As May quickly approaches summer blockbuster season does as well. These are movies that are to just entertain, not stimulate the mind, cure some disease, deal with crazy ballerinas with lesbian tendencies or teach an English aristocrat how to speak without a stammer. No these movies for the most part are about blowing shit up in the most entertaining of ways. These movies will not be up for awards related to achievements in acting, or directing but some will for visual effects, costume, sound design and maybe if lucky best fight or best kiss from the MTV Movie Awards (does it piss anyone else off that they still call it MTV Music Television?)***With a few exceptions some indie releases will be featured ***
So far this year tent pole big budget things go boom movies have not done so well. See Sucker Punch…No really go see it is a great action movie starring beautiful women with a kicking soundtrack and visuals that will blow your mind. The public didn’t embrace it, for such bullshit reasons. I have heard some say the story was lacking, or since it wasn’t based on a comic or graphic novel as the elitist geeks like to call them now days they skipped it. All I can say is the story did its job and moved things right along from badass action scene to the next. Personally I feel the flick surfed from poor marketing and I certainly hope it gains the cult following that I believe it will. Seek it out, see it in Imax even if it is a bastardized certified only and not true Imax. The action and sound track alone will make it worth the coin.
Okay off my Sucker Punch soap box and on to summer blockbusters. Since there are so many movies coming out between now and September I will do a monthly post with my top picks to see (my opinion of course) as well as the movies that scrape the bottom of the barrel and should be avoided (again my opinion. Each month will have its own unique grade scale as to how I would grade the movie. Keep in mind this is all based on what I have seen thus far in trailers and personal opinion.
So here we go these are my picks and passes for May 2011. This month’s scale is Crazy Busey’s. One Crazy Busey’s being the lowest rating four being the highest.
May 6th
Thor
Thor is perhaps the manliest and at the same time the gayest of Marvel Superhero’s but after two years of waiting and being directed by a Shakespearean actor Kenneth Branagh how can I not geek out over this.
Thor the god of thunder gets 4 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
The Beaver
No not Leave It to Beaver, or a poorly titled sequel to The Animal but a move about a man and his Beaver puppet which stars an Oscar winner for Best Director Mel Gibson and in turn is directed by an Oscar winner for best actress Jodie Foster. Crazy Huh….See what I did there.
The Beaver gets 1 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
Super
One I really have to recommend just from early looks would be Super. A more mature and some say realistic view on what a real life superhero would be like starring Rainn Wilson from The Office and Ellen Page.
Super gets 4 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s and opens at The Crescent Theater in Downtown Mobile on 5/6/2011 and runs until 5/12/2011
May 13th(Friday)
Bridesmaids
The Hangover for women who play Bunco and enjoy having mani/pedi parties being served hand and foot by the china-men’s concubine from the store next to the Americanized Chinese takeout place in the strip mall.
Bridesmaids gets 1 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
Priest
Another comic book action film which I am sure will be second fiddle to the dreamy Thor which will hit week two of release by the time Priest comes out. Honestly do not know too much about this one but some of the visual effects from the trailer look half assed. Sure hope they improve it before release time.
Priest gets 1 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
Hescher *** here is one of those Indie exceptions***
An interesting looking independent film with the Cobra Commander Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the Black Swan herself Natalie Portman. Looks entertaining and though provoking and looks like some minor explosions entail. Hescher opens in NY/LA.
Hescher gets 2 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
May 20th
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates, Mermaids, Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penelope Cruz dressed in pirate garb. Winning!! This fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in my opinion will knock Thor from number 1 down to number 2!
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides gets 4 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
May 27th
The Hangover Part II
Not sure how this sequel will perform but odds are fans of the original will push this up to number 1 if word of mouth is good over the opening weekend.
The Hangover Part II gets 4 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
Kung Fu Panda 2
Did this really call for a sequel? Whatever happened to direct to video for this kind of stuff. A fat fucking panda bear doing kung fu. All the kids will love it and the parents forced to sit through it rather than seeing The Hangover Part II will loathe their children all the way home.
Kung Fu Panda 2 gets 1 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
The Tree Of Life *** here is one of those Indie exceptions***
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and nope it’s not a movie about rescuing the poor and hungry masses of a flooded city. It’s described as a man’s search for the meaning of life. Didn’t Monty Python already do that shit? The film does look interesting and Terrence Malick is known for his out there stuff.
The Tree Of Life gets 2 out of 4 Crazy Busey’s
Let me know what you think or are looking forward to this May!
As a special look forward here is a recut trailer for Captain America set to the musical theme from Team America…Fuck Yeah!
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