The first huge summer movie, Troy, comes out this coming week which got me thinking about which of these films I'm going to see this summer. I was going to make a top 10 list, but as i was looking though what was coming out I could really find 10 movies I really want to see. I think I saw like 5 or 6 definates and a few other maybes. Definates 1. The Day After Tomorrow - YES!!! Another movie about the destruction of the world. This time with the weather as the cause. This will kick ass. Directed by Roland Emmerich who brought us Independence Day, The Patriot, and Stargate. Not a bad line-up. Oh yeah, he did do Godzilla, too. 2. The Village - I'm sure this will be another awesome one from M. Night Shyamalan. A village surrounded by woods with creatures and people keep disappearing. He should score big with this one. 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - OK, I'm a wicked Harry Potter fan. I loved the books and I loved the first two films. The only thing that worries me is that there's a new director; Alfonso Cuaron instead of Chris Columbus. I hope is has the same feel as the others. 4. Troy - This is so big for me for one reason; Peter O'Toole. He is, in my opinion the greatest actor of all time. I'm so happy to see him in a huge mainstream movie once again, even if his part is small. 5. The Terminal - Ahhh. Another summer, another movie from Steven Spielberg, with Tom Hanks in it no less. About a man stuck in an airport terminal. Hey it's Spielberg, it's got to be good. As for other movies that I will probably end up seeing: Spider-Man 2, Collateral, King Arthur, I Robot. I'm more likely to see the first 2 more than the second 2, but who knows. I still need to see Kill Bill vol. 2. Oh and then there's the possibility that Michael Moore's new documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 might be released this summer, if they can FIND A DISTRIBUTOR!!! (Oh there will be a rant coming on that subject). If it comes out I will find the closest theater to me that showing is and see it on opening day.

I'm not even going to start ranting about Troy (I mean, do you expect an ancient history buff to swallow the tripe that movie lays out?), but this summer the movies seem to tip the scales to the lame category. The Garfield movie and Catwoman immediately spring to mind, and I'm sure there are others that will make us want to hide our eyes from the big screen forever. I mean, just one look at Halle Berry in her Catwoman costume and you're left slapping your forehead so much as to cause brain damage. And do I ever want to see Fahrenheit 9/11! Michael Moore is only putting on film what a lot of us suspect anyhow (at least, those of us who think Dubya is a direct descendant of the first monkey ever launched into space). After hearing all the bullshit surrounding the production and distribution, I'm left wondering how far away is the free capitalist society of the US from the strangling censoring societies of communist countries? Or do gag orders coming from the holders of large sums of cash and political clout not carry the same evilness as censorship elsewhere? Funny how money suddenly makes everything "acceptable". Katse

Please don't tell me that 9/11 film has anything to actually do with 9/11

I'm happy to say it does. Hopefully people will see it and finally realize what I and many others have known about Bush since he was "elected". And I use the term VERY loosely.

Do you really believe that?

I know I am not from that part of the world but some of my colleagues went over to help deal with the aftermath. From consoling families, helping recovery bodies to setting up a central point to collate all this (affectionately known over here as Casualty Bureau, which US had no idea what to do) . I saw how they were when they came back, some are still receiving counselling as I am sure many families are that lost someone. I know that some people want to see the background to this I just pray they dont show the actual event itself and afterwards.

And I wont say anything cynical to that...but I want to.

I think its pretty disgusting to make a film about 9/11, if you want to rip your president for the Iraq war then be my guest but to be honest all I see this as is a way to cash in on some CGI fxed scene of the actual incedent.

Originally posted by Tengu And I wont say anything cynical to that...but I want to.

Am not sure what you mean Tengu? Please feel free to say what you want.

I'm anxiously waiting for the new Harry Potter movie I know...I shouldn't be that excited but I do love the books and movies. When the first books came out I was a nay-sayer...grumbled about how they weren't "real" fantasy novels. But after reading them and seeing how the movies have come to be I actually like them and hope that they continue As for the 9/11 movie...I won't waste my time to see it. The director is the same one that did the "documentary" Bowling for Columbine which in my eyes is a veiled attempt at showing the "pros" of gun control . I won't expect the 9/11 movie to be anything different...another highly liberal attempt to show the real world with cutscenes and splicing to give it some sort of legitimacy. I'll skip Troy too...from what I've read so far it has the historical accuracy similar to saying the French won the Spanish-American war.... Plus Pitt's comments about how guys will start wearing skirts after seeing the movie scares me.... Oh well...I'm rambling on incoherently

*runs off with CeNedra into the frisking room* mwuhahah! *locks door* Right then I know you haven't been err.....checked for weapons yet

Originally posted by Cep Right then I know you haven't been err.....checked for weapons yet

/me steers off on a small tangent If one checked they would find a .32 in my purse and a 9mm under the seat in my car. I have all of the permits and am well within the law for my concealed carry. At home I'm not more than a few feet at any time from one of the many pistols/rifles in my collection. Burst a bubble for a few about my "innocent nature" huh? /me returns to the thread already in progress

Everyone gets a frisking hun...part and parcel of the whole Gatcha gig

The Day after tomorrow and the village both sound good if I can get the time away from work I might go see them. Thanks for the recommendations Tajiri, as always you are tops when it comes to reviews.

Oh yes! I want to see that one too. Day After Tomorrow. I LOVE disaster movies and creature movies too. The badder, the better! Wheeee!

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Every time I see the trailer for " Day After Tomorrow," I think it's a birds remake because of all the birds at the beginning. Even though I know it isn't. Edit: *beats hijacking smilie* Can we turn that grin's code into something else so that it'll stop doing that? As far as 9/11 and all this about the warning, I really don't care for the idea about a movie. As far as who's at fault, I'd have to say Bin Laden. The FBI and CIA *both* received (and still receive) hundreds of warnings a week. Some are real, some aren't. The fact is that the warning of 9/11 is extremely vague. I probably wouldn't have acted on it myself. Okay, Al Queda is thinking of attacking through the use of airlplanes...which airport? Way, way too vague to be pointing fingers at *anyone* besides the terrorist organization itself. Besides, the director has shown himself to leave out facts/exxagerate circumstances in order to show his own pov. Not a bad thing, I understand. Everyone does that. I just don't care to see his movie. Personally, it hits a little close to home. Can't look at anything relating to 9/11 without tearing up a little. TANGENT WARNING! It was really weird that day. A friend called and told me to turn on CNN. It was right after the first tower had been hit. I saw the other plane coming in and as the reporter wondered what was going on, I figured it would probably hit the second tower, which, of course, it did. Then I figured the Pentagon would be next. And it was. Then I shut up. But it just broke my heart to see the buildings with the smoke rising into the air and people jumping out. Anyways, it just really irks me that someone would do this so soon. I imagine that one of the primary reasons that Disney dropped the movie is because they're afraid of lawsuits, because honestly, I don't think it's very likely that the producers take the victims' families into consideration. I would be furious. I wouldn't care what the movie brought to light, if it even does that. It's a theory, nothing more. I would be very irritated at seeing my loved one's death being used as political propaganda. Very angry. Troy - Historically accurate? Even remotely close? Nah. Full of hot, hunky actors? Heck yeah. Definitely tempted. Harry Potter - Woohoo! I'm a Potter freak, I admit. Will definitely see this one. Spiderman 2 - I'll see this one because I liked the first. Hope they do as good of a job. Or better, even. Spiderman rocks. (btw, Dad watched the first one with me after it was released on dvd. Says it was pretty close to how he remembered the comic. Ah, the joy of having someone who *knows* his old comics. ^_^) Catwoman - Not planning on seeing. An interesting fact, though? Halle Berry ran into a mike boon in one scene so hard that she knocked herself out. Hilarious stuff. Shrek 2 - The first movie was so stupid it was hilarious. I have very high hopes for the sequel to be just as stupid and, consequently, just as hilarious.

There's very few movies this summer that I'm interested in. I'll almost definitely be seeing Spider Man 2 and Harry Potter, only cause my friends are gonna bug me to go. One movie I am really looking forward to though is The Bourne Supremacy. The Bourne Identity made for a pretty good movie and Supremacy was my favorite of the three books.

i cant wait for spiderman 2

OMG so they made the next bourne movie?!?! Yay!

Saw Troy tonight. Not historically accurate. Lots of cool battle/fight scenes. Gratuitious Brad Pitt nakey butt shots (at least 3). Biggest single complaint: Who the heck picked a wailing woman (a greek funeral dirge) to be the almost sole source of the background 'music' track? Every time something emotionally charged started happening, she'd go caterwauling. My hubby and I kept getting distracted. After a while we just started finding it funny. I mean, she sounded like she were trying to sing, but forgot the words and was dying of a gut wound at the same time. We just wished she would hurry up and die already. Big emotional scene? Oop! There she goes again! Can't quite hear what the heroes are saying over her disembodied wailing. Oop! Now she has a friend singing back up. Oh lord give us a battle scene or Brad Pitt's naked tuckus to distract! Anyway Fun movie. Lots of pretty people swinging swords! Yummy! And oh yeah, Peter O'Toole rocked.