Well, Summer Movie Season is nearly upon us. With the exception of the last few years’ Christmas spectaculars (LOTR mainly); summer is my favourite movie season of all. It’s sad, really, because I should be spending time out doors, but there are just so many true Blockbusters that it’s hard to miss.

This summer is looking (to me) to be one of the best in a long, long, long time. Last summer was pretty good… This summer looks like it’s going to have my smiling 4 days out of 5.

So, what’m'I looking forward to? An eclectic mix, for me:

April

Mean Girls: This is not a typical “Jeremy Movie”, but it looks like it could be some good, unrude, mindless fun.

May

The Day After Tomorrow: Wherever I work, I’m taking anyone who wants to come out with me (sorry, not paying). I’m a complete sucker for really well done end of the world movies. I know, some people will say there’s no such thing as really well done end of the world movies. I say phooey on you. Great Big Phooey. I love ‘em. It’s an addiction.
Shrek 2: By definition, this movie had better rock my socks off. I really enjoy Shrek. It has charm (unlike Ella Enchanted); wit and… C’mon, NINJA MOVES! ;-)
Van Helsing: I was going to pick Troy for my third movie for May that I’m really looking forward to… But c’mon… Vampire movies that I actually enjoy are few and far between (Underworld was one of the few I really enjoyed). I’m not a big vampire movie guy at all, but if Van Helsing is half as good as Underworld, I’ll be happy. Besides, Troy is the kind of movie that could be really good (inspirational, great fighting, like LOTR) or just a run of the mill Braveheart wannabe cashing in on a testosterone-induced need to see heads get chopped off.

June

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: It’s a guilty pleasure. Love the books. Love the movies. This one has been delayed (they’ve changed the running schedule to 18 month releases from 14); and I’m definitely looking forward to it holding me off until the next book. I’ll be very, very sad when the Harry Potter thing ends : (
MindHunters: To be honest, I haven’t seen any previews for this yet. But, I’ve been hearing very good things for the last year about this project, and I’ve been quietly anticipating it hitting the big screens (unlike Kung Follow Soccer, which I’m STILL waiting to see… Bloody Miramax).
The Stepford Wives: I hadn’t actually seen the original. And I haven’t seen anything really good from this. My desire to see this basically comes out of my fear that I, Robot (more on this to come). It could be really, really good though.

July

The Bourne Supremacy: Again, a movie that hasn’t been getting enough press (yet). The first one was good (enough) for a movie adaptation. This one is supposed to be better (I’d be impressed). It should be worth the watch anyways.
i, Robot: All I have to say is that if they stay true to Asimov and don’t butcher this, it’ll be fantastic. If they do, I really hope they take other Asimov stuff and make it a reality (Foundations would be impressive, though disjointed… A really skilled Director could make it work though). If they ruin this, and it makes a killing, I shudder to think that they’ll just go on ruining his work.
Sleepover: Okay, this could be really, really bad… Or it could be really good. We’ll see.

Movies I’m NOT Looking Forward To (That I Thought I’d Like)?

Envy: Honestly, I think this’ll be stupid. It’s sad, because I normally really, really enjoy Ben Stiller. But, I think this is one situational comedy too many for me this year (already).
Garfield: Nothing bothers me more than people cashing in without putting in the effort. Scooby-Do comes to mind. This is just riding the same (small) wave. Sorry, but I refused to see either Scooby movie purely because I knew (and was right) that they’d be awful. I refuse to pay for something which will only encourage more crappy movies and animation. Give me quality or give me death to this genre!

Sadly I couldn’t find an official release schedule for August. There are a lot of other movies I’m looking forward to, which weren’t at Movies.com (and I was too lazy to look).

I’m really looking forward to this season, as it looks like there’ll be at least one really great release every week of the summer!