# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/61 "2014-05-23T17:15:17Z")
_X-Men: Days of Future Past_ is getting a **93%** Certified Fresh score from Rotten Tomatoes! They are hoping for an opening weekend take of $100 million, so get out there, folks! ($250 million budget) _The Amazing Spider-Man 2_ **53%** has grossed $176 mill in three weeks, which you might think is a lot of money but it is still in the red with a $200 million budget – yeowza! _Godzilla_ **73%** has grossed $117 million (one week) from a budget of $160 million. I heard in a documentary about screenwriting that a movie can still be considered a failure if it cost $100 million to make and made only, say, $102 million. It has to make maybe $150 million or more… and that’s pretty hard to do. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/62 "2014-05-23T19:39:53Z")
If I had to pick one, it’s going to be Guardians of the Galaxy. But I’m also watching: X-Men: Days of Future Past, Maleficent, Edge of Tomorrow (I’m hearing Cruise is good in this, plus I like Emily Blunt), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (My daughter will demand it), Jupiter Ascending (_Looks_ amazeballs, will have to see about Channing Tatum…) and the aforementioned Lucy (Besson doing SciFi is always good) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/63 "2014-05-23T19:46:31Z")
What does “Days of Future Past” _mean_, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/64 "2014-05-30T17:14:05Z")
_Maleficent_ is getting a 47% score on [Rotten Tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/maleficent_2014/). They seem to think AJ is pretty good but the movie isn’t. Also, this title wasn’t on my list but _A Million Ways to Die in the West_ is scoring [only 34%](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_million_ways_to_die_in_the_west/). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/65 "2014-05-30T18:51:22Z")
_Expendables 3_. Second one’s a fun way to spend a couple hours, watched it once in the theater and once on Netflix; never saw the first. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/66 "2014-05-30T19:58:47Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > What does “Days of Future Past” _mean_, anyway? Goes back to a 1981 comic, I guess: [Days of Future Past - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_future_past). With a different spelling, this is what I first thought of: [Days of Future Passed - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/67 "2014-05-30T21:29:40Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > _Maleficent_ is getting a 47% score on [Rotten Tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/maleficent_2014/). They seem to think AJ is pretty good but the movie isn’t It’s 50% now, but 75% of Users liked it. It might be somewhat of a crowd-pleaser no matter what the critics think. I’m on my way to see it now so I can judge for myself. I didn’t vote because my answer would be “Most of them.” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/68 "2014-05-30T23:33:58Z")
I am planning to see _[Chef](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgFws3AoIUY)_. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/69 "2014-05-31T02:32:31Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > It’s 50% now, but 75% of Users liked it. It might be somewhat of a crowd-pleaser no matter what the critics think. I’m on my way to see it now so I can judge for myself. Loved it. LOVED IT! > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I am planning to see _[Chef](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgFws3AoIUY)_. That doesn’t belong on this list since it’s not si-fi/fantasy, but yes, do! I’ve seen it twice already and I’m sure it will be in my Top 10 at the end of the year (along with Only Lovers Left Alive and Under the Skin). ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/70 "2014-06-01T05:14:36Z")
I’ve seen Spiderman 2, like 1 better and X-men, which was fantastic. I plan to see How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy, might grab a matinee of Transformers if I’sufficiently bored at being home all the time. Echo to Earth I’ll wait for the DVD ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/71 "2014-06-06T17:14:04Z")
_Edge of Tomorrow_ is getting a **90%** positive score from Rotten Tomatoes. _The Fault in Our Stars_ is getting an **82%**. There is a documentary called _The Case Against 8_, about California’s Proposition 8 (the same-sex marriage ban) and the resulting Supreme Court fight, that opens in limited release today. It’s also getting an **82%** positive score. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/72 "2014-06-07T03:11:29Z")
BTW Jupiter Ascending got pushed back to February 2015. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/73 "2014-06-07T03:36:00Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > …There is a documentary called _The Case Against 8_, about California’s Proposition 8 (the same-sex marriage ban) and the resulting Supreme Court fight, that opens in limited release today. It’s also getting an **82%** positive score. I saw that at a film festival a few months back and it’s very, very good. A well-crafted mix of the personal, the political and the legal dimensions of Prop 8. Here’s the trailer: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyyQu-uZ4ZE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyyQu-uZ4ZE) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/74 "2014-06-07T04:00:52Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > BTW Jupiter Ascending got pushed back to February 2015. Ooo, February. Where movies go to die. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/75 "2014-06-07T11:02:15Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Ooo, February. Where movies go to die. Yeah, to quote **Pushing Daisies** : It didn’t get bumped, it got _dumped_. And it’s got to be really bad for a Wachovski summer blockbuster. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/76 "2014-06-07T15:01:55Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Yeah, to quote **Pushing Daisies** : It didn’t get bumped, it got _dumped_. And it’s got to be really bad for a Wachovski summer blockbuster. I was saying, they don’t have a good track record. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/77 "2014-06-07T16:49:34Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I was saying, they don’t have a good track record. Bound was critically acclaimed, The Matrix series was quite successful for all that it fell apart at the end. The only real flop I know of is Speed Racer. Was Cloud Atlas bad? I only read the book. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/78 "2014-06-07T18:06:36Z")
Based on the trailers I really wanted to see Jupiter Rising. I’m really disappointed it got pushed back. I console myself with the thought that it might be studio caution about an SF film that’s not based on a comic book or an existing successful franchise. You know how Hollywood hates originality. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/79 "2014-06-08T17:36:08Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Bound was critically acclaimed, The Matrix series was quite successful for all that it fell apart at the end. The only real flop I know of is Speed Racer. Was Cloud Atlas bad? I only read the book. I liked the movie of _Cloud Atlas_ very much (and just finished the book), but it didn’t do great box office. _V for Vendetta_ did pretty well IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146/80 "2014-06-13T17:22:04Z")
_How to Train Your Dragon 2_ is getting **92%** from Rotten Tomatoes. _22 Jump Street_ is getting **85%** (no thank you). Something called _The Rover_ with Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson in some “set in a world ten years following the collapse of society” story is getting **67%** , not bad. Some science fiction horror quarantine story with Laurence Fishburne and a bunch of young actors I don’t know is getting only **53%**. _Hellion_ is getting only **50%**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-of-these-summer-movies-are-you-interested-in-seeing/687146.md?page=5)