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JULY 2012 MOVIES
The Amazing Spider-Man
July 3rd
Teenager Peter Parker grapples with both human problems and amazing super-human crises. Reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, and Rhys Ifans as the villain Curt Connors, who becomes the inhuman Lizard.
OUR TAKE: Amazing Spider-Man has the most to prove out of any other summer movie this year. People have hated on it since it was first announced as the alternative to Spider-Man 4, and that bias isn’t going to let up. The only way Sony will truly win this battle is if (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb and new Spider-Man Andrew Garfield truly deliver a film that blows away Sam Raimi’s previous trilogy. Not an easy feat.
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Savages
July 6th
Pot growers Ben (Aaron Johnson) and Chon (Taylor Kitsch) face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend (Blake Lively). Emile Hirsch, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, and John Travolta co-star. Oliver Stone directs.
OUR TAKE: Like Ridley Scott with Prometheus, Stone has to prove that his best days as a director are not in fact behind him (what we call the Wall Street / Wall Street 2 conundrum) – but to its credit, Savages looks like one of the better films the director has put out in some time.
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Ice Age: Continental Drift
July 13th
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world. Voices by Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Jennifer Lopez, Alan Tudyk, Nick Frost, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Lopez, Aziz Ansari and Peter Dinklage.
OUR TAKE: The kids love the Ice Age franchise and it even manages to tickle a few adults. Hopefully, things don’t get too heavy with the whole ‘end of the ice age / extinction of ice age animals’ thing looming on the horizon. SPOILER ALERT KIDS! They all die and end up as stuffed displays in the Smithsonian!
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Ted
July 13th
From the mind of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane comes a story centered on a man (Mark Wahlberg) and his foul-mouthed teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane), who comes to life as the result of a childhood wish. Mila Kunis, Patrick Warburton, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale and Laura Vandervoort co-star.
OUR TAKE: Basically, it’s a live-action, feature-length version of a Family Guy cutaway skit – meaning, it could actually turn out to be pretty funny – or just plain vulgar, depending on your tastes. We were none too impressed with the shoddy CGI used to create Ted, and hearing a mixture of Peter and Brian Griffin emerge from a teddy bear is a bit distracting.
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The Dark Knight Rises
July 20th
Eight years after the events of previous film The Dark Knight, the terrorist leader Bane (Tom Hardy) arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits, forcing its former hero Batman (Christian Bale) to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent’s crimes.
OUR TAKE: For many movie fans, summer 2012 basically boils down to Avengers vs. Dark Knight Rises (a reflection of comic book competitors Marvel and DC Comics). Nolan’s finale to his Batman trilogy has the massive critical and financial success of The Dark Knight to best – a feat that may be impossible for any movie. But even if Dark Knight Rises falls short, that’ll still make it a pretty damn good time.
(THE DARK KIGHT RISES TRAILER)
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Neighborhood Watch
July 27th
Suburban dads form a neighborhood watch group to get time away from their families, only to discover a plot to destroy Earth. Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Billy Crudup, Will Forte and Doug Jones star.
OUR TAKE: So far this movie has completely downplayed its alien invasion sci-fi identity, in favor of masking itself as a standard Stiller/Vaughn/Hill raunch-com. We’re extremely interested to see how moviegoers will react when they learn the truth – not to mention the comparisons to the Trayvon Marten case that will inevitably come up…
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Step Up 4
July 27th
Emily (Kathryn McCormick) arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean (Ryan Guzman), the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily’s father’s development plans.
OUR TAKE: It’s the same old Step Up formula: two dancers from different sides of the tracks fall in love. Cue slick final dance number punctuated by hip-pop club anthem du jour and roll credits. If the formula is to your liking, by all means partake.
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‘Game of Thrones’ to End in Season 7? 
‘Prometheus 2′ Casting Rumor – Is the Sequel Moving Forward? 
‘Dexter’ Season 8 Trailer: The Hunt Begins – How Will it End? 
‘Halo’ Live-Action TV Series From Steven Spielberg Announced 
dudes,warm bodies has been pushed back to 2013.you better correct that s***
should be pushed back to never…
SANTANA.JOSEPH@YAHOO.COM
you guys forgot to mention “Savages”
“WHEN GOTHAM IS ASHES.. YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO DIE”
BANE WILL BRING THE PAIN 20th of JULY
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES- Must see it
THE AVENGERS- Must see it
BATTLESHIP- maybe
SPIDERMAN – maybe(seems to soon for a reboot)
PROMETHEUS- Must see it
MIB 3- NOPE
whats wrong with MIB 3?
Movies I’ll be seeing (in order of release):
Marvel’s The Avengers 3D
Marvel’s The Avengers 3D
Marvel’s The Avengers 2D
Men In Black III
Snow White and the Huntsman
Prometheus
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Brave (maybe)
The Amazing Spider-Man
Ted (maybe)
The Dark Knight Rises
The Dark Knight Rises (depending on whether it lived up to the hype)
The Bourne Legacy
(And even though it’s a December release) The Hobbit
You forgot Twilight Breaking Dawn part 2.
(crickets chirping)
OK, I’ll sit down now.
Damn… I can’t believe I forgot to add that!
Oh! And Step Up 4!!!
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You know, I saw the trailer for the new Step Up, and I was impressed with the dancing; not enough to buy a ticket, but it looks like something I might netflix.
most of the movies that you are going to see, you will be highly disappointed.
I’ll be going to see The Avengers, Prometheus, Amazing Spider-Man, and The Dark Knight Rises this summer. I hope all of those deliver the goods.
Ill be seeing the avengers in 3d and probobly 2d. The dark knight rises in imax (which is 2 hours away) and at my local theatre. Abraham lincon VH, prometheaus, brave, MIB3, lawless, bourne legacy, and probobly everything else on the list with the expetion of a few. Oh the perks of getting free movies
I’ll definitely be seeing:
The Avengers in 3D (those were the only tickets they were selling in advance at my theater)
To Rome with Love
The Dark Knight Rises
I’m still on the fence about Prometheus, Spider-Man, and Brave. Well, not so much on the fence as low-on-funds. If the reviews are stellar, I’ll be more inclined to shell out the money.
And hey, what happened to ’47 Ronin’? When’s that coming out?
Late November 2012.
This is going to be one heck of a summer.
Each month averages 3 films I want to see in the theater. I won’t be able to afford to see anything I like twice.
in order of anticipation:
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Prometheus
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
The Expendables 2
Men in Black III
The Bourne Legacy
Battleship
The Amazing Spider-Man
Total Recall
and those are just the ones i want to see in theaters, not counting the ones that im gonna wait for dvd for. man this is going to be an expensive summer.
Hah seeing all same ones as u except already seen battleship and add onto the list snow white and huntsman
think im gonna spend least 100$ on movies lol
Without spoilers did you like Battleship?
Yeah it was pretty fun summer movie only thing i hated was rihanna my god her acting was bad other than that it was good
Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins, Dark Knight, then Dark Knight Rises again
Can I use your time machine sometime? I have lottery numbers I would like to play.
4 8 15 16 23 42. Enjoy
Wait a minute, those were the numbers from a year ago! I think you need to recalibrate your flux capacitor.
Avengers
ASM
TDKR ( no I’m not a comic nerd)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Snow White and the Huntsman
Its nothing wrong with being a comic nerd.. Were the best kind of nerds.
if kristen stewart (never mind her worst-then-terrible-acting) is indeed the “fairest of them all” i’d kill myself. gross!
Why choosing? I’m gonna watch them all!!
I’m a little bit fortunate that movie tickets are cheap in my country, which is only US$2.5 on weekdays.
But to be honest, I’m not really interested on Rock of Ages (it seems like High School Musical with Tom Cruise in it) and G.I Joe Retaliation (it looks like another brainless-explosive-dull blockbuster films).
Even The Apparition?
(To be fair, Sebastian Stan did a decent job in Captain America, but still….)
My funds will be at an all-time low after the summer’s over, but it’s gonna be so worth it. Watching the Avengers in IMAX 3D tomorrow!
For everyone in the States and elsewhere where Battleship hasn’t released yet – its great fun and the second half is actually smart as they actually use the whole Battleship Game concept and fuse it in the movie. Damn awesome. Don’t go looking at a very rich story and a lot of logical connect, but the second half should do it for anyone; it’s worth your money!
Also, the aliens are some of the best we’ve seen in recent times and the alien invasion itself is believable and something we haven’t seen in the tripe of alien invasion movies that came out in the last two years. Again, the invasion is very believable and the borrowing of ideas from the military and all is damn interesting.
The best part is that the invasion doesn’t feel all rushed as it does in general alien movies and it’s a step-by-step approach.
Taylor Kitsch is cocky as always and the girl’s damn cute. Also, don’t expect a lot of Liam Neeson; Rihanna surprisingly was good fun in her small role.
I think GI Joe has got me more excited then TDKR.Im just curious to see how Nolan closes out the trilogy.To be honest im more excited for the Batman reboot so i can see some of my other favorite Batman villains and what direction they will go next time around.
Well holy crap! I had no idea so many of the films I have been reading about are just around the corner like Prometheus and Lincoln: Vampire Hunter! (just to name a few). Guess I have CBM tunnel vision.
I don’t honestly know how people can afford to go see all or even the majority of them without bankrupting themselves.
WHAT I’LL BE WATCHING:
Avengers/Prometheus/The Amazing Spider-Man: these 3 I will buy the DVD for, altho I have some doubts that Spider-man will be any good. Still, gotta buy it, cuz it is a Marvel superhero.
The Dark Knight Rises/The Bourne legacy/Abraham Lincoln: vampire Hunter/Snow White and the Huntsman/Dark Shadows/Battleship: I will watch these on Netflix, probably worth a watch but not worth buying. Dark Shadows is going to stink, but I will watch it anyways, just so I can write Depp & Burton afterwards and tell them what an insult it was to the great legacy of the original DS, which was great. Dark Knight I will have doubts about, as none of the other batman movies have been very good. Snow White is probably MEH, but I am curious. Abe Lincoln could be the sleeper “gee, not too bad in an entertaining sort of way” surprise, same with Battleship.
Not sure when they are coming out, but I will also watch the new Superman (previous ones have been dumb, tho) on Netflix, as well as The Raven, which actually olooks fairly good. I am currently waiing for The Woman In Black to come out next month on Netflix, as that looks good. if I really like it, I will buy the DVD.
So, I’m looking at the list of screenings coming up, and apparently Red Dawn will be screening in NY… But there isn’t even a trailer for it yet, how the hell is it screening already???
Oh, and I just watched Bridge to Terabithia… beautiful movie, but unless you’re ready to get really embarrassed, watch it by yourself or at least with someone you don’t mind seeing you cry…
Oops, forgot this was a thread about upcoming movies, not open discussion, lol.
For sure i’ll be seeing “The Avengers”,”The Amazing Spider-Man”,”Prometheus”,”The Dark Knight Rises” & “The Expendables 2″ in theaters this summer. It’s a few others that’s a maybe for me, it just depends.
‘Lawless’ only changed its release date from May to August because they want to bank in on the inevitable megastardom that Tom Hardy will garner after ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. It’s a smart move on the studio’s part. The title changed because ‘The Wettest County’ wasn’t badass enough and called to mind sexual innuendo…but Ryan Gosling is going to be in another film title ‘Lawless’ next year…so there’s that.
Seriously… I want to see 85% of these movies. Damn. This is going to be a very busy summer!
Avengers next Tuesday here in UK and yes deffo in 3D.. gonna watch dark Knight rises (although in the tight suit he wears with muscles built in would his rise be noticeable
) Prometheus, spiderman and them what ever me budget lets me see . Enjoy ya Summer films every 1
Was I the only one that thought Stallone did a decent job directing the first Expendables?
Right now nothing will have a chance against The Avengers until its fifth weekend. As for The Dictator changing its release date because it was afraid of Dark Shadows, that’s a bunch of bunk. The Dictator was being nice to Dark Shadows. The next big box office will be The Amazing Spider-Man then The Dark Knight Rises. That’s it. Everything else is going to have to rely on dvd and bluray to recoup their losses.
Movies just keep on getting better and better these days don’t they?