Bad Movie Summer For Me

[huedell]

There was so much hype surrounding the four big movies I saw this
summer...and I just either didn't "click" with them...or, more specifically,
in some cases, I didn't click with the public's perception of them.

INDIANA JONES was missing the simple but smart "Staff of Ra/Kali cult/
Grail Tablet" type lead up plots to the action plot climax, for a typical
Indy movie--- and instead had lame "Well he stole it and put it back..."
kinda plot stuff and other disjointed turns and babble that made that
movie a great deal harder to get through than I thought it would be.

I saw THE DARK KNIGHT and IRON MAN yesterday (which prompted this post)
and I was let down in both cases....

THE DARK KNIGHT started very VERY strong for me---the JOKER
"bank robbery" scene was great...everything I was hoping for---as was
the "pencil scene"

In fact EVERYTHING about THE JOKER was great---BUT on
the...ahem.....flipside, it seemed everything about the DENT/TWO FACE
part of the movie was forced seeming to me and that especially came into
it's (lack of) stride as the movie came closer to the end, slowly and awkwardly
paced without the Joker's crisp scenes to spike it up.

If the Dent stuff was better handled I coulda walked out of TDK
thrilled as I could have been with a Batman/Joker movie---instead
I just thought it "okay"---just as I did BATMAN BEGINS...but for totally
different reasons.

IRON MAN? Meh. At least I respected THE DARK KNIGHT movie
and found it entertaining enough to see multiple times...not so
with IRON MAN.

Everyone hyped it up to high heaven as this light, yet smart action movie
---and in many ways that's what it was---but it felt hollow to me
and although maybe as "smart" as people claimed it was...it wasn't
smart in a witty enough way for me, dialogue or plotwise. I wanted
to smile at humor or irony and there just wasn't enough there...the
only REAL credit I can give is the setup for the access to the
"replacement heart" and Pepper's role in it.

The so-so dialogue between the characters made it so the characters
lives meant exponentially less to me then, say, the characters from
the (better) SPIDER-MAN (at least in the way of the ongoing feud
between Peter and Harry).

As far as PRINCE CASPIAN? I didn't think that movie was "awesome" but
I didn't find that many flaws with it. I left the theatre happy and thinking
that it was indeed a better made script and overall production than it's
TLTW&TW predecessor---but, it seems that no one else---around here
anyway--thought all that much about it at all.

I haven't seen HULK yet---but due to all these other experiences, I feel
there's not much hope of me leaving the theatre too happy---I don't
know if it's because I'm a writer myself---or because I'm getting older
and changing---but it seems my "tastes" don't seem to run with the "norm"
these days---it's kinda depressing---if not just downright weird.

Oh well, just thought I'd share my odd scenario with you on this board who
have a simillar interest in these movie franchises---maybe I'll
find some interesting vantage points from you guys if you feel inclined to
offer them.

[thunderbolt]

maybe you expect too much from the movies? Don't be so overcritical.

[AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM]

I enjoyed Ironman, having also seen it today. I liked the progression of his character. . . they very keenly established that he was a total and absolute immoral self-serving ****** and gave his change of heart (pardon the pun), some credibility.

Some fun was had with the suit development. I Liked the progression from V1 to V2.

I didn't go in with any expectations, and enjoyed it for what it was.

But I do admit. . . i do have simple tastes.

[huedell]

I enjoyed Ironman,
I didn't go in with any expectations, and enjoyed it for what it was.

But I do admit. . . i do have simple tastes.

That's kinda my point with my overall disappointment...I thought I did too
(have simple tastes)...I mean, I was immensely satisfied with the latest
X-Men, Spider-Man and Superman---but maybe that's what indicates why
I felt the way I did about these newer flicks---I'm not really sure...and the
same can be said in reply to T-bolt's comment----maybe I AM over-critical--
but I sure didn't think so.

[toys2cool]

maybe you expect too much from the movies? Don't be so overcritical.

I think so too

I thought all were good

Batman gets an A+ from me

Ironman gets an A+ cause it was way better then I expected

Indy-Was a bit of a let down but still a good B

Caspian-Same thing,I expected a little more but about a B- should do it

[huedell]

well t2cool---overcritical overall or not---I still thought CASPIAN
met my expectations while you yourself didn't--and neither did most
on the board here it seems-so it's kinda like the icing on the cake
in that way---for my "bad movie summer"---not bad in that all the movies
were "bad" persay---it just seems my opinion differed from popular opinion
with the 4 movies I mentioned---except Indy---which was just an overall letdown
for me---and a real shame as that was my most anticipated movie in YEARS

[jessica]

I go to the movies and expect to be disappointed. I come out HAPPY!! (Except when I saw Cars and the Planet of the Apes Reimagination crap). And, sometimes, I come out rested (powernap!)

[Adam West]

I haven't seen Dark Knight yet so can't comment on it.

I liked Indy. I didn't expect it to wow me like the others did and it met up to my expectations so I thought it was very good.

Iron Man was very good from my point of view. I wasn't a reader of Iron Man comics so really knew very little about the character. I thought it was entertaining and worth the money.

Narnia was good. Didn't read Prince Caspian so again no expectations. There were certain parts that dragged on a bit but I like these epic type of movies.

Wall*E was also good. Some might not like it. I really thought it was going to be Pixar's first stinker because it was so far away from their normal type of movie.

I don't usually go in with really high expectations so I don't set myself up for a letdown.