every year we say the same thing next summer will be better because well we're
optimistic bunch but i have to say summer 2017 looks pretty darn good
in fact i'm so excited to tell you about some of these movies
let's get started right away now some are always officially begins with the
first weekend of May Hollywood keeps spilling over they have so many tentpole
films these days but still the official start of summer is the first weekend of
may and Marvel has that booked for quite some time and this year
they've decided to honor guardians of the galaxy vol.2 with that prestigious
release date and that means no more training wheels for that property
because when it started out it was on the outside gamble in the first weekend
of august and now suddenly it's kicking off the entire summer which also means
though the Kevin foggy expects it to perform this is also a huge opportunity
for James gun fight he doesn't keep around a lot of directors I mean joss
whedon was the the previous to Peter and then he imploded but right now the Russo
brothers are out in front now it's james gunn's chance to you know make his mark
on the MCU and it's only competition at this point is Peyton Reed so I think he
can beat him no problem so that means just the Russo brothers are standing in
his way of being you know the main Marvel director and I think James Gunn's
chances are pretty good considering how much people like his first volume
although I have to say with baby Groot how can you fail now that has the whole
weekend to itself but Hollywood isn't giving it any breathing room as the very
next weekend we have two big properties that first glance seem to be indirect
you know contrast to each other
Barbie versus Amy Schumer however with . I Diablo Cody scripting that barbie
barbie movie
it could be more amy schumer than one would initially anticipate but this Amy
Schumer's movie looks pretty good
trainwreck was a very soon it was nothing like nothing of a train wreck at
the box office but it wasn't like one of the greatest movies of all time or
anything like that
wasn't let's say bridesmaids right but this looks very promising Amy Schumer is
going to star and she has a goldie hawn starring and her mother they play a
mother-daughter go on a trip together and I believe are kidnapped but Ike
Barinholtz also stars as her brother and that's pretty good casting he looks like
amy schumer and he looks like Goldie Hawn and of course he wowed everyone and
I think stole the show
Suicide Squad so I'm actually very excited for that film which is pretty
good considering the fact i didn't love train wreck I thought train wreck like
flew in the face of all of amy schumer's comedy because it was so conventional I
think the only real choices is that she switched up the male and female type of
you know stereotypes to some degree
kind of but I'm hoping that she's a little bit more you know proactive with
this movie because that's what made her famous in the first place
alright so after that weekend they watch we know Dwayne Johnson can lift weights
we know we can eat like a ridiculous amount of carbs we know he can Instagram
but can he produce that's the big test here so far I've had mixed feelings
about how he's promoted the film on social media but Zac Efron and dwayne
johnson in a comedy that sounds pretty good to me although I like to neighbors
do and that didn't do particularly well the box office so i wouldn't say that's
a sure bet that he's going to face off the same weekend against a slew of
sequels in fact this weekend is so crowded
I wouldn't be surprised if one or two of these movies moves one is going to be
Annabelle to never count out James Wan a diary of a wimpy kid the long haul
still it's just really a necessity before probably has a very lucrative
life on streaming i meant nutjob to which you might be like that's
definitely going to move but Jackie Chan provides one of the voices and so I
wouldn't underestimate that film and also there's so much animation coming
down the pipeline for the rest of the summer
I don't think that movie can afford to move about finishing out the month
oh my goodness get this alright so there's a little movie called life and I
was like what's this movie so I looked it up in there
like grace it stars jake gyllenhaal ryan reynolds and Rebecca Ferguson I was like
oh my god and i like it gets better
they're gonna be in space on Mars where they discover life and that's why it's
called life and you might be part of an international crew and you're like I'm
sure your first reaction like mine as well
my first reaction was I need to see this movie and my second reaction was that
doesn't seem very international to me but the International members are not
big stars like those three although i think it's arguable to some degree how
BIG's big stars those three are I think they're all at least certainly not slam
dunk stars but the I'm let's see here i think it might be the Martian meets the
arrival and I've been pretty excited about that
my only concern is that it's directed by daniel espinoza and I think that his
track record is medium
alright so then it faces off against pirates of the caribbean five AKA dead
men tell no tales
finally we get that title I'm still excited for this I know this franchise
click been around for a long time and johnny depp and quite so fresh anymore
both personally and his humor but still has a Norwegian kontiki directors which
i think is a great choice as the return of orlando bloom and have your bar damn
is the villain and i just recently rewatched Skyfall and he really knows
how to choose to up the scenery in a good way so i think that could be really
good
alright let's move to june now we're maybe or maybe not captain underpants
from dreamworks animation will hit theaters but I find that hilarious
because going up against it is wonder woman and her old costume could be
called captain underpants but no no she has like kind of a skirt now but anyway
the dce you steps up to the plate once more
all eyes will be on this movie not only to see if they can break their horrible
rotten tomatoes track record but also because of the current slate or the
current renaissance of comic book movies this is the first one led by female
superhero so everyone's going to want to see how it does patty jenkins and garlic
. have a lot to prove
alright so then the next weekend they have no breathing room either because
it's supposed to be them
man vs world war z 2 which is kind of the same movie although world war z 2 is
not making that release date they haven't even settled on a director yet
they're just holding it in hopes that they're gonna make it but I think brad
pitt come on let's be honest without even a director in place yet it's not
going to happen so right now the mummy has this weekend all to itself and I'm
also very excited for universal to launch while to really launch
contractual untold was supposed to be part of this but methinks it won't be
unless Luke Evans is a huge hit is Gaston and the beauty in the beast
live-action film and maybe they'll try and resurrect it or awakening it from
its slumber because you know it's Dracula but anyway this this is
universals bid to get into the franchise business so they're gonna do their
monster movies a list talent there kicking it off with Tom Cruise who they
paid a lot of money to make this movie so much so that as you might recall we
discussed the mission impossible six is being held up because he says I want the
money money and Paramount's like yeah we're not paying you that we don't need
to convince you to make Mission Impossible movies they're the backbone
of your career if your whole career but anyway besides Tom Cruise this movie
also stars Jake Johnson Courtney be vans from the oj simpson FX series as a
Johnnie Cochran and also Sophia botella as the money so that sounds spectacular
then the next weekend is pretty crowded cars 3i can't get behind the cars
franchise because everytime i watch a movie you know how they like to have a
button to help the cars do things because they just have tires for hands
every time I'm like who makes the button but anyway cars 3 inexplicably exists
and will be released this weekend but let's get to the good stuff that comes
out Kingsman the Golden Circle America
yeah so the king's men have a horrible problem and they have to team up with
the statesman which are Americans which will be played by Channing Tatum jeff
bridges it's hard to get more American than those guys and also halle berry and
julianne moore i think they could get a little better with their female casting
but hopefully those two will prove me wrong
and then of course colin firth returns and that's all I really or anyone cares
about so that should be spectacular
and also the book of Henry comes out this weekend that was supposed to be an
awards competitor this year but i guess they feel so good about it but they
think it not only can be an awards competitor next year you know what
sometimes awards competitors come out in the summer to get a jump on such Awards
chatter but they also apparently feel it's just good summer movie now this is
from colin trevorrow this is what he's decided to follow up jurassic world with
so he must feel pretty good about it
it also has jacob traveling and it and then also the second most famous kid
actor working right now Jaden leave her which you would recognize his name but
you've recognized for movies like a midnight special then the next weekend
you know after bad mom's dominated the box office summer 2016 rock that body is
going to have to live up to that right and I think maybe it can now this is a
the hangover with women and scarlett johansson leads up the cast she might be
cami owing and spider-man homecoming but she's just gonna try and keep making
Marvel look bad if she makes money for other people while they refused to give
her a Black Widow movie anyway she's going to star in this and it's also
gonna have a bunch of female comedians who are like hey they're gonna hold up
scarlett johansson in front of them to avoid a Ghostbusters type scenario this
is kate mckinnon speaking of ghostbusters Jillian Bell zoe kravitz
Milania Ilana Glazer and also to me more just recently signed on for this and
what's happening
it's a bachelorette party wear a male stripper turns up dead so we'll see if
it's actually weekend at Bernie's that would sound pretty bad hope it doesn't
take that turn maybe like weekend at Bernie's meets Magic Mike twist the dead
body is hot and I'm like I don't know about that then the same weekend
transformers the last night comes out and i find that hilarious because it
moved to this weekend to escape another group of women Wonder Woman and it finds
itself going up against rock that body
this is robots in disguise and King Arthur with mark wahlberg it sounds
crazy but I think that the Transformers franchise is proven at this point it's
too big to fail
although interestingly its domestic numbers keep going down well its foreign
box office keeps going up
so we're really just waiting for the foreign
dances to feel the same way about this franchise that the domestic audiences do
so it's really just a ticking clock will see although maybe the trailer will be
amazing i guess you know Optimus Prime with the sword could be really cool will
see that at the end of the month a bunch of movies are trying to get in before
the fourth of july weekend which is booked 20 back to see but Despicable Me
3 comes out and this is the big movie of the summer and pixar should be ashamed
that they have only challenge this movie with cars 34 animation domination of
summer 2017 come on put your better fighters in but Despicable Me 3 speaking
of fighters is you know like the champ then also that weekend the house will
come out with Amy Poehler and will ferrell kill comedians that are
sometimes really funny and sometimes really unfunny so was future when they
are this done
they're playing a couple that started the legal casino in their basement
because they accidentally spent their daughters college fund that sounds
pretty good i have to see a trailer then fourth of july weekend
spider-man homecoming that's fantastic and the highest compliment the Hollywood
can play a movie
no one dares compete with it at least for now some small movie might some
scrappy small movie might come in there to counter program but right now fourth
of july weekend all Spidey then the next weekend
not a lot of companies on one big movies coming out but they're giving a lot of
wide they're giving a wide berth to spider-man homecoming which is a good
sign but then war of the planet of the apes comes out andy serkis returns and
really the only ongoing role that he has you want a lot more would have come of
andy serkis right but it didn't happen but anyway he has this franchise still
and this time in the humans corner is putting Harrelson one of the hardest and
most consistent working actors today although he is uneven
we'll see if this franchise can up the ante because I don't really know where
it can go after the last film which let's be honest wasn't quite as
memorable as the first I mean you're not going to be able to beat Caesar speaking
for the first time right
ok so anyway after that speaking of fights this is gonna be one of the best
fights of the summer this is christopher nolan's Dunkirk vs Luca sauce
valerian and at comic-con bizarre
threw down the gauntlet he likes left Christopher Nolan in the face with the
white gloves right
he was like Dunkirk is going down and by the way I'm not gonna show any material
to the public was so you can't slap Christopher Nolan in the face with a
white glove and then you have nothing to show for it to back that up but he's
insistent he feels this is the second coming of the fifth element which is a
pretty strong pitch however did you see the dunkirk trailer
it was amazing that's also Christopher Nolan you know he's playing for Oscars
this time so this is basically his Schindler's List and I'd also add that
valerian only has Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne not exactly heavy-hitters
although Rihanna could be the movie secret weapon then the month closes at
$TIME with the Jumanji remake the rock again he's doubling down the summer and
he will be starting here with Kevin Hart Central Intelligence reteam jack black
nick jonas and also karen gillan just signed on for this it seems like a solid
hit unless disney really does release another live action fairy tale this
weekend as they're planning to do they haven't revealed what it is yet although
to be honest I don't really know what movies that would have ready in time for
this release date
Mary Poppins returns is a Christmas release and so is the nutcracker in the
four realms unless they're going to release that during the summer which
seems stupid i make they could move Mary Poppins to this release date that also
seems silly also i think that Mary Poppins is a little weak right now until
we see like Emily Blunt lin-manuel Miranda who based on the lack of
reaction to the his being involved in Little Mermaid headline leads me to
believe he might not be the box office huh boost that Disney thinks he is so I
don't know what would go up you know so I think Mary Poppins and Jumanji what
kind of cancel each other app so a wrinkle in time maybe which they're
still casting the splash remake I don't know so we'll say that Jumanji could
have that weekend all to itself then august as we discuss the first weekend
of august is a time for experimentation and alien covenant is kind of an
experiment because the last who has movie Prometheus was the last was like a
laughingstock of the sci-fi genre
but Ridley Scott is not to turn he's going to try again and he's going to put
Michael Fassbender is David front and center which is a very good idea they
feel strongly about this movie they shelved Neill Blomkamp's other alien
film so this one better deliver
so David is going to basically the idea is that the covenant ship comes across a
planet where there's just one thing on it Michael Fassbender is damon and fast
vendors promises is a very scary movie which i think sounds pretty cool
Michael Fassbender is going to try and be so scary the the characters in the
movie run away from him in a straight line previous joke towards the aliens
will see it sounds pretty good who's not going to see alien covenant right then
opposite it is blazing samurai which is kind of weird because that's like
openings sausage party in Suicide Squad the same weekend instead of a week apart
as what actually happened but blazing samurai has to come out this weekend
because another animated movie comes out the very next weekend and that's the
emoji movie and there's no way I think that's gonna actually happen i think one
of those movies will move or what will die
we'll see but also that weekend the chips movie comes out which is an
adaptation of the TV show which I don't recall anyone asking for Michael Pena
co-stars everyone likes Michael Pena but nobody likes Dax Shepard except for
Kristin valve but this is a passion project for Dax Shepard he also is
writing and directing although I don't really know if Dax Shepards passion is
enough then also that we can know this is going to blow everything else away so
sorry other movies the coldest city
wait for it charlize theron james mcavoy John Goodman Sophia botella it's a spy
thriller it is eyelets here produced by charlize theron and directed by the John
wick guys
oh my god it's amazing it's going to be a big year of action for Charlize Theron
because in April she's the villain and fast eight and after of course a Furioso
everyone's going to be excited to see her here as well I bet she's gonna kill
it and I bet Kevin five-year let's hope Kevin five he doesn't regret not casting
are as Captain Marvel then the next weekend we have the Flatliners sequel
coming out is kiefer sutherland return
hands as the same character also that weekend though we have the hit man's
body guard and this actually seems a little bit like the coldest city so
we'll see if these two can you know compete or if they'll cancel each other
out or again one will die
the hit man's body guards guards stars rock stars ryan reynolds as a bodyguard
who is hired by a hit man turned informant samuel l jackson and they have
been at odds before because in the past Samuel Jackson's hit man has tried to
kill the people that ryan reynolds has been trying to protect but now they must
team up as ryan reynolds tries to get samuel l jackson to the Hague to testify
or someone somehow bring down Gary Oldman's dictator and on top of that
Selma Hayek also stars as well as alodie young AKA electra the only possible
hiccup here is that it's directed by the expendables 3 director and that's not
exactly a bonus i mean i would take the John wick directors / that guy any day
so we'll sit we'll see what happens then the month closes out with uh an oldie
him goody because this is the kind of movie they make all the time in fact
morgan freeman usually makes this kind of movie and he's making this one here
he co-stars annex mob lawyer and witness protection who has struck up a
friendship with an ex-fbi agent played by tommy lee jones and wouldn't you know
it
their golf game is interrupted by a mob hit and you know what I don't really see
that at the end of august so that's how summer 2017 looks so far do you agree
does it look pretty good or are you not falling for that again write your
thoughts down below thank you so much for going over this with me and be sure
to write down below what movies are the most excited about here and which ones
you think aren't gonna cut it
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