Rate the Summer Movies So Far

[SturgisPodmore 0]

The season started with M:I-3 and so far has gone through Pirates. Please include all of the following (if you've seen them), in addition to any others you've seen this summer. Mine are already in order.

1. Superman Returns

2. X-Men: The Last Stand

3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

4. The DaVinci Code

5. Mission: Impossible - III

6. Poseiden

7. Click

8. The Break-Up

9. Cars

~Sturgis

[BLUMENKOHL 1,070]

1. PotC2 (9.2/10)

2. Cars (9.0/10)

3. Da Vinci Code (8.7/10)

4. Superman (8.0/10)

5. X3 (7.6/10)

6. MI3 (7.0/10)

7. The Break-Up (6.0/10)

8. Click (4.0/10)

9. Poseidon (1.5/10)

[AzOutcast 122]

X3

MI: 3

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Superman Returns

Lake House (that's right . . . I saw it)

[Ray Barnsbury 8]

Hmm...

1.) Superman Returns . . . . . . . A

2.) The Da Vinci Code . . . . . . . B

3.) X-men: The Last Stand . . . . B-

4.) Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-

5.) Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C+

6.) Pirates of the Caribbean 2 . . C

7.) The Break-Up . . . . . . . . . . . C

Ray Barnsbury - who thinks it's been just an okay summer for movies so far, and hopes Lady in the Water changes that!

[pi 0]

Big names, and big flops so far. Most especially the davinci crap.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

1. Superman Returns - B-

[Morlock 11]

I've only scene the following (In order of preferance):

1. X-Men: The Last Stand

2. The DaVinci Code

3. Cars

4. Mission: Impossible - III

I liked the first three, was unimpressed with the fourth.

My favorite film of the year so far is still V for Vendetta, by a serious margin.

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

1. X-Men: The Last Stand

2. Mission: Impossible III

That's all I've seen.

I watched Batman Begins last night on DVD, though, and it kicks both these films' combined asses.

[robthehand 3]

I'm rating these out of five.

1. X-Men: The Last Stand ***

2. Mission: Impossible 3 ***

3. The Da Vinci Code **1/2

4. Poseidon **

5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest **

Not very good so far, I'd say. I did have high hopes for Superman Returns but now I'm not so sure. I'll be seeing it over the weekend, though.

[King Mark 3,631]

all of them about 6/10

The most mediocre film summer in years.

K.M.

[robthehand 3]

The only film I've been truly impressed with this year is United 93. I have no objection to "serious movies", but it would be nice to have a TRULY great popcorn film once in a whilte, wouldn't it? :?

[Ollie 1,064]

I've pretty much stayed home this summer but I'll give Cars a 8/10.

[Bowie 45]

1. X-Men 3: The Last Stand (8.7/10)

2. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (8.4/10)

3. Superman Returns (7.8/10)

2. Da Vinci Code (6.9/10)

5. Scary Movie 4 (6.0/10)

[SomeNewGuy 0]

1. Superman Returns- 4/5

2. X-Men: The Last Stand- 3.5/5

3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest- 3/5

4. Mission: Impossible III- 2.5/5

5. Nacho Libre- :mrgreen:/5

EDIT: Favorite movies of 2006 so far have been V for Vendetta and Thank You for Smoking.

[RomanticStrings 10]

I'll put those that I have seen in order from favorite to least favorite, and I'll rate each one (though you will find that I tend to rate very generously):

1. Superman Returns (A+)

2. Cars (A+)

3. The DaVinci Code (A+)

4. Nacho Libre (A)

5. X-Men: The Last Stand (B)

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (B-)

I sure hope I didn't forget any movies.

~Conor

[Genius_Gone_Insane 5]

I saw A Scanner Darkly on Friday and it was better than ALL those movies. (Except that I didn't see Cars or POTC).

[Romão 2,274]

I watched Batman Begins last night on DVD, though, and it kicks both these films' combined asses.

Indeed

I only saw The Da Vinci Code and X -Men and I thought both of them were quite awful. I agree with Morlock, V is my favorite movie of 2006 thus far.

Romão, who loved the graphic novel.

[Docteur Qui 1,544]

X-Men: The Last Stand - B+

The Da Vinci Code - C+

Well, I'm going to see Superman Returns tonight.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

no this is no worst that last year KM

XMen in Need of Last Rights is rated too high by you folks.

[Bowie 45]

No it's not.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

yes it is, its a pale imitator of X2 Xmen United.

[Romão 2,274]

Last year, at this time, I had seen 3 blockbusters that I loved: ROTS, BB and WOTW. This year, zero so far, but I still haven't seen SR or POTC.

BTW, I don't think I ever wrote as many acronyms in one post.

[TheRuleOfThirds 0]

Yeah, last summer was better. I haven't liked much of anything this summer. Everything's bland and boring. My faves from last summer were definitely Batman and Star Wars.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

Star Wars came out in 77,

Revenge of the Sith came out last year, thank God there won't be anymore

[robthehand 3]

Well, put it this way, there was one film I really liked last summer, this summer there have been none.

[tpigeon 3]

Last summer was very good in terms of mainstream fare. Revenge of the Sith, Batman Begins, War of the Worlds, and Kingdom of Heaven were all good films. Like them or not, all of them were genuine films, using their mainstream blockbuster "status" to be real movies with real stories, not soulless wrecks like many other Hollywood summer ventures, as this summer has shown. All my hopes this summer now ride on Lady in the Water, Miami Vice, and (yes) Talladega Nights.

If this summer isn't too good though, rest assured that the Fall movie season will be one for the ages. You heard it here first.

Ted

[ymenard 54]

you've got time to see 10 movies in less than months?

[Ollie 1,064]

All my hopes this summer now ride on Lady in the Water, Miami Vice, and (yes) Talladega Nights.

If this summer isn't too good though, rest assured that the Fall movie season will be one for the ages. You heard it here first.

Ted

I wouldn't hold my breath on Miami Vice. It seems Jamie Foxx is taking the Cuba Gooding Jr. formula of flushing his career down the toilet after winning an Oscar.

[tpigeon 3]

I don't trust Jamie Foxx. I trust Michael Mann. I'm not expecting greatness from it; I want an atmospheric gritty action picture. Early word is negative, but because it's directed by Mann, I reserve some hope.

Ted

[pixie_twinkle 48]

1) POTC2: 9/10 (great fun)

2) The Omen: 7.5/10 (fairly solid remake, none too shabby)

3) Superman Returns: 7/10 (dull, inconclusive ending to an otherwise excellent movie)

4) MI3: 6.5/10 (fun, but we've seen it all before, and better)

5) DaVinci Code: 5.5/10 (boring, plodding adaptation of a fun, paper-chase adventure book)

[tpigeon 3]

you've got time to see 10 movies in less than months?

Yes. And I shouldn't limit it to the Fall. I meant the rest of 2006. We will have new films by Brian DePalma, Sofia Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, Alfonso Cuaron, Ridley Scott, Guillermo Del Toro, Michel Gondry, Clint Eastwood, and Steven Soderbergh. There's ten films I'll be seeing. And there's many more.

Ted

[TownerFan 4,991]

Let's analyze a very simple thing:

. Superman Returns --> Sequel/Remake (based on a major comic-book)

. X-Men: The Last Stand --> Sequel (based on a major comic-book)

. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest --> Sequel

. The DaVinci Code --> Adaptation of a major best-seller

. Mission: Impossible - III --> Sequel

. Poseidon --> Remake

And you should count also Scary Movie 4, Big Momma's House 2, The Omen, The Pink Panther and Ice Age 2... Whoa... talk about original ideas! The only exception to the rule seems to be Disney/Pixar's Cars, while other original (?) films are fluffy comedies nobody will remember in six months.

Hollywood's creativity is in REAL troubles, especially if we talk about the so-called summer big blockbusters spectaculars.

[robthehand 3]

That's nothing compared to what we've got coming: remakes of Strangers on a Train and Fahrenheit 451 to name a couple.

[pixie_twinkle 48]

Bride of Frankenstein: sequel

Gone With The Wind: adaptation

Ben Hur (1959): second remake!

The Wizard of Oz: remake/adaptation

The Philadelphia Story: adaptation from play

Lack of wholly original ideas in cinema is nothing new. Literally.

[BurgaFlippinMan 7]

wait, there is a new Ben Hur coming?

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

Um... no.

[Ollie 1,064]

Thank god.

Although I wouldn't be suprised to see a remake of it.

[A24 4,362]

Starring Russell Crowe!

[robthehand 3]

They're remaking Strangers on a Train, so I guess they'll remake anything. Even Ben-Hur. And it'll have a Media Ventures score! And it'll star Matt Damon! And it will be directed by Michael Bay!

[Mr. Breathmask 555]

When's Bay doing The Birds again?

[tpigeon 3]

True or untrue, this banter is making me sick.

Ted

[QMM 4]

I saw A Scanner Darkly on Friday and it was better than ALL those movies.  (Except that I didn't see Cars or POTC).

I've heard good things of Scanner Darkly

[iamjorel 0]

MySpace Film Music Group

Here are the movies I saw this year ... the summer ones are in there somewhere.

16 Blocks (B)

Akeelah and the Bee (B)

American Dreamz (D)

Capote [b+]

Da Vinci Code (B)

Devil Wears Prada (B-)

Failure to Launch (C-)

Family Stone [b+]

Find Me Guilty [b+]

Final Destination 3 ©

Firewall

Friends With Money (B)

Hard Candy (B)

Ice Age 2 [Cplus]

Inside Man [bplus]

Lucky Number Sleven [b+]

Match Point (A)

Mission Impossible 3 [b+]

Over the Hedge (B-)

Pirates of the Carribean 2 (B)

Poseidon ©

The Producers (B-)

Scary Movie 4 (D)

Sentinel (C+)

She's the Man (B+)

Superman Returns (B+)

Take the Lead

Thank You For Smoking (B-)

Transamerica (A-)

V: For Vendetta (A-)

X-Men 3 (B-)

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I saw A Scanner Darkly on Friday and it was better than ALL those movies.  (Except that I didn't see Cars or POTC).

I've heard good things of Scanner Darkly

I didn't, it looks really stupid, pure geek drivel.

[Genius_Gone_Insane 5]

I didn't, it looks really stupid, pure geek drivel.

I know I'm new here, so maybe I shouldn't toot my horn, but DUDE! Do you ever have anything good to say about anything ever?

[Romão 2,274]

Joe does love Superman and its score.

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I didn't, it looks really stupid, pure geek drivel.

I know I'm new here, so maybe I shouldn't toot my horn, but DUDE! Do you ever have anything good to say about anything ever?

don't call me Dude, Im too old to be called dude.

yes, I am the oldest JW fan on this board, I love much/most of his stuff, and my passion is for good movies, though some would debate my choices as well. I think too many movies are really aimed at ritilin driven individuals who can't say 4 words slowly without pitching a fit.

besides the movie you mentioned really looks stupid, and geekky.

[Docteur Qui 1,544]

I saw Superman Returns last night. I couldn't help it; when the Krypton music started playing at the start I couldn't not like it.

So I liked it a lot. That's all I can really say. The score, outside of the Williams music, didn't do much for me so I listened to the Superman soundtrack when I got home.

But yeah, it gets an A from me.

[Genius_Gone_Insane 5]

when the Krypton music started playing at the start I couldn't not like it.  

totally! +1

[JoeinAR 1,949]

I saw Superman Returns last night. I couldn't help it; when the Krypton music started playing at the start I couldn't not like it.

So I liked it a lot. That's all I can really say. The score, outside of the Williams music, didn't do much for me so I listened to the Superman soundtrack when I got home.

But yeah, it gets an A from me.

I agree