The Summer Movie Lineup

As you can probably tell from all my posts, I am a big movie fan. I'm not sure why I like movies so much. Is it the art-imitating-life aspect? Is it the escape from real life? Is it the fantasy plots I so love? I for sure know it's not about the celebrities, because I really don't envy their lives. I mean they seem to be more messed than me! I think what draws me to the movies is that it's something we do as a family. I think it goes back to when I was little. We didn't go to the movie theater often, but when we did it was to see a major blockbuster like E.T. or Star Wars together. And when we watched movies on VHS at home, it was together as a family watching movies like Superman or some fabulous comedy like The Naked Gun. Good times, great memories!

I do not consider myself a "critic" because I won't go see just any movie. I do have my favorites and I can be pretty particular with what I spend my money on in the movie theaters. But there are some movies that you just have to see on the big screen. The rest, I will wait for them on DVD. And lately, there are movies that I want the whole family to see together. I just love the summer movie lineup!

Now that Anthony is getting older (and can, for the most part, behave himself in public) we seem to be frequenting the movie theaters a little bit more. Of course, he is also becoming more vocal about the things he likes and doesn't like. So if he sees a preview for an upcoming movie that he likes, we might just go see it. Any superhero, animated or computer generated movies seem to top his list. As for Ashley, she has been wanting to see more grown-up movies and her favorites are romantic and horror flicks (definitely not my favorite!) But that is what her and her group of friends are all into. Whenever there is a sleepover, we know horror movies will be watched. I find that so interesting because she used to get so scared, of just about anything. Now, she loves to be scared...as long as she is with a group of people. Funny how things change as we get older! :)

For this summer, we are developing the list of movies we will be seeing at the theater together. There are some movies that we may see at the theater, but will be more likely to end up on our netflix list. I won't even talk about the "absolutely not" movies. There are quite a few of those as well.

* Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
* Kung Fu Panda 2
* Cars 2
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

* X-Men: First Class
* Green Lantern
* Captain America: The First Avenger
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon

These are just the movies we want to see at this point through Labor Day. Then, we will be making our list of movies to see during the holiday season. Looking forward to those as well!