If you know me very well, you know that I’m not terribly picky about my movie selections. I’ll tell you if I don’t like it, but generally I like most flicks I see. This summer was full of some ups and downs, but very few “incredible” movie moments. The disappointment started in the spring with 28 Weeks Later being WAY too weak in comparison with 28 days Later. Then we hit the lamest Spiderman movie yet. Not even a Bruce Campbell cameo could save it (and if you’re a Campbell fan and/or a spy flick fan with a sense of humor, you MUST be watching Burn Notice on USA. It’s excellent!). Pirates and Shrek were both “ok”. I loved the Pinocchio interrogation scene in Shrek! Harry Potter and Bourne both let me down, especially Potter. 1408 went from awesome to stupid about halfway through, but Transformers left me feeling good about movies again. Still, the scene of the main character (Shia LaBeouf) making out with his girlfriend on the hood of the Transformer (after he KNEW it was alive!) will haunt me for awhile. Speaking of Shia, two of the best movies I’ve seen this summer are ones that came out in April and are already out for rental. Disturbia (w/ previously mentioned Shia) is awesome and fun, Jill and I really liked it. And Hot Fuzz, with the guys from Shaun of the Dead, is amazing!
Hands down the funniest movie of the summer was The Simpson’s Movie. The other two funny movies I saw were great, but I can’t admit to having watched them on a public blog! All of this brings me to my big reveal…the best movie of the summer, and maybe one of my all-time favorite movies (only time will tell) is…
STARDUST!
This show is incredible! We went to see it today and I loved every second of it. It’s funny, but not too corny. It’s got great heroes and well done baddies. Jill and I both loved Robert De Nero especially. His character was a lot of fun, and very well played. I just wish he had a little more screen time. Claire Daines and Charlie Cox were perfect as well…and the whole thing just had this amazing “larger than life” feeling to it. Absolutely my favorite movie of the summer…and I would say a must see. Jill and I are considering going back to see it again tomorrow, and that’s something I haven’t done in a LONG time!
Here are a couple of quotes from my man Harry Knowles at Aintitcoolnews. com. I know it may seem like I’m gushing here, but I REALLY loved this movie, and Harry’s review hit on some things that really sold me on the movie. Especially what he says about Hayao Miyazaki (who did “Princess Mononoke”, also with Claire Dianes and also totally awesome!) and about Ian McKellen.
“The overall sensation of the story is literally like watching a live-action Miyazaki film.”
“You see, the movie begins with narration by Ian McKellen, and you know… Sir Ian’s voice just instantly makes you want to accept everything that follows as being from a long time ago, far far away, when a boy could become a man that could become so much more.”
“I genuinely believe that this is a film for romantics, which is predominately women, with a select group of us men that are not afraid to go gooey over falling in love. However, I’m not entirely sure that Paramount is ever going to get them in to theaters with the trailer they’ve cut.”
“I absolutely love this film and feel it could very well wind up being amongst my favorites of the year when all is said and done. If not, we’re in for one helluva year.”
“Don’t trust me? Just wait till you see Moriarty’s Love Letter once he sees this at Tribeca… or Quint’s – who saw it with me. This is the genuine article, unless you’re a single dude that stays up all night playing first person shooters and grunting out attack jargon on your headset. And you know who you are.”
Check it out and let me know what you think.
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Oh, come on… tell us about the funny movies you saw. They can’t have been that bad. Certain they weren’t “super bad,” were they???? : > )
Dude, you have seen some movies this summer! i still need to see Simpsons and Bourne, and Die Harder. Didn’t even know about Stardust…hmmmm….
You already coughed up about Superbad…what was the other one?
We saw Bourne and Stardust this weekend. Stardust was incredible.
And I saw Todd and his wife…at home depot…”Let’s do it again sometime!”