This is simply the best summer movie season we've had in decades

[DerekG]

How odd it is that business is down when we've been given:

--Far and away the best Star Wars film since "Empire" ("Revenge of the Sith").

--Quite possibly the finest comic-book adaptation ("Batman Begins").

--The triumphant return of George Romero ("Land of the Dead").

--A visceral Steven Spielberg film ("War of the Worlds").


Any takers?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Let us not forget Fantastic Four and Willy Wonka

Yeah, this is a great summer!!

[DerekG]

3. You might want to leave "Fantastic Four" out of that pantheon

Use those precious eight dollars for another viewing of "Batman."

Trust me...

[TlalocW]

4. Fantastic Four wasn't all that bad

No big surprises; Reed was a little stiff, and the way they took out Doom was anti-climatic, but it's at least watchable unlike the monumental crapfest the Incredible Hulk was.

TlalocW

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Reed was "stiff"?

I thought he was supposed to be super-flexible. Oh the irony!

[MercutioATC]

2. I thought "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was cute.

It's not Academy Award stuff, but I enjoyed it.


did I mention that I loooooooove Angelina Jolie?

[DerekG]

6. Was anyone around for the offerings of 1982?

"E.T."
"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"
"John Carpenter's The Thing"

Not bad.