June Summer Film Previews

All the opening dates are listed for North America release, naturally. But, i think that with some few exceptions, considering the profile of most of the release, we could very much expect that it won't take that much longer for these films to reach this side of the world.

1st week of June:
Kung Fu Panda. Big, furry, fat, cuddly, and lazy Panda tries to learn Kung-Fu? I'm already sold from the very first mention of its title alone. With voice talents from Jack Black, and Jackie Chan among others, its trailers and 5-minutes clip (Chopsticks) were pretty cool stuff if not a bit overworked (although of course, since it's involving Panda, my second favorite animal after Polar Bear, i refused to acknowledge such thing). From Dreamworks.

You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Er, Adam Sandler, A highly-skilled Mossad agent who fakes his own death so he can move to New York and become a hair stylist. Really? Adam Sandler? Mossad? With a five-letter name which reminds me to Borat? Never really likes Adam Sandler anyway.

2nd week of June:
The Happening. I don't really understand why people bashed Shyamalan. Ever since that phenomenal The Sixth Sense, it seems that every subsequent works from Shyamalan were paled in comparison with that film about a boy who sees death people. Not for me, though. My favorite Shyamalan was still Unbreakable (yep, i liked it even more than The Sixth Sense) and i don't really understand why there are so very few people out there who shared my love to The Village and instead bashed it like it's the worst film ever made. In The Happening, Shyamalan visits my favorite territory in any sci-fi story. Post-appocalypse world. No reason for me to NOT looking forward for this film. However, the biggest beast in this weekend would easily goes to:

The Incredible Hulk. After the phenomenal success of Iron Man, there'd be no reasons for fans to not to looking forward to this Marvel Studios' second film. The teaser trailer which ends as Hulk was about to trade punch with The Abomination was easily punched my curiosity up several notches. I mean, you see Hulk, all green running up on a street, while The Abomination grinned in anticipation, all grey, responded in a same fashion, one could only imagine what the impact of these monsters would be like. I'd say AT LEAST it would looks like Agent Smith vs Neo in Matrix the third (Revolutions? Reloaded? Doesn't really care). But of course, i won't be satisfied at all if it is going to merely looks like that. It has to be MORE. Considerably MORE.

3rd week of June:

Get Smart. Steve Carrell's attempt to spoofed the life of a highly-trained secret agent. While i knew that it would be better than the abysmal Johnny English, i wouldn't bet much on it. With Anne Hathaway.

The Love Guru. Mike Myers, Jessica Alba who consistently making weird choices. Shortly after Sin City, Jessica Alba complains that she doesn't get much chance for a role that escalates beyond the luscious physical appearance of hers. Three years later, and she STILL landed a role that put her as a mere eye-candy for us, men. Not that i complained, though, she's drop dead gorgeous, anyway.

4th week of June:
WALL-E. Pixar. Intergalactic Robots. Sans dialog. Jonathan Ive. What else a geek could asked for more?

Wanted. Awesome trailer. Awesome trailer. Awesome trailer. With Angelina Jolie. Probably worth the time, but as we've seen many cases with awesome trailer but an utter dreadful train-wreck of a feature-length film (see: Hitman), i'd prefer to lined up behind WALL-E at any given time.