Summer Movie Blast Fest 2012

Four years ago, in 2008, I made a two part (part 1 , part 2) posts on my blog about the summer movies. Summer Movie Blast Fest was called. In the summer of 2008 many big name movies came out Iron Man, Indiana Jones, Batman, Hulk etc., among other moves that proved to be summer fun, like Kung-Fu Panda and Wall-E. Yes, that is the idea of summer movies, blockbuster hits for a fun summer to just entertain people for two hours or so. The movies don't have to be long, or deep, just straight to the point fun to please an audience that wants a break of the world. After that year, I think it was in 2010 that the set of movies for that summer was good too, with movies like Iron Man 2, a new rendition of Robin Hood, Prince of Persia, The A-Team, Karate Kid, and other ones that were fun to watch. But I think that year wasn't strong enough compared to 2011 that had such big acts like -and starting with probably the best of last summer- Thor, Priest, Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Kung-Fu Panda 2, The Hangover 2, X-Men: First Class, Super 8 (great summer movie), Green Lantern, Cars 2, Transformers: Dark of the moon, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows part 2, Captain America: The First Avenger, Cowboys and Aliens, Conan The Barbarian, Rise of the Planet of The Apes, among other movies that aren't big names but were very good as well and just a great fit for the summer blockbuster list. I thought the summer of 2011 movies were the best since it had many of the elements for that season, action movies, superheroes (lots), kids in adventure, aliens, robots, sci-fi, comics, pirates, swords and fantasy, magic, funny road trip movies, 3D movies for children, revision of classics, etc. Yes, thinking about it, it was a great summer to go to the theaters. Now, this summer of 2012, we got some good movies cooking up for us to be served, and it started with probably one of the best superhero movies of all time... The Avengers.

The Avengers
Already seen this movie twice, and both times were as fun and didn't feel like... "Oh I know what happens already, get over it... I do not like this part... etc.", I actually felt like, well this movie is fun and it entertains, many people praise it, yet I do recognize there is some "slow" parts, but of course they are necessary to explain what is going on... since this movie use bits and pieces of from the movies of Thor, Captain America and Iron Man to build up the scenario for this one. I actually like that,I like how they were building up, 4 years ago, the theme for this movie, and how everything the heroes did in their independent superhero movies all clashed in this one. The movie is a perfect example of a good superhero action movie, it has good branding, great franchises, all together, perfect for many toys, posters, coolers, shirts, etc.

Dark Shadows
I don't know, maybe because it is an old show being revived, maybe cause I want to see how Johnny Depp does another character, or because I need a Addams Family style movie. Not sure, but I think is a good fit for summer, if not Halloween.

Battleship
There can't be a summer of movie blockbuster without an alien movie. Since Independence Day, we had many movies that are very similar, army versus aliens, and having heroes within to promote patriotism. Movies like Battle Los Angeles, and Skyline, -very similar to Battle LA but it was really, really bad- etc., can't match Independence Day somehow, maybe it was Will Smith, but nonetheless I think it was because it was well executed and came out at the right time. Lots of special effects and nonsense, and of course guns and aliens, and total destruction. Fun.

Chernobyl Diaries
From the creator of Paranormal Activity, seems a good catch for this movie, since, Paranormal Activity, I consider is a really mind mess-er, that makes you be scared of simple things. I even did a post about this. The Paranormal Activity trilogy has lots of plot holes, yet it manages to scare people. The last one made me not sleep at all after watching it, literally. Anyways, Chernobyl diaries looks like a zombie movie to me, or something related, we need things like that for summer. Scary is good.

Men in Black 3
More aliens and Will Smith. Men in Black is not that bad, and this one might prove to be a summer fun flick. The third time is a charm?

Snow White and the Hunstman
We need Fantasy, so here we have this movie. We got the Thor guy Chris looking like a rugged version of his famous character along with that Twilight girl. The trailer reminds me of Harry Potter and LOTR. Might be fun, maybe the only of it's category for the summer.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
This is random and probably it is because I am not familiar with this movie's origins. Not sure if it's a comic book or graphic novel or what but seems fun. We got vampires and some one hunting them, in this case a past president.

Brave
Pixar always impress, I am ignoring Cars actually, but yes, they do good movies, and they know how to get to you, and awake that inner child in all of us. This movie involves vikings, I am fond of that, and it is a good change to have a "princess" girl as the hero. Really looking forward to this movie.

The Amazing Spider Man
When I heard about this movie the first time, it annoyed me, since it was like, why they making another spider man? Is it a remake? A a rewrite? -probably cause of Sam Raimi-, but either way... I think there is still plenty of the last Spider Man Trilogy around to throw this one in... but I can't say much same thing happened with Batman. Anyways kind of interested on this movie to see how they pull it off... hmm maybe they want to fit this with Avengers somehow?

The Dark Knight Rises
This Batman movie probably after The Avengers is the most anticipated movie for this summer, clearly shadowing Spider Man who a lot of people don't seem to care... -I think it needs more promotion or something-. Of course these Batman movies are a re-write of the Tim Burton ones and giving Batman a more dark edge and I also might say "realistic". A lot of good actors are involved, let's see what happens.

The Expendables 2
This movie is an actions hero fan's dream. Big name action actors all together, Commando, Rambo (together in a movie, Contra... geeks will understand), Chuck Norris, Van Damme making a comeback, and other action hero actors like Bruce Willis, etc. This movie, again is a perfect example of good summer blockbuster flick. Fun fact is that Stallone says superhero movies are vanishing action movies.... let's see if this movie proves wrong. This movie must be watched on steroids. There is many other movies worth seeing this summer, but this ones I think are that determine the Summer of 2012 Movie Blast Fest. Have fun.