Summer Movies

I am sure that there are a million blogs out there blogging about the movies that came out this summer. So just count me as 1,000,001.



First: Ocean's Thirteen - I loved Ocean's Eleven so much that in 2005 I couldn't get enough of the idea of a sequel. Ocean's Twelve, however made me sick to my stomach. They bastardized the characters, the plot was ridiculously hard to follow and the whole Julia Roberts looking like Julia Roberts ruined the storytelling. Ocean's Thirteen was much better and probably what 12 should have been. But still it wasn't 11. To be honest I am obsessed with Ocean's Eleven. I have seen it over a hundred times and I have seen it dubbed in french. Everything about 11 is amazing. The music, the pace, the cinematography. Nothing feels forced, you care about the characters. Great heist movie. As for 13? See it if you are a fan of 11. If you haven't seen any of them. Rent 11 and then call it quits.

I already talked about Spiderman and I refused to see Pirates of Caribbean based on principle. But I did go see Live Free or Die Hard. All I can say is " go see it". If you were even tempted, briefly thought about or just curious - GO, you won't be disappointed.

Of course I had to go see Harry Potter. I have not liked the Harry Potter movies since the first one (even though I keep going to the theater and watching). It wasn't until the 3rd that I figured out why. The books are so long now, that to pack all the plot into a 2 hour movie, they leave stuff out which makes the movie story hard to follow. So now I am a reader of the books. Borrowed books. They are an easy read and quite fun. But because I am self proclaimed movie nerd.... I had to go see it (plus my mother in law was in town= free babysitting!). I felt the same about it as I did all the other HP movies, see it if you are a fan... read the book to understand what all the hubbub is about.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - the problems with this movie are basically the same as with Spiderman (except for running time). I may be old fashioned but I don't think super heros and their villains should sit down and talk things out (that is for the real world... not movie land).


*Sigh* Another summer wasted...