Too Many Summer Movies 2008

Unless I start to see a lot of double features, I am (possibily - hopefully) going to spend a couple hundred dollars this summer at the box office because there are a lot of flicks on my list. Here is a list of all of the movies that I want to see - listed in order of release date - the strike through indicates for one(s) I've seen:

Iron Man, Redbelt, Son of Rambow, Refusenik, Speed Racer, Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Sex and the City, Dreams with Sharp Teeth, Mongol, The Incredible Hulk, Get Smart, The Love Guru, Wanted, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight, Pineapple Express, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tropic Thunder, Hamlet 2

Yup, that is 19 films and those are just the ones of which I'm aware. This does not include the unknown indie flicks that will eventually receive tons of media love so that number should only climb. We'll see how many I knock off though as my free time will soon be limited. The next on the list is the latest Mamet movie titled "Redbelt." I cannot wait to see what he's done with the sports genre. Should be pretty sweet.

5/24 UPDATE: Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay was not on my list only because it was released on 4/22 and technically not a summer movie. That being said, I feel like it should have been on the list and therefore I've added it. It was not nearly as good as the first one but it still had its moments, like when tons of bottomless females sauntered about for a good minute or so. Yummy.

Iron Man totally rocked - as an Iron Man comic affectionado, I have to say that I was quite pleased. I still have not seen Redbelt (it is not playing in any theatres in my area) but I did see IJ4 tonight: it was pulpy and if you know me, you'll want to know that yes, I did wear my Indiana Jones hat.

8/22 UPDATE: Indiana Jones 4 was ridiculous. If you need any proof, just search for the term "nuked the fridge" and see how many results you get. This terms use in our lexicon can directly be attributed to a scene in the movie. 'Nuff said. To see the offending clip check out YouTube before it gets pulled.

"The Dark Knight" was simply breathtaking. Nolan nailed it again. This time, the movie was so good, it was the first super hero movie to transcend the super hero genre. To me, it was an amazing story that happened to have a super hero in it. The story was the focus, the heroes were mere characters. Unbelievable. Ledger's Joker was other worldly. He truly embodied chaos, like Javier Bardam's character in No Country For Old Men. He was just not of this earth - a tour de force performance which sadly will never have a sequel.

11/1 UPDATE: Redbelt was a typical Mamet movie - some awesome dialogue, some stilted dialogue (think 1950's teleplays where you think to yourself "do people really talk like that?") and a spin or two in the plot with an ending that you probably did not guess. Overall, it was quality and I'm glad I saw it. It wasn't one of his best but still, a Mamet movie is like pizza or sex to me. Even if its bad, its good and this one was okay in my opinion so if bad is good, okay is very good I guess...