As always, when
EW's summer movie preview strikes, I must respond.
Movies I Desperately Want to See in the Theatre- Iron Man 2 (May 7)
Why? ♥! And hey, they have TWO kick-ass female characters this time around!
- The A-Team (June 11)
Why? 80s-era explosions! Bradley Cooper! Kick-assedness!
- Salt (July 23)
Why? Angelina Jolie in an action movie. If you're asking why, you don't even know me.
- The Expendables (August 13)
Why? Look at that cast! Listen, y'all, in the background of my childhood is every single movie all of these folk ever did. Missing out on this movie would bring shame to the house of my father, is all I'm saying.
Movies Which Intrigue Me, But About Which I Feel Ambivalent- Robin Hood (May 14)
Why? I can take or leave Russell Crowe, but Cate Blanchett and archery? Rawr.
- Sex and the City 2 (May 27)
Why? I saw the first one. Character-wise, it wasn't horrific, although all the other stuff made me break into hives.
- The Karate Kid (June 11)
Why? While there is NO WAY this movie needed to be remade, I do really like the cast. I like the diversity in general. I want people to see movies that have diversity!
- Jonah Hex (June 18)
Why? On one hand, I lovvvvved the Jonah Hex episode of Batman: The Animated Series. On the other hand, I don't care about Josh Brolin or John Malkovich. On the third hand, Megan Fox. (That third hand is value-neutral, btw.)
- Toy Story 3 (June 18)
Why? I never dislike the Toy Story movies, but I'm not sure I really care at this point. Then again, I do have an almost-five-year-old niece, so I might not have a choice.
- Knight and Day (June 25)
Why? I am consistently disconcerted by how much my taste in movies overlaps with that of Tom Cruise. Then again, I continue to not care about Cameron Diaz.
Movies Whose Existence I Would Go Back in Time to Undo- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (May 28)
Why? PERSIA. THEREFORE, PERSIAN. UGH. (I like all the actors, but way to fail at casting appropriately, folks.)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (June 30)
Why? UGGGGHHH. I can't decide if the feminism!fail or the crappy, crappy writing is more offensive.
- The Last Airbender (July 2)
Why? I loved the cartoon series. This movie spits upon all the awesomeness that the cartoon had. Also, ASIAN PEOPLE ARE NOT WHITE PEOPLE WITH TANS, WTF. Way to MISS THE POINT ENTIRELY.
1 comment:
Glad to see another person who wonders at the diversity fail of Airbender. It is also done by M. Night Shamalamading-whatever (I shall not Google his name for accuracy) so I'm sure the third act will be needlessly stupid. Way to shit on a show that actually treated its kid/older audience as intelligent people.
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