When "Sin City" first came out, it totally blew my mind! The cinematography was outstanding, mixing black and white with just enough distinct colors, and how they blended the stories together was just so astonishing to me, it made me want to be a writer/storyteller. Frank Miller's Sin City Graphic novel series definitely raises the bar, and Robert Rodriguez did a great job bring it to life. The actors were cast so perfectly for each story, and most of them are returning, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, and Jaime King. Joining them are Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Eva Green, and Ray Liotta just to name a few. I read a few of the Sin City books, and "A Dame to Kill For" was my 2nd favorite, behind "The Hard Goodbye", which was told in the first movie. "Sin City" may be one of the most underrated films in history, and hopefully the new one can get the credit and recognition that the first one didn't. Well, only if it's as or almost as good! Oh yea, and it does have my #1 Hollywood crush in it, Eva Green!
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past
Bryan Singer, the director of the first 2 "X-Men" returns, and combines the original cast, the cast of "The Last Stand", and the cast of "First Class" into a whirlwind time travel, where Old Professor X (Patrick Stewart) sends Wolverine, Hugh Jackman, to the past to help young Professor X, (James McAvoy) prevent a war between humans and mutants. This looks good, and all the actors have played their roles, respectively, in the other X-Men movies such as Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, Sir Ian McKellan. So this to me looks to be the most exciting movie of the summer.
3. Dumb and Dumber To
With Anchorman 2 coming out to mixed reviews, a lot of people are going to be skeptical about the long awaited "Dumb and Dumber" sequel. I will say that great comedies do take time to really be appreciated. How many times have we seen them, and each time you almost discover something new. That being said, it will take some time to let it sink in, but the excitement starts with Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, and the Farrelly Brothers returning. We can only hope that it will be funny, and leave your expectations at that. Don't expect it to be as funny as the first, because that's just not fair for this movie, and other comedy sequels. I say just see the movie looking for laughs, and don't try to compare it to the original at all. You'll probably be disappointed.
4. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Before they can gear up and make another "Avengers" movie, they have to continue to build foundations for each character, and here we get to see Captain America in a modern day adventure. And we get to see more of the beautiful Scarlett Johansson, so that helps a lot. Here we get to see an old fashioned hero adapt, and the story of the Winter Soldier is a classic that has one hell of a twist.
5. A Million Ways to Die in the West
Seth MacFarlane wrote and directed what seems to be a comedy, about a sheep farmer in the Wild West, who loses his girlfriend in a gun duel, and looks for the courage to win her back with the help of another gunslinger's wife, Charlize Theron. It's Seth MacFarlane, so expect a lot of laughs to go along with some dark and twisted storyline. It's another film from MacFarlane, and I did like "Ted", and MacFarlane has become a better story teller throughout his time with "Family Guy", and here he brings along most of his staff from the show.
Other Movies to Look Forward to:
The Amazing Spiderman 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Exodus
Transformers 4
22 Jump Street
Robocop
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