With Iron Man 3 hitting theatres and rocketing to huge box office numbers this past weekend, the summer movie season officially began.
Iron Man 3 is just one of many summer movies based on comic book characters.
With the success of The Avengers and the Dark Knight movies, don’t expect the influx of super-hero movies to end any time soon.
With Robert Downey Jr. capturing the wit and pathos of Iron Man and his alter ego Tony Stark, the movies have struck a chord with audiences.
As far as anticipation for Iron Man 3, I’d give it three out of five Hulks.
Coming out in mid-June is the new Superman movie, Man of Steel.
It’s only been three years since Superman Returns, which failed to catch on with audiences. Will Man of Steel do better? It looks promising, with a cast that includes Kevin Costner, Russell Crowe and Boardwalk Empire‘s Michael Shannon as General Zod.
Superman was one of my favourites comic books growing up. The toughest part is making an invulnerable, flying alien relatable. I give it four out of five Hulks.
Hugh Jackman returns once again in The Wolverine.
After several X-Men movies and the disappointing X-Men Origins: Wolverine, anticipation is a little low on this one. One out of five Hulks.
Of course, there are movies out there that aren’t superhero flicks.
Star Trek Into Darkness is the much-anticipated sequel to the very successful reboot to the Star Trek franchise starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto.
If Into Darkness is half as good as the first J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek movie, it’ll be great. Five out of five Hulks.
I really liked the World War Z novel, so I’m looking forward to the upcoming movie starring Brad Pitt.
Zombies might be overdone at this point, but WWZ has some interesting takes on the subject. The novel looked at the zombie war as a worldwide battle between humans and zombies. Plus, y’know, 100 foot zombie ladders are cool. Four Hulks out of five.
After Earth is the latest Will Smith post-apocalyptic battling-for-survival epic. The catch this time is he fights next to real-life son Jaden, who was actually pretty good in the Karate Kid remake.
It seems like there are a lot of similar movies floating around, so two Hulks out of five.
In the non-action category, Now You See Me looks promising. It’s about a group of magicians who steal from banks and give the money to their audience members. It stars Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson and could be a big sleeper. Four out of five Hulks.
The Hangover 3 departs from the first two movies’ “wake up after a night of debauchery and put together the pieces” scenario.
The original actors return so I’m sure there’ll be laughs aplenty. Two Hulks.
This is the End is another comedy, this one with Seth Rogen, James Franco and buddies playing themselves during an apocalypse. A very meta idea that could be funny. Three Hulks.
Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock team up to bring The Heat. The two form a female version of the buddy cop movie staple. McCarthy brought the laughs in Bridesmaids so this could be funny. Three Hulks.
There are plenty more, but that’s all the room I have. Until next time, enjoy the movies.
