Spring Break
Early summer flicks run a little dry and here's why:
By: Dave Goncalves
Issue date: 6/29/07 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Originally published: 6/28/07 at 11:54 PM EST
Last update: 6/28/07 at 11:54 PM EST
Originally published: 6/28/07 at 11:54 PM EST
Last update: 6/28/07 at 11:54 PM EST
As I sit watching television, drowning in the morbid heat that these past few days have brought, commercial upon commercial of explosions, comedy and animated penguins fly by and I'm left confused.
But then it struck me, this rushing sensation of blood that flew straight to the top of my head and burst the figurative light bulb into shards of twisted hot glass and wire which were propelled into the confines where my oldest memories are held: it's the Summer Movie season. This years season, however, offers a slightly different twist as the movies that are attracting attention most are a series of unfortunate, a few decent and only a small count of acceptably enjoyable sequels.
Spider-man 3, we all saw it, we all know, too much crammed into one movie, alright, moving on.
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a movie that, at first, struck me with curiosity. The reason being that if the first film was mediocre at best (doing just enough to keep itself from being lumped with the Captain America movie and David Hasselhoff's portrayal as Nick Fury: Agent of Shield), how is the second one to grab any attention or do better? Honestly, I haven't seen Rise of the Silver Surfer yet, but I can justly say that the ads seem to try and appeal to people through the bewildering appearance of the Silver Surfer. Many of my friends have already asked "wait, isn't he supposed to be a good guy?" Though those who are knowledgeable in the mythology of the Marvel Universe (such as myself, who have far too much time and read these wondrous funny books) realize that the Surfer is nothing but a doom-bearing envoy of grief. This piques the interest of myself, and other comic adoring fans, simply in that if the film has the Surfer delivering a message of doom, that means the arrival of the world eating Galactus. Hah! Sold to comic book readers and kids who like planet eating men with purple buckets on their heads (though I'm not sure that's what he looks like in this movie). To the rest, there's a shiny man who surfs the cosmos.
But then it struck me, this rushing sensation of blood that flew straight to the top of my head and burst the figurative light bulb into shards of twisted hot glass and wire which were propelled into the confines where my oldest memories are held: it's the Summer Movie season. This years season, however, offers a slightly different twist as the movies that are attracting attention most are a series of unfortunate, a few decent and only a small count of acceptably enjoyable sequels.
Spider-man 3, we all saw it, we all know, too much crammed into one movie, alright, moving on.
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a movie that, at first, struck me with curiosity. The reason being that if the first film was mediocre at best (doing just enough to keep itself from being lumped with the Captain America movie and David Hasselhoff's portrayal as Nick Fury: Agent of Shield), how is the second one to grab any attention or do better? Honestly, I haven't seen Rise of the Silver Surfer yet, but I can justly say that the ads seem to try and appeal to people through the bewildering appearance of the Silver Surfer. Many of my friends have already asked "wait, isn't he supposed to be a good guy?" Though those who are knowledgeable in the mythology of the Marvel Universe (such as myself, who have far too much time and read these wondrous funny books) realize that the Surfer is nothing but a doom-bearing envoy of grief. This piques the interest of myself, and other comic adoring fans, simply in that if the film has the Surfer delivering a message of doom, that means the arrival of the world eating Galactus. Hah! Sold to comic book readers and kids who like planet eating men with purple buckets on their heads (though I'm not sure that's what he looks like in this movie). To the rest, there's a shiny man who surfs the cosmos.
