'05 Must See Summer Movie List

"Revenge of the Sith"
Satisfying film, but watched more out of an obligation to see the whole thing finished rather than any serious desire...

"Batman Begins"
Extremely satisfying view. This is the way Batman should have been from the beginning [no pun intended]....


"War of the Worlds"
Pithy Review to Follow... UPDATE: July 2, 2005
Fantastic Movie! Cruise's Character not particularly likeable, initially-- a good thing. Special Effects were 1st rate[but then it's Steven Spielberg, right?], and the story... except for an update for modern times and appliances, it's about as accurate to the book as one can get considering the afore-mentioned "update for modern times..." worth seeing a second time, and definately on my DVD purchase list.

"Fantastic Four"
Pithy Review to Follow... UPDATE: July 16, 2005
Cool Effects, couldn't keep my eyes off "the Thing's" orange body of rock. Everything else was hackneyed, nothing to marvel over, to include the story which was far from "fantastic".

Definitely NOT on my DVD purchase list. Actually, the coolest part of the whole film were the coming attractions before the film started, which included the trailer for "Serenity". ULTRA cool!

"Serenity"
[Technically not a summer flick as it opens 9/30]
This is the one I've been waiting for. Continuation of Joss Whedons terribly abused network series "Firefly". Rent the DVD's then go see this flick.
Pithy Review to Follow...