Is there going to be anything good in the theaters this summer?

[Kire]

X-Men is a flop. Da Vinci Code sucks. Mission Impossible 3 is a dud. Everything else is a stupid remake.

I don't really want to see any of those animated features.

So what else is a body to do?

I guess I'll be renting Deadwood from Netflix.

[XemaSab]

1. Snakes

on a plane! :bounce:

[Kire]

2. right

I forgot

[El Fuego]

3. And there ain't a damn thing you can do about it!

Not when there's muthafuckin' SNAKES on a PLANE!!!

[CBHagman]

4. Where do you live? What are your tastes?

I'm always glad to discuss movies, but I need to know your expectations and where you're living -- the better to know which local paper's summer movie previews to recommend. What's released at a film festival or in a major city might not turn up in a particular town until later, if at all.

I read The Washington Post, which always does seasonal updates (fall/winter, plus summer) movie previews. Here's an online chat they ran on the summer 2006 schedule. I'm not a fan of Jen Chaney (and don't even get me started on Stephen Hunter), but it might give you some ideas.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/05/16/DI2006051601155.html

Other preview links:

http://et.tv.yahoo.com/micro/smg/14506/

http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab8.cfm?newsid=16575859&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=565862&rfi=6

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/movies/14454941.htm

One solution is simply to click on the following link each weekend to see what's opening. You can look up screenings by area, too.

http://www.imdb.com

Going to the movies is part of a summer ritual, as far as I'm concerned, whether it's watching movies in a theater, a museum, or outdoors (yes, we still do that in some areas). Just silence the cell phones and other devices, gang!

:popcorn:

On edit: Just looked at your profile and saw that you're in northern New Jersey. I guess movie selection depends on how far you want to drive and whether you want to cross state lines.

[Kire]

5. The nearest art-house theater is an hour away.

I subscribe to the email alerts from Roger Ebert, Washington Post Movies and New York Times Movies. I read iMDB almost daily.

Thanks a lot for those links, it seems you put a lot of care into that post.

It got so bad, that I went to see "Goal! The Dream Begins" because I wanted to see something in the theater. It was actually pretty good, except for the cheese factor. I'm a big soccer fan. I'm actually going to see Bayern Munich play the Red Bulls at Giants Stadium tomorrow.

Anyway, thanks a lot.

Kire

[CBHagman]

6. "It got so bad." LOL!

Yes, there are movies I've seen for reasons other than critical acclaim. My then-housemate and I went to see A Fish Called Wanda mainly because we had no air conditioning, and Buffalo had what qualified as a heat wave.

Fortunately, the movie was great.

[Aiptasia]

7. Read a book?

I haven't been inside of a movie theater in well over a year.