The summer movie season officially kicked off with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 this past Friday. Here are the 10 films on the docket for this summer that I'm most excited to see.
10.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (7/11): Rise of the Planet of the Apes was a pleasant surprise back in 2011 and the follow-up look just as promising. The premise of a film mostly driven by the apes led by Ceaser (motion-captured and voiced by the remarkable Andy Serkis),and their continued evolution as a species that has led them to become the most powerful beings in the world sounds very intriguing.
9.Jupiter Ascending (7/18): I'd be lying if I said I fully understood the premise of Jupiter Ascending from the trailers, but it looks cool as hell so I guess it's a moot point. The Wachowskis look to be back in sc-fi visionary mode, which is refreshing after their recent string of flops. Even if the film ends up disappointing, it should at least be fun to see how much of the film Sean Bean can make it through before meeting his inevitable demise.
8.Neighbors (5/9): To be honest, I'll see anything with Seth Rogen in it, but Neighbors looks like it could be one of his upper-echelon films. The overwhelmingly positive feedback from South by Southwest in March paired with the genius premise of a fraternity moving next door to a young family gives Neighbors a whole lot of potential to be a piece of comic gold.
7.Guardians of the Galaxy (8/1): Resident Hollywood weirdo James Gunn (Super, Slither) gets the reigns to the weirdest group of superheroes (Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel voice a gun-toting raccoon and giant tree respectively) in the Marvel universe with Guardians of the Galaxy. If the teaser trailer is any indicator, the good times are going to roll.
6.Godzilla (5/16): Godzilla is arguably the most hyped movie of the entire summer. The trailers have pulled off quite a feat by capturing a strong aura of dread without showing much of the titular monster. If this doesn't blow the doors off of Roland Emmerich's 1998 reboot, I'll be beside myself.
5.A Million Ways to Die in the West (5/30): Seth MacFarlane's second entry into the world of cinema look to be even stronger than the first (2012's Ted) as he brings his vulgar, twisted humor to the Old West. The sheer strength of the redband trailer and a cast including Charlize Theron, Neil Patrick Harris, Giovanni Ribsi, Liam Nesson and MacFarlane himself all but assures comedic brilliance from A Million Ways to Die in the West.
4.22 Jump Street (6/13): The sequel to the wildly hysterical 21 Jump Street retains much of the same cast and looks to maintain the same playful tone that made its predecessor so successful. If 22 Jump Street can manage to get anywhere close to as many laughs as the first installment, It's got a good shot of being the funniest film of 2014.
3.The Expendables 3 (8/15): Sylvester Stallone has called the latest entry in his all-star action franchise "bigger and better than ever". With the likes of Wesley Snipes, Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford joining an already stacked cast, and the monumental improvement this series showed from the first to second installment, I can fully believe Stallone's sentiments.
2.X-Men: Days of Future Past (5/23): X-Men: Days of Future Past is essentially the X-Men answer to The Avengers. Days of Future Past combines the cast of the original trilogy with the cast of the 2011 prequel First Class for a time-jumping mutant extravaganza. The film also sees such fan favorite mutants Bishop, Warpath and Quicksilver making their long-awaited debut in the X-Men film universe. In my eyes, X-Men: Days of Future Past has all the makings to be the blockbuster event of the summer.
1.Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (8/22): Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is a film that I've been waiting to come out for almost a decade. The sequel to Sin City was announced shortly after the original was released in 2005 and after enduring countless delays, I sincerely didn't even believe it was a real project. Now that a trailer is out and the August release date appears to be firmed up, the dream of a Sin City sequel coming out seems to be coming true. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For features a majority of the (living) original cast returning as well as top Hollywood talents including Josh Brolin, Joesph Gordon-Levitt and Eva Green entering the fold. I can't remember the last time I was this excited for a movie to come out and I really hope Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller don't drop the ball after all this time.
Also Interested In:
Chef (5/9)
Million Dollar Arm (5/16)
Edge of Tomorrow (6/6)
The Rover (6/13)
The Signal (6/13)
Snowpiercer (6/27)
They Came Together (6/27)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (6/27)
Tammy (7/2)
The Purge: Anarchy (7/18)
Happy Christmas (7/25)
Hercules (7/25)
Magic in the Moonlight (7/25)
Sex Tape (7/25)
Get on Up (8/1)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (8/8)
Lucy (8/8)
The Giver (8/15)
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