.

Summer of the trilogies, eh?

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Sean, what about Hostel 2? I thought you liked the first one.....:rolleyes:

I think every weekend (pretty much) worth spending $10.45 either in IMAX or regular theater this summer. Did anyone notice that Shrek 3 is coming out this weekend? aka Monty Weekend? OH! this is gonna be FUN!


Imad

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The pirates movies are just like the matrix movies. MONEY. In a trilogy, I'll use LotR, the Matrix as examples, the FIRST movie is great in terms of storyline, the building of the plot and characters, and action. The SECOND movie is intensely active and has a very weak plot and storyline although at times important revelations are made and characters are transformed. Finally the THIRD movie is where the plot ends and the action reaches a climax of close to equal the value of the second movie (plus or minus a little) and the movie ends. Usually the action gets better bet a few only reach the climax of the second.

In order of best-worst:
FIRST movie > THIRD movie > SECOND movie.

I think the Bourne trilogy (I hope ends as a trilogy) will follow this trend...The second one was not that great...


300 was great, not awesome. I agree with the Simpsons being more of an obligation because of its impact on my life personally, but Transformers (which i have yet to see) is more of a inspirer rather than a joke because when I was a kid...when I was younger, I remember that I wanted to build robots. Isn't that what first is about.


Pavan.

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In no particular order:

Transformers
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Because the Silver Surfer is amazing)

Yeah, not a fantastic summer for movies.

I'm not going to see Simpsons, because, well, they should stay on TV. Harry potter is... okay, I don't want to make anyone mad (aka boring). I've never seen the first Pirates but did see the second and wont see the third. I lost interest in Shrek after the first. Should I have really explained why I dont want to see these movies? No.. LOL. Sorry, I like to rant early in the morning.

(And I can't wait for the live action Ironman next year)

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Empire Strikes Back notwithstanding. :p

I'm not much of a theater guy (the last two movies I saw in a theater were Serenity and The Lion King; that's more than 11 years apart), so these are all DVD picks for me. I will pick up the Fantastic Four sequel and Spidey 3 (and most likely 300). I'll wait for reviews on Transformers, but it looks interesting. I MAY pick up the Simpsons Movie pending how certain people and sites review it (keeping in mind that IMO, the show hasn't been good since the turn of the millenium). Other films on the periphery of my radar include Stardust, the Resident Evil sequel, The Invasion, Beowulf, the first of the His Dark Materials trilogy, Leatherheads, and I Am Legend. And I may be heading into 2008 here (lots of unknown release dates), but also on my radar are Iron Man, Doomsday, The Final Season, Forever Strong, Spawn 2, In The Name of the King (I know the odds of this one inhaling quite audibly are high, but stranger things have happened), and Highlander: The Source (if it has a kick-butt [lousy language filter] Queen sountrack :p). Now where's my Captain America movie!?! :D

All this talk of movies and DVDs reminds me that I need to pick up Kamen Rider The First the next time I'm shopping...

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You guys all thought 300 was great?

I thought the battle scenes were pretty sweet, but based off the trailers, I had no idea I was paying $10 to watch what turned out to be borderline softcore pornography, mixed with Lord of the Rings, mixed with the Hunchback of Notre Dame, mixed with Troy. The movie was seriously bizarre, and the best moment of the entire movie was shown in the trailer (This is SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!).

Pretty much the only reason I wasn't disappointed in the movie was because I spent the entire time making fun of all the weird stuff in it with the people I was with.

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I want to see:

Delta Farce
Oceans 13
The Kingdom
Hot Fuzz

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HARRY POTTER !!
Mmm I hope it isn't a dissapointment. I liked the fourth one, but hated the third. I'm hoping this upcoming one is at least just as good as the Fourth.

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My daughter made me go with her to see 300, so its the only movie I've seen in a movie theater this year (other than IMAX - "Roving Mars") She wanted to go for the cinematography - she is an aspiring film maker. So she made me watch it from an artistic perspective. And that made it very interesting to watch. And it made me cry (I'm a softie), so bonus points for that!

I'm a Johnny Depp fan so I'll probably see Pirates and most likely Harry Potter as well. I was goint to try to see Spiderman 3, but I've heard so many so-so to bad reviews that I'll wait for it to get to the cheap movie theater.

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You all have to remember this is an opinion thread. I was reading peoples OPIONION on what i though was an extremly great movie in 300 and got a little mad, im like how can you not like that movie, then i remembered, its THEIR OPINION. so please, keep it that way haha.

But as for this summer i am looking forward to seeing almost every movie that is comming out. I am a huge movie fan so I will most likley see them all.

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spiderman 3 was great but i didnt like the ending. i will probably end up seeing transformers but w/e, i dont have that much of an interest in it. as for harry potter, it comes out on my bday so i have no choice but to go see it lol. some of my good friends really like the series. that is very true, summer movies dont have much to choose from.

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They say this one is being released this summer but I doubt it'll make it to Rochester.
I'm probably more likely to get it on DVD.

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For everyone saying that this isn't a summer for movies, just be glad you're not working in one. (Like yours truly) However, getting to see the movies for free definitely helps the wallet.

I saw Spidey 3 and I liked it. Granted, there were parts I didn't like (Emo Parker, Dunst "singing" (if that's what you can call it) and the "ending" (I won't ruin it for people who haven't seen it yet)) BUT the Bruce Campbell cameo was out of this world.

Pirates, I'll see it, only because I'm going to show it for my staff.

Other than that, the movies I want to see are: Simpsons, Harry Potter, Live Free or Die Hard, Ratatouille, Rush Hour 3, and a few others.

Compared to previous summers, this summer could very well be one of the biggest in Hollywood history. Only time will tell.

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Looking at this 9 minute clip of Pixar's newst pic Ratatouille I suspected that it would be good due to Pixar's linage and the awesomeness of Brad Bird but now I think this film has the potential to be my favorite film of the year!

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I went and watched Pirates 3 with Joe Matt, his sister and her friend and it was a great time, the movie is like 8345008934580 hours long it seems, 2 hours and 45 minutes exactly, and it has many different plots and twists to it but the action is great, Capt sparrow is once again great and a fun movie to watch.

Spiderman 3 didn't do it for me, I did not like much of the plot other then the action scenes.

I really want to see Die Hard 15, Live Free Die Hard.
Harry Potter and a few others that I can't remember right now.

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Saw Pirates yesterday...didn't like it a whole lot. I'm loosing intrest in all series that go over 2 (except spiderman, starwars, and 007). Haven't seen Shrek yet but my friends didnt like it too much.

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For the Snakes on a Plane crowd your new grail has arrived!:rolleyes:

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This is the summer of the sequel.
This one isn't getting the hype that the big three in May are getting but it was big in Russia. Day Watch (sequel to Night Watch).

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Holy crap! That's awesome!

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I just saw Ratatouille, and I was mesmerized by this movie. Given the species of the main character and the movie's name, one might expect it to be about rats, but it's not. It's about love. The characters' love of creating fine food, their love for each other (well some of them, anyway) and illustrating it all, Brad Bird and his cartoonists' obvious love of their art. Throughout this visual and emotional feast the animation is seldom cartoonish or extravagant, but rather is used to accentuate the story. It captures the imagination and subtly leads you into the story.

[tiny spoiler ahead] One of my favorite scenes is early in the movie, when Linguini is supposed to dispose of Remi, but lets him free instead. Remi dashes off, but then has a change of heart and cautiously returns. The artists blew me away with how they captured his wary return through the shadows under a bridge by the Seine.

Though Cars has arguably better jokes and way more flash, Ratatouille's depth in both animation and script make it my all-time favorite animated movie.

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I totally agree.
Pixar and Brad Bird are aniamtion Gods!

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Me and Kristian Calhoun saw, by far, the best (Bollywood) movie of the year! For his birthday, we went to see Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.

It was a fantastic movie with many entertaining dance numbers! By far, the best subtitles I have ever seen in a movie.

Forget Transformers, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom is the movie to see!

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I can't believe anyone would rather watch a Bollywood movie over almost any American films.

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My view on Bollywood:
A.) As an Indian, I am expected to see Bollywood films and love them.
B.) Many Bollywood movies were good until the past few years where the same love theme has been tortured out of its misery and burnt alive.
C.) Movies like Sholay (ooold school), Lagan, and Kal Ho Na Ho are left to represent Bollywood and India because they are good, and they are very good with British/European audiences, and are slowly growing among American audiences.
D.) 3 HOURS!!!!!! 3 WHOLE HOURS!!! That is the REQUIREMENT!! '
E.) Amita, Shahrukh, Ashwaria and Preity and others are why some people still see some of those movies.


The comment:
Only if you appreciate romance movies you would enjoy Bollywood (in its current state). For those of you that like sports, Lagaan was nominated for some best foreign film years ago. Honestly, I haven't seen a movie since Kal Ho Na Ho and my brother says I haven't missed anything so I'm not gonna waste my time. I'd rather Transformers.

Side Note:
If you would like to see a Bollywood film please consider seeing Lagaan ("Tax/Taxes") if you like sports or Kal Ho Na Ho ("Tomorrow May Or May Not Be") if you like romace/sad movies, or Sholay ("Flames") if you like action and humor.

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A.) Alexa and I are not Indian, but we thoroughly enjoyed Jhoom Barabar Jhoom! 5 stars!
B.) Several Indian friends of ours have said that they would not go see a Bollywood movie themselves.
C.) The leading female role in JBJ was a British woman, and there were many references to France, Britain, and the US (Hollywood)
D.) JBJ was approximately 2.5 hours - fairly long.
E.) We plan to see Chak De India next!

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Since I grew up watching Bollywood movies I know them pretty well although i have stopped watching the recent films. I agree that Lagan was very good especially for a Bollywood movie. There are obvious good movies that come out every so often but I must say that from what I have seen before most Bollywood movies have a reoccurring theme and sometimes plot. This gets boring after a while

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Wow.. I asked my mom and brother and they said that movie is good...I might have to see this one.... As for the A-E stuff...those were my points about bollywood and my rant...Anyways I have only seen like 5-10 movies in the past 10 years and you said 2.5 hours?? ... seems fairly short! :) You've gotten me interested...And thats rare....

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I just got back a little while ago from seeing Ratatouille.
To add to what Pete said, I think it is about making choices and figuring out who you are in this world. And the cream in the soup was yummy.

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Gonna go out and see Sunshine tonight.
I cannot beleive Fox Searchlight is trying desperately to destroy thier own movies by unleashing major spoilers on Youtube and Rotten Tomatoes.
Somebody made them really angry to do this!

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Well this is a bit late, but here are my faves so far, etc.

I frequently visit Apple Trailers, so have gotten to see some great trailers before they appeared available in the movies - very good site if you want to plan for movies to see. I was gone for a big chunk of summer without movies, so I did miss a lot of stuff unfortunately.

Movies I've enjoyed immensely:
Transformers
Harry Potter 5

Movies I really want to see:
Bourne Ultimatum
Sunshine
Moliere
Stardust (Not sure how this one's going to be - awesome trailer, but is getting attacked by critics)
The 11th Hour
War (C'mon, Jet Li is great... :) )

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Best movie of the year!
Intense, smart and even poignant.
Well acted, written and directed.
Now I'm not just perplexed by what Fox Searchlight has done to this movie. I'm outright angry. This movie deserves much better than what it's getting from it's studio. Now thanks to Fox Searchlight there is no way this movie even has a chance. I mean it wasn't going to eat into the Harry Potter crowd or anything (too relentless and talky for that) but it would have had a better chance to find a bigger audiance. Danny Boyle should sue!

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Sicko was by far one of the best movies of the summer.

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The Simpson's Movie...go see it, nuff said.

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Today, I saw Chak De! India. I thought that it was a very good movie. It had a lot of action in that it was a sports movie revolving around the women's field hockey team. It was not your traditional Bollywood movie in that there were not too many songs/dances. When songs were played, it was as background music or to show a video montage.

All in all, I thought it was a very, very good movie, especially if you enjoy sports movies!