The Island
This movie is excellent, probably my favorite of the summer. I didn't find out who the director is until after i saw it (which is good, because i might not have bothered: i liked the Rock but hated Pearl Harbor and Armageddon) and have read bad reviews but this movie is really really really good. Excellent acting all around. You really care about what happens to the clones. Funny and heart wrenching. There are some cheesy lines but the action never stops.
Charlie and the Charlie Factory
I've never been a fan of Burton but this movie is great. Depp does look kind of creepy but plays the part wonderfully. The Bucket family is excellently portrayed. Really funny. After seeing this and the Island i now want to go out and get Big Fish and finally see it.
War of the Worlds
Really good but not my favorite for Spielberg or Cruise. I still love their work. Would go to the theater to see again if i had the money.
Fantastic Four
I'm very fond of the work of Alba, Gruffud, and McMahon but was disappointed with this film. None of them got to really stretch their acting chops. I'm hoping they do a sequel because i think it would be better than all the intro stuff. Evans stole the show so i went out to get Cellular (which i'd been wanting to see for a long time) and i really enjoy what i've seen of him so far.
Batman Begins
The best of the Batman films imho. Gary Oldman really delivers: i never thought i'd say this (because i've been following Oldman's films for a while) but i'm never going to be able to see him in a movie without thinking of Sirius ever again. Bale was just as good as in Equilibrium but they didn't give him much to do; just found out he was the kid in Empire of the Sun and want to look into his work more. Murphy as the Scaregrow great, Freeman and Neeson excellent as usual, Caine good (but still an odd choice for the part imo), Wilkinson really good in a surprisingly different roll than Eternal Sunshine. This may have been my first film for Holmes.
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I was surprised, but i liked it a lot more than the miniseries (which is realllly weird) and mostly because of the casting choices i think. There were lots of good tributes to the first film spread throughout. Alan Rickman is so the bomb. Only thing i liked better the old way was the old Ford Prefect. This movie was actually more like a remake of the old movie than of the books i think.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Good, but not great. Funny and full of action. Too many dodged bullets. I knew they's end up staying together. Vaughn was funny but his part was really unnecessary.
The Longest Yard
Typical Sandler fare, good (but not his best), funny (but sometimes crude). I don't know why, but i usually can't help but like his movies (the obvious exceptions being Big Daddy which i didn't care for and the cartoon and Nicky one which i could tell weren't my idea of funny).
Herbie: Fully Loaded
I grew up on Herbie. I'm not the biggest fan of Lohan. Okay, not terrible, but not good. Definitely for the kids.
The Wedding Crashers
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME Rachel McAdams and Christopher Walken were good in it. Not Owen Wilson at his best. Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrel repulse me, along with the young gay guy. Too much crude humor that just wasn't funny. I never thought that i could hate Bradley Cooper
looking forward to seeing because of previews:
the Chronicles of Narnia the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (get chills every time i see the preview)
Elizabethtown (Bloom and Dunst)
the Transporter 2 (Statham rocked in the first)
Walk the Line (Phoenix)
Just Like Heaven (Witherspoon and Ruffalo)
Sky High (looks funny)
Red Eye (McAdams and Murphy)
Must Love Dogs (like Cusack, Lane is okay)
wish there was a preview for:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (of course)
That's all i can remember at the moment. I've seen a ton of stuff this summer. We'll have to see if i remember anything else that i missed.
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