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Then, the first week of May
brings us the sequel to the very
nice reboot of our favorite man-
arachnid with “The Amazing
Spiderman 2.” Now, I will grant
you that “Amazing:1” was an
exceptional movie and Andrew
Garfield was outstanding as the
titular character (what is more
remarkable is Garfield’s lack of
visibility since), but this sequel
could easily slide down the
path of last year’s “Pacific Rim”
— pretty packaging and little
substance. Its most redeeming
element is that the supporting
cast of Paul Giamatti, Jamie Foxx,
and Chris Cooper are among
the very best actors of their
generation and they usually do
not pick bad scripts. This one
looks like it will be fun.
May will bring at least the
362nd Hollywood remake of
“Godzilla.” Starring relative
newcomer Aaron Taylor-Johnson,
Elizabeth Olsen, and “Breaking
Bad” hero Bryan Cranston, there
is initial hope that this CGI epic
may offer more than the “Pacific
Rim”s of the world. This time,
Godzilla goes all Tokyo on San
Francisco and there is no need
explain how the plot works out
(is there?), but the preview gives
us hope there is an actual story
behind the two hours it will
take to kill the big lizard. Let us
hope that an actor of Cranston’s
considerable ability picked this
film for the script and not the
payday. And all this before
Memorial Day.
Unfortunately, the middle of
the summer promises a lot of
sequels, primarily to rebooted
franchises. Before Labor Day,
we will see another “X-Men,”
“Jump Street,” “Transformers,”
“Resident Evil,” and “Planet of
the Apes.”
In the middle of all that there
are some films that hold some
significant promise. At the end
of May we will be treated to Seth
MacFarlane’s follow-up to “Ted”
with the live-action comedy,
“A Million Ways to Die in the
West.” There are sure to be
obvious comparisons to “Blazing
Saddles” and MacFarlane is
certainly no Mel Brooks, but he
is still an extremely talented and
funny man.
The biggest gamble of
the summer is the second
Disney/Marvel movie of 2014,
“Guardians of the Galaxy,”
which will be released in August.
IMDb describes the plot, “in the
far reaches of space.
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A scene from the film “Noah,” starring Russell Crowe, which opens in late March.