I don’t know about you, but I don’t consider the summer to start earlier than June. Every year I notice movie companies scrambling to start earlier in the season to get a jump on our summer dollar, and this trend has left the actual summer season itself virtually ‘blockbuster-less’ or Blockbuster ‘Lite’ if you will.
Do you remember what last summer’s ‘big hit’ was? I sure don’t!
And I’m sure I’m not the only one out there who is sick of a movie sequel being coupled with the term ‘blockbuster’. Enough! Let’s break some NEW ground.
Now don’t get me wrong, there are releases coming up this summer I’m looking forward to going to see, but I really miss the true ‘Summer Blockbuster’ and I’m not happy with the way the term seems to have been re-defined and diluted throughout the years.
The summer season that begun for me May 7th when the next movie in the series was released for A Nightmare on Elm Street. I’m a horror movie genre buff and rarely miss a horror release (it’s always so hard to find a movie buddy when you love horror films!). The movie just wasn’t as ‘Freddy’tastic’ as I’d hoped. The role of Freddy Krueger was re-cast and was portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley. All I can say is I lost that loving feeling. Where is Robert Englund anyway? Even Pee Wee is back in the Playhouse, can’t we get our ‘real’ Freddy back?
The Summer of 2010 big screen re-makes continues with The A-Team, The Karate Kid and of course more sequels with the release of Toy Story 3, Twilight Eclipse, Sex & The City 2 and even Predators (who thought they’d come back?). One of the more creative of the bunch is Disney’s ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ which is based on the movie ‘Fantasia’. This time around, they ditch the mouse and tell the tale of a Sorcerer (played by Nicolas Cage) searching for the ‘Prime-Merlinian’, his successor (very believably portrayed by Jay Baruchel).
Here is a clip, ‘Sorcery 101’ from Disney’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice coming to a Theater near you on July 14, 2010
I greatly enjoyed this movie and even had the opportunity to walk the red carpet at the movie World Premiere held in New York City’s iconic Times Square! You can read more about my red carpet coverage here. So what will be the ‘Summer 2010 Blockbuster’? While it does remain to be seen, we do know who decides! Promise me you will think about this when you go out and buy a ticket this weekend!
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