Summer Flicks

Summer time means summer blockbusters! Have you ever wondered why they’re called blockbusters? Well thanks to some help from wiki:

“The term began to appear in the American press in the early 1940s, describing the largest of aerial bombs: single bombs capable of destroying a city block, also known as "cookies" during the firebombing of Hamburg. Later figurative use referred to anything making a public impact: "Broadway reacted to the request of War Mobilization Director Byrnes to close all places of entertainment by midnight Feb. 26 as if a blockbuster had landed on Manhattan" (Chicago Tribune, February 2, 1945). Some entertainment histories cite it as originally referring to a play that is so successful that competing theaters on the block are "busted" and driven out of business.”

I’ve borrowed a list from Pop Culture Brain for movies to watch out for this summer and I’m happy to say I’m well on my way to watching a majority of these.

‘Iron Man 3’ - May 3

‘The Great Gatsby’ - May 10

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ - May 17

‘The Hangover Part III’ - May 24

‘After Earth’ - May 31

‘The Kings of Summer’ - May 31

‘The Internship’ - June 7

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ - June 7

‘Man of Steel’ - June 14

‘This Is The End’ - June 14

‘The Bling Ring’ - June 14

‘Monsters University’ - June 21

‘World War Z’ - June 21

‘The Heat’ - June 28

‘The Way Way Back’ - July 5

‘Pacific Rim’ - July 12

‘RIPD’ - July 19

‘The Wolverine’ - July 26

‘Blue Jasmine’ - July 26

‘Elysium’ - Aug 9

‘Kick-Ass 2’ - Aug 16

‘The To-Do List’ - Aug 16

‘The World’s End’ - Aug 23

So far, my favorite has been Monsters University. How did I already watch this movie, you may ask? As part of our senior week at Cal, our senior class council was able to pull some strings and get in contact with Pixar to come show the movie early. It was amazing seeing our campus translated into the Monsters University film and it made the movie all that more special to watch. I don’t want to give away any spoilers since it’s a Pixar movie and all of their movies are amazing. I’m probably going to watch it again when it comes out in theaters for the short in the beginning and the little extras that are going to be added in the public release version.

Should I write some reviews of the movies I’ve seen or should I stick to the musings of my post grad life? Leave me a comment and let me know what you want to read more of!