These trailers keep piling on the wicked-awesome. This not only looks to be the best flick of the Summer, but it might just rival Spider-Man as Bestest Superhero Movie Since Ever. And so I must now impose a personal media black-out of all things Iron Man. I'm avoiding all further trailers, articles and other spoilerish internet shenanigans. I've seen enough to know I'll be there opening night. I don't want to know anything else before experiencing it properly- in a dark room full of nerd-stench.
Conversely, I'd love to see more about this Summer's other Marvel movie- The Incredible Hulk. All we've seen so far is a few stills. And they make me worry. Ed Norton showing off his sculpted pecks and GQ haircut doesn't exactly convey Bruce Banner's meek scientist. Otherwise the cast sounds great and I like that they're going all HULK SMASH actiony with this flick. But why have we not seen a trailer yet? Maybe they're just not marketing to the geeks this time. After all, we'll be there regardless. Maybe they're just waiting to launch a campaign aimed at 'tweens and teens. Maybe they're just not willing to gamble a lot on marketing after Ang Lee's 2003 Hulk shit the bed.
And then there's the Batman. That Jokercentric campaign for The Dark Knight slammed it's breaks after Heath Ledger's sudden demise. Looks like WB is waiting a month or two before resuming it's rollout of gruesome Ledger footage. Regardless, this one is surely a safe box office bet.
Summer 2008 is going to be a great time to be a 12 year old. Excelsior!
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my summer in brief:
May 2- IronMan
May 22 - Indiana Jones
June ?? - Hulk
July 12 - Dark Knight
exercise to work off all those pretzel bites w/cheddar cheese
sleep
Last year, I had to take my son and 2 of his friends to Spiderman-3 for his birthday, and as we all know, I missed 3/4 of the movie. This comes out 2 days before his birthday. I might take him to this but he will have to sit 5 rows away from me and wear a Foley catheter if he goes. AND NO FRIENDS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WILL HAVE A LONELY BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF ROBERT DOWNEY, JR.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think taking your son to SPIDEY 3 is technically child abuse.
I still can't get into this 100%, I'm loving Downey but seem a little jaded with the actual suity stuff. Still, two minutes is a lot different than two hours. I just hope Favreau's funnybook directing is a hell of a lot better than his funnybook acting in DAREDEVIL.
Okay, I rescind, that new trailer is amazing.
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