Best Movie of the Summer

[That Purple Stuff]

Ok this is a thread for you to explain which movie you thought was THE best overall movie of the summer. It doesnt matter if its a comedy or animated movie, just because they dont have a dead actor playing the Joker doesnt mean they cant be the best. Vote for the movie YOU truly think is the best, and not what the crowd is choosing. I will keep the poll anonymous so you dont have to be scared of your name being brought up if you like lets say "Meet Dave." In my opinion the best action movie was Iron Man the best animated movie was Wall E and the best comedy was Pineapple Express with the best OVERALL movie being Pineapple Express. Now I realize there are still a few movies coming this summer (august) like Sisterhood 2 and Tropic Thunder, so if you seriously think some of these will be the best movie of the summer, then dont vote yet, its simple as that. May 1st to August 31st is what I determine a Summer movie so here is the list

Bold movies will be the "blockbuster" movies

May 2
- The Favor (NY)
- Fugitive Pieces (limited)
- Iron Man
- Made of Honor
- Mister Lonely (limited)
- Redbelt (NY, LA; expands: May 9)
- Son of Rambow (limited)
- XXY (NY)

May 7
- Battle for Haditha (NY)

May 9
- A Previous Engagement (NY, LA)
- The Babysitters (NY)
- The Fall (limited)
- Frontier(s) (limited)
- Noise (NY)
- OSS 117: Cario, Nest of Spies (limited)
- Speed Racer (conventional theaters and IMAX)
- Surfwise (limited)
- The Tracey Fragments (NY)
- Turn the River (NY, LA)
- Unsettled (NY: May 16 LA)
- Vice (limited)
- What Happens in Vegas

May 16
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (limited)
- Reprise (limited)
- Sangre de mi sangre (limited)

May 21
- A Jihad for Love (NY)
- The Edge of Heaven (limited)

May 22
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

May 23
- The Children of Huang Shi (limited)
- Postal (limited)
- War, Inc. (NY, LA)

May 30
- Bigger, Stronger, Faster (NY, LA)
- The Foot Fist Way (limited)
- Savage Grace (limited)
- Sex and the City
- The Strangers
- Stuck (limited)
- The Unknown Woman (NY; LA release: Jun. 27; SF release: Jul. 25)

June 4
- Dreams with Sharp Teeth (NY)
- Operation Filmmaker (NY)

June 6
- The Go-Getter (NY, LA)
- Kung Fu Panda (conventional theaters and IMAX)
- Miss Conception (LA)
- Mongol (limited)
- Mother of Tears (limited)
- On the Rumba River (NY)
- The Promotion (NY, LA)
- When Did You Last See Your Father? (limited)
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan

June 11
- Encounters at the End of the World (NY)

June 13
- Beauty in Trouble (NY)
- Chris & Don: A Love Story (NY; LA release: July 4)
- The Happening
- The Incredible Hulk
- My Winnipeg (NY)
- Quid Pro Quo (NY, LA)
- To the Limit (NY)

June 20
- Brick Lane (limited)
- Expired (limited)
- Get Smart
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (NY, LA, CHI, ATL, Dallas; wide: July 2)
- The Love Guru

June 25
- Full Grown Men (limited)

June 27
- Elsa & Fred (limited)
- Finding Amanda (limited)
- Gunnin for that #1 Spot (NY)
- The Last Mistress (limited)
- Red Roses and Petrol (NY, LA)
- Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (limited)
- Trumbo (NY, LA)
- WALL•E
- Wanted

July 1
- Hancock (7pm)

July 2
- Tell No One (NY)

July 3
- The Wackness (limited)

July 4
- Diminished Capacity (limited)
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (limited)
- Holding Trevor (NY, LA)
- Kabluey (NY)
- We Are Together (limited)

July 9
- Full Battle Rattle (NY)

July 11
- August (NY)
- Death Defying Acts (NY, LA)
- Eight Miles High (NY)
- Garden Party (NY, LA, Portland & Seattle)
- Harold (NY, LA)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Meet Dave
- Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (NY; LA release: Jul. 18)
- The Stone Angel (limited)

July 18
- A Man Named Pearl (NY; LA July 25)
- A Very British Gangster (NY, LA)
- Before I Forget (NY)
- The Dark Knight (conventional theaters and IMAX)
- The Doorman (NY)
- Felon (NY, LA)
- Lou Reed's Berlin (limited)
- Mad Detective (NY)
- Mamma Mia!
- Space Chimps
- Take (NY; LA release: Jul. 25)
- Transsiberian (NY)

July 22
- Two Tickets to Paradise (limited)

July 23
- Boy A (NY; LA release: July 25)

July 25
- American Teen (limited)
- Baghead (limited)
- Brideshead Revisited (limited; expands: Aug. 1; expands: Aug. 8)
- Bustin' Down the Door (NY, LA)
- Canary (NY; LA release: Aug. 8)
- CSNY: Déjà Vu (limited)
- Man on Wire (limited)
- No Regret (NY, LA)
- The Order of Myths (NY)
- Step Brothers
- The X-Files: I Want to Believe

August 1
- America the Beautiful (NY; LA release: Aug. 22)
- Frozen River (limited)
- In Search of a Midnight Kiss (limited)
- Midnight Meat Train (limited)
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- Sixty Six (limited)
- Swing Vote

August 6
- Bottle Shock (limited)
- Patti Smith: Dream of Life (NY)
- Pineapple Express
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

August 8
- Beautiful Losers (NY; LA release: Aug. 29)
- Beer For My Horses (limited)
- Elegy (limited)
- Hell Ride (limited)
- Red (limited)
- What We Do is Secret (NY)

August 13
- Tropic Thunder

August 15
- A Girl Cut in Two (limited)
- Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (limited)
- Bachna Ae Haseeno (limited)
- Fly Me to the Moon
- Henry Poole is Here (limited)
- Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (NY, LA)
- Mirrors
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona

August 20
- The Rocker

August 22
- Cthulhu (limited)
- Death Race
- Hamlet 2 (limited; wide: Aug. 29)
- The House Bunny
- I Served the King of England (limited)
- I.O.U.S.A (limited)
- The Longshots
- Momma's Man (limited)
- Trouble in the Water (NY, LA)

August 27
- Traitor

August 29
- Babylon A.D.
- College
- Disaster Movie
- Sukiyaki Western Django (NY; LA Release: Sept. 12)
- Year of the Fish (NY)

August TBA
- All the Boys Love Mandy Lane


The bold movies will also be the ones in the Poll. Now also if you want you can list your favorite category movies too

Action: Iron Man

Comedy: Pineapple Express

Animation: Wall E