Top Summer Film of 2012

[Rollo Tomassi]

Time to talk about another year of Blockbuster Summer Films?

I see it coming down to a three way battle between Avengers, Spidey, and Batman. Batman's the odds on favorite being the only true 'sequel' of the three.
Amazing is a reboot with a fresh cast and director. And Avengers could technically be called the sixth film in the Avengers Franchise.

But given The Dark Knight's epic Box Office, I see the finale of the DK trilogy winning the year.

Once again, remember this is your guess for highest grossing film, not best film. We're talking $$ not aesthetics.

Discuss!

[anarky]

Brave is not on there.

You asshole.

[anarky]

Not that it will win the big prize, but you're an asshole, asshole.

Also, how is John Carter a summer film? It opens a week and a half from now. It fucking snowed here last night. That ain't summer. Summer is 110 degrees all the fucking time.

[Ran]

Lets see...a few superhero movies, a Will Smith movie, and a couple I haven't heard anything about.

The concept of Abe Lincoln being a vampire hunter is awesome. Abe Lincoln is registered here, I'm surprised he hasn't been promotinig the film.

Anyway, I'm going with Batman to be the blockbuster, and Battleship being the biggest dud.

[Diabolical]

Batman, followed by The Avengers.

[Rollo Tomassi]

I left Brave off the list for the same reason Cars 2 wasn't on last years list.

And somebody who's never read Game of Thrones and waited a full decade to watch Firefly needs to pipe the fuck down.

[anarky]

C'mon, Rollo. How can I be expected to correctly identify the one good live action sci-fi show in the vast sea of shit if it's not clearly labelled as a Star Trek spinoff? You didn't answer how these March movies (I think Hunger Games is as well) are listed here. No way they'll still be in theaters.

I've got to go with Batman. I hope AL:VH bombs. I love Tim Burton, I love Abraham Lincoln, I love vampires on the rare occasion they're not whining about how sad it is to be undead. But I want Burton to get the fucking message: It's been 20 years since you made an original movie. Get off your ass and do another.

[Rollo Tomassi]

Eh. Hunger Games is gonna be the new Twilight. I've got a feeling. Both my 13 year old daughter and my 25 year old sister are Squeee-ing about it. So in terms of BO, I think it has more of a shot than something like Expendables 2.

And looking at some of the other 'Summer' offerings, the pickings were getting slim from the get go. I mean, I already have Battleship, MiB3, and Abe:VH on there. How low do you want me to set the bar, man?!
It's just a poor year for Blockbusters.

The Hobbit comes out in December. That could beat everybody! Alas, it's not a Summer Release.

[Diabolical]

I'm looking forward to The Hunger Games. The books were good.

And Burton didn't direct AL:VH, just produced. I'm looking forward to that as well. The book was fun.

[RoIIo Tomassi]

I'm looking forward to The Hunger Games. The books we're good.

I keep meaning to read them.

[Diabolical]

I'm looking forward to The Hunger Games. The books we're good.

I keep meaning to read them.

The first was the best, IMO. The latter two got overly preachy in terms of the overall story. I'm sure there is a social commentery in there, but I try to ignore that type of shit when I'm looking for straight entertainment.
They are not going down in history as classics of American literature, but they were better than a young adult novel should be.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

DKR will take the cake, no doubt in my mind. I'm looking forward to quite a few of these, and I barely saw any summer movies last year. 2011 was kind of a shitty year for a lot of things, I guess.

[anarky]

Just to spin it around and keep people posting when everyone seems to agree that DKR will win, what's the order of interest for you? Here's mine (I had to look up Prometheus, since I know nothing about it):

Dark Knight Rises: I still think TDK was overrated, but Batman Begins was fucking amazing, so I want to see how it ends. Plus Anne Hathaway in tight leather. And Bane.

John Carter: Heard enough good buzz on this from sources I trust, so it's high on my list.

GIJoe: Retaliation: I'm clinging to the hope this will redeem the first one. That whoever wrote it bothered to learn enough about Joe (or already knew it) and worked in the Red Ninjas and General Colton gives me hope. That and the director insisting that Cobra Commander wear a metal helmet.

Avengers: Not higher because some of the lead-in films have been less than perfect, and Hawkeye and Thor were never my cup of tea. Looks like it'll be good, though.

Prometheus: Alien prequel and Ridley Scott are all I know. Good enough for me.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: Only because of Burton. And because, after this point, they get "meh."

Amazing Spider-Man: No need to reboot what was only bruised (with #3) and not broken. I've never been a big Gwen Stacy fan, because she was dead before I was born.

Hunger Games: Folks have told me the books are good, but the preview doesn't show that. It's one of those "everyone's read the books, so why bother actually telling about the movie?" previews, which don't really do much for you if you haven't read the books. Looks like kids in a remake of The Running Man to me, with possibly cannibalism thrown in.

Battleship: We're officially at "I'd rather rest my bare balls on a lit stove than watch this shit" territory now. Battleship is higher than MIB3 because it's not a franchise proven to suck, because Liam Neeson is in it, and, who knows, despite the stupid game tie-in, it could turn out to be a decent brainless action flick.

Men In Black III: Don't get me wrong--I loved (and still love) the first movie. But, holy shit, the second one sucked. They never should've brought back Kay, and getting rid of Linda Fiorentino is never a good idea because she is seriously hot (or, at least, she was when the first MIB was made... she could look like Betty White's grandma now, for all I know). MIB2 is in the same territory of "amazingly shitty sequel to an awesome movie" as the second Short Circuit, Weekend at Bernie's, Highlander, Mortal Kombat, Shanghai Noon, or Gremlins movies. Plus I looked it up, and the premise sounds like something Snigtad came up with while on LSD.

["Bad sequels to good movies" could be something good for some inane discussion. Sure, it's been done before all over the place, but I noticed some bigtime omissions from every list. Fuck, only one even mentioned Highlander 2, and MIB2, MK:A, and Shanghai Knights didn't even register to most people... I can only assume because the writers blocked them from memory completely.]

[Ran]

I actually like Men in Black 2 more than Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

[vynsane]

what's the order of interest for you?

listed by category of interest, then level within that category.

major interest

• Amazing Spider-Man
• Dark Knight Rises
• Avengers

moderate interest

• John Carter
• Hunger Games
• Prometheus
• GIJoe: Retaliation

little to no interest

• Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter
• Men In Black III
• Battleship