# Which of these summer movies are you interested in seeing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146 "2014-04-28T02:07:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/41 "2014-05-04T15:28:33Z")
Gawker-related sci-fi site io9 has a poll on which summer movie will be an unexpected flop: > **[Which Movie Will Be This Summer's Biggest Surprise Flop?](https://gizmodo.com/which-movie-will-be-this-summers-biggest-surprise-flop-1570909337)** > > Yep, it's that time of year again — where we place our bets on which huge summer tentpole movie is doomed to be another Green Lantern. Which big-budget movie will shock everybody by losing piles of cash? Nice complement to this thread… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/42 "2014-05-04T16:04:59Z")
Ha ha, _TMNT_ is in the lead. Thanks for sharing this. 🙂🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/43 "2014-05-04T18:41:54Z")
Well, poo. I misread the poll (actually, I _correctly_ read the question, but failed to notice that it was a non-multiple-choice poll). So please mentally remove my vote for _Guardians of the Galaxy_ (which I do want to see, but not most out of all those listed) and reassign it to _X-Men: Days of Future Past_. Thank you. 🙂 (And that, at this moment, puts DOFP in the lead. :D) ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/44 "2014-05-04T19:28:16Z")
Maleficent. She was always my favorite Disney villain. Some of the others I may see down the road on Netflix or something, but that’s the only concept that would get me to the theater. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/45 "2014-05-04T20:06:03Z")
How could you not be a bad guy when your name is “Maleficent”? 😉 I mean, really – I wonder if the movie will address her name: this is the name the villagers gave her after she started her reign of terror, or some such. Her real name is \_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/46 "2014-05-04T20:38:59Z")
Nothing really. I watch about 100 movies a year on dvd, and the experience is just superior and the stories are so mediocre that it’s not worth paying the 10-20X premium of going to the theater. I regret not seeing Pacific Rim on the big screen until I found out how dark it was and it was being shown in 3d. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/47 "2014-05-05T03:41:00Z")
I picked _Sin City: A Dame to Kill_ For because it’s the only one I’m likely to see in the theaters (well, okay, I’ll probably see \*How To…II \*too, but not because I particularly want to). I’m also interested in _As Above, So Below_. Most of these, especially ones with superheroes, aren’t anything I’ll ever bother with even if they’re on Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/48 "2014-05-05T04:00:50Z")
What, no _Walk of Shame_? 😃 I don’t know about _Into the Storm_ or _Earth to Echo_, what is it with these “found footage” films? I do want to see _A Million Ways to Die in the West_. I know, but still… And of course, _The Fault in Our Stars_. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/49 "2014-05-16T12:07:16Z")
_Godzilla_ is getting a 75% Fresh score – Certified Fresh! – on [Rotten Tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/godzilla_2014/). I have to say I’m impressed. Godzilla movies were always considered low-budget monster movie schlock when I was growing up, and the last effort with Matthew Broderick a few years ago did nothing to change my opinion. I’m actually thinking about seeing this now. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/50 "2014-05-16T12:41:26Z")
The only one I’m likely to see is _Days of Future Past_. I’d be looking forwards to _Edge of Tomorrow_ if Tom Cruise wasn’t the star, and I’d be looking forwards to _Guardians of the Galaxy_ if it was a different subset of the GotG lineup. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/51 "2014-05-16T13:15:37Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > The missus may talk me into seeing _Godzilla_; she seems taken with the ads so far. Well, either I was wrong or my beautiful young wife is gaslighting me. I offered to take her to see _Godzilla_ last night, and she replied basically, “I don’t know why you think I want to see that.” If I wind up dead or in an asylum with no brain at all, someone please check the attic for jewels. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/52 "2014-05-16T13:19:45Z")
I will watch \*\*X-men \*\*because I think the series can recover with a strong storyline - and time travel fits the bill. I have no idea why Hollywood is remaking Spiderman. Godzilla might be fun, but I would rather see a follow-up to Cloverfield, which was a clever Monster movie (with geographical accuracy.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/53 "2014-05-16T14:01:33Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > The Wachowskis, who’ve made exactly one movie I liked. Huh, not trusting that track record. The Matrix, Cloud Atlas, or Bound? ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/54 "2014-05-16T14:02:47Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I have no idea why Hollywood is remaking Spiderman. Because Sony would rather make a bad Spider-Man movie than let Marvel make a good Spider-Man movie. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/55 "2014-05-16T14:15:57Z")
I’m pretty much set for just “Jupiter Ascending.” It’s the only original film on the list I’ve got hopes for (though there’s also “Lucy” by Besson in August). For me, the Wachowskis have had more hits than misses, so even with casting I’m not all that psyched about, I’ll give it a shot. The rest, I can wait for the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/56 "2014-05-16T14:22:20Z")
I kind of like fantasy and sci-fi movies. But I certainly won’t be going to a movie theater and paying to see any of these! It’s OK if they show up on TV someday, as background noise (as opposed to the program guide or senate hearings or the Kartrashians). If I was offered a free ticket and a trip to the cineplex, had to pick one, it would be ‘Maleficent’. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/57 "2014-05-16T14:22:46Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > The Matrix, Cloud Atlas, or Bound? The Matrix. And only the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/58 "2014-05-16T18:22:48Z")
I don’t do the theaters anymore but if I was forced to go see one I’d go see TMNT. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/59 "2014-05-16T20:50:55Z")
I went with \*Guardians of the Galaxy \*in the poll. I will also see \*Godzilla \*and the wife and child want to see _Maleficent,_ but I will probably let them go without me. I never heard of _Earth to Echo_, so I looked it up and _still_ don’t know what it is. The rest will, at best, be Redbox or wait for it to show up on Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/60 "2014-05-17T00:03:24Z")
_Earth to Echo_ is a POV film told with multiple characters all holding their own camera phones, with a very _ET_-like plot. Stylistically it would drive me batty, but I think most teens would shrug that off quite easily. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146.md?page=4)