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

[fighthefutureofhd]

over all i'd have to say that i want to believe is my favorite, but then i'm a huge fan and really haven't been this geeked out in 10 years. i don't know if it's my favorite action movie because i don't know if i'd categorize it as an action film. but then i'm not really sure what to categorize it as. as for comedy i can't say as i have yet to see pineapple express or step brothers so i'll wait. wall-e though is my favorite animated film. although it's the only one i've seen.

[That Purple Stuff]

Yay Pineapple Express is winning. Not for long as the TDK fanboys will rush this poll soon enough

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by That Purple Stuff

Yay Pineapple Express is winning. Not for long as the TDK fanboys will rush this poll soon enough

I'd vote but the summer isn't over... still many movies left to see.

[Grimshaw23]

Best movie this year is Tropic Thunder!! nothing else comes close!

[alexakajeff]

Like all of you, The Dark Knight is dominant!

dunadunadunaduna BATMAN!!!

[Red Hood]

hellboy

[SeahawxBlu]

It was a decent Summer for movies. I thought there were a few standout titles, (Iron Man, Wall-E) but I thought Dark Knight was an excellent movie. It worked on so many levels. Let the Fall movie season begin...

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by That Purple Stuff

4 votes and none for TDK? Maybe people are finally jumping off its massive proverbial cock

I am changing that as we speak.

[Damiesmallz]

I say it is a toss up between TDK and Pineapple Express. One is all you could ever want in a Batman movie and the other is the funniest movie ever. I voted for TDK, though.

[Giyomu]

geez i m the only one who picked tropic thunder

[Bluoholic]

Originally Posted by That Purple Stuff

4 votes and none for TDK? Maybe people are finally jumping off its massive proverbial lock

You're creating a thread knowing that TDK will have the most votes and than proceed to insult fans(boys) of it few minutes later without them even voting yet? ooh that is great
You're a joke and that is my opinion of you after reading few of your posts.

[CptGreedle]

Who do you all think will get suspended/banned first?

As for Walle... I can defend my opinion on it based on several facts. First, it is my opinion, and being that, it is the opinion of an animation enthusiast and a digital artist.
Besides that, Walle has much more to tell in the story than many of the bigger blockbuster movies, and it speaks to people on several levels. It starts out as a simple love story, but it has much more symbolism and themes. They touch upon the topics of consumerism, environmentalism, human nature, sacrifice, greater cause, to name a few. It reflects cinematic scenes from other movies such as Hello Dolly (in fact it is directly in the movie), 2001, Short Circuit, etc.
While I know that most people will argue about if it is a great movie, or just a good movie, at the same time, most people will agree that it is at least a good movie. Being an animation, it suffers from the fact that people assume it is for children. The rating is low enough for kids to see it, but at the same time it has themes and jokes that only adults will get. It is an all around family film, in that it is intended for everyone to see, not just adults or children.

I enjoyed this since it talked to me on several levels. It is good to have a nice love story, and something that I can relate to. I have always been a huge fan of sci fi and robotics, as well as animation, so this naturally appeals to me. As for the animation, it is top notch. The quality, the details, the imagery are all amazing. I had to see this 3 times just to appreciate the quality of the animation, as well as the story and the characters.

As for TDK, yes this is probably the best film of the year. I don't need to defend my position. But I will say it is an adult movie, with very adult themes, and yet appeals to children being Batman. This is a bad thing, as parents will take their kids only to see the Joker

[Show spoiler]shove a pencil through a guys face

. I loved it, but I have heard parents complain about the violence.
Iron Man is also among the top movies this year.

As for putting Walle in the same category... that is simple. It balances out the violent comic-book based movies with a nice romantic and fun film.



Not back to the cat fight....


oh, and you are both noobs.

[quexos]

[Show spoiler] Yay I just figured out how to put a line of color over words so that they would appear blotted out like this. It's just a stupid HTML code

TDK in my opinion

[Bluoholic]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

Who do you all think will get suspended/banned first?

hehe You said it first. Seems like Purple got himself a magic pencil trick

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

As for Walle... I can defend my opinion on it based on several facts. First, it is my opinion, and being that, it is the opinion of an animation enthusiast and a digital artist.
Besides that, Walle has much more to tell in the story than many of the bigger blockbuster movies, and it speaks to people on several levels. It starts out as a simple love story, but it has much more symbolism and themes. They touch upon the topics of consumerism, environmentalism, human nature, sacrifice, greater cause, to name a few. It reflects cinematic scenes from other movies such as Hello Dolly (in fact it is directly in the movie), 2001, Short Circuit, etc.

A movie (or any work of art) can address all of these topics and more, and still fail to say anything intelligent about them.

[NeoBasch]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

As for Walle... I can defend my opinion on it based on several facts. First, it is my opinion, and being that, it is the opinion of an animation enthusiast and a digital artist.
Besides that, Walle has much more to tell in the story than many of the bigger blockbuster movies, and it speaks to people on several levels. It starts out as a simple love story, but it has much more symbolism and themes. They touch upon the topics of consumerism, environmentalism, human nature, sacrifice, greater cause, to name a few. It reflects cinematic scenes from other movies such as Hello Dolly (in fact it is directly in the movie), 2001, Short Circuit, etc.
While I know that most people will argue about if it is a great movie, or just a good movie, at the same time, most people will agree that it is at least a good movie. Being an animation, it suffers from the fact that people assume it is for children. The rating is low enough for kids to see it, but at the same time it has themes and jokes that only adults will get. It is an all around family film, in that it is intended for everyone to see, not just adults or children.

I enjoyed this since it talked to me on several levels. It is good to have a nice love story, and something that I can relate to. I have always been a huge fan of sci fi and robotics, as well as animation, so this naturally appeals to me. As for the animation, it is top notch. The quality, the details, the imagery are all amazing. I had to see this 3 times just to appreciate the quality of the animation, as well as the story and the characters.

As for TDK, yes this is probably the best film of the year. I don't need to defend my position. But I will say it is an adult movie, with very adult themes, and yet appeals to children being Batman. This is a bad thing, as parents will take their kids only to see the Joker

[Show spoiler]shove a pencil through a guys face

. I loved it, but I have heard parents complain about the violence.
Iron Man is also among the top movies this year.

As for putting Walle in the same category... that is simple. It balances out the violent comic-book based movies with a nice romantic and fun film.

This man speaketh the truth. Except, I would have liked to see The Dark Knight been bumped up to an R rating and actually show blood. The violence had less impact. More visceral elements please.

[Gamma_Winstead]

My top 10 as of now for this summer

The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Hulk
Wanted
Journey 3-d
Wall-e
speed racer
I want to believe
The Happening (so bad it was funny.
Mummy

[fighthefutureofhd]

so the purple stuff was banned?

[Xerios]

Teh Darkest of Knights FTMFW