The 2018 summer movie season has officially descended upon us. It did so with a bang. Avengers: Infinity War grossed $250 million dollars in its first weekend of release. (Who just did a double take on that number?)
A good friend of mine and I go to a late night show almost every Saturday night. This is something we both enjoy and something I’ve come to treasure. It should come as no surprise that this week we participated in this historic opening.
While not my favorite movies, I enjoy Superhero movies. I enjoy event films more though and Marvel movies are definitely event movies. I enjoy it more with a big crowd and when that crowd gets into the movie. Saturday night over three hundred people attended the 10:40pm movie in IMAX. The crowd roared when the film started and awed when the twists and turns happened. That made it a lot of fun for me.
As for the movie itself, I enjoyed it. My issue with the film is there were to many characters spread out over a bit to much plot. With the scope of this franchise (twenty two movies over ten years with a variety of characters) this was to be expected. In the end it’s not a big concern of mine. Again I still enjoyed the film and look forward to seeing the next Avengers flick next year.
Looking a head over the next few months, there’s plenty I want to see this summer. This summer looks like to have its usual amounts of franchise films. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Mission Impossible: Fallout lead my excitement. Sicario was one of my favorite films of 2015 and its sequel is being released this summer. Josh Brolin and Benico Del Toro are both returning to the thriller and I am eagerly awaiting its release.
There’s some comedies I want to see as well. Both Book Club and Life of the Party will be released in May. The ladder stars Melissa McCarthy, who I love. Kate Mckinnon stars in the August release of The Spy Who Dumped Me. I’m excited for it solely to see Kate Mckinnon. I loved her in Ghostbusters and watch SNL just to see her. The more I see the previews for Tag, the more I find how surprised I want to see it.
Of course I am excited to see The Incredibles 2. I love Pixar and the first feature.
Why wouldn’t I be excited for this one?
I’m looking forward to seeing Christopher Robin for nostalgia reasons.
Also there is a pair of documentaries I am really looking forward to seeing. RBG and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? both intrigue me. I love a good documentary.
I haven’t seen the ads yet for The Meg but a film about a giant shark starring Jason Statham is going to be highly entertaining.
So there’s a lot to see to get me through the long days, short nights, and the heat until the preferable cool long nights of the fall and winter arrive.
Hey let’s go to the movies!
