Summer 2014 Round up Pt 1

So here we are, the end of summer. School is starting, the days are about to get shorter, and life is about to get all the more stressing. But before we get to that, let's talk about, what else, the summer movie season. When it comes to the movies that come out during the summer, it's usually a hit or a miss, and most of the time, it's easy to spot which ones will be which. For example, I don't think any of us really expected to be blown away by Ninja Turtles, but we all had high hopes for X-Men Days of Future Past. Well, for those of you who aren't able to decide, here are my picks for what rocked and what sucked in the summer of 2014.

Let's start with the best movies of Summer 2014:


5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier



Okay, so this one came out in April, so technically not the summer. But it was still a good movie and I didn't get a chance to review it, so I'm putting it at the bottom. I'll admit, I don't really care much for Captain America. I only saw this movie because I wanted to be up to date for the next Avengers. Surprisingly though, for a movie that was directed by the knuckleheads behind the majority of the episodes of Community, I was really surprised by how much I liked The Winter Soldier. I' m a sucker for political spy thrillers, which is essentially what this was, just throw in a guy that has a giant metal frisbee for a weapon. The strongest part was how the turned Hydra from a Nazi organization to an underground, illuminati-esque society. Plus, it introduced me to what is probably the greatest Marvel villain in history, Batroc the Leaper!

 Try NOT saying that in the most over the top french accent ever. It can't be done.

4. Godzilla



I had some really high hopes for this movie. I can never say no to watching any of the older Japanese movies, and I think we all found the Matthew Broderick movie from 1997 to be the most offensive thing to Japanese culture since "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips". Go ahead, look it up on Youtube. It's pretty bad.
I know a number of people had some issues with Godzilla, and I can't say that I didn't either, but the things that director Gareth Edwards got right, he got really right, and I'm looking forward to anything else that he might be doing in the future.

3. The Fault in Our Stars



Yes, I am man enough to admit that I teared up when I watched this movie, and my girlfriend had to comfort me a little. So what?! I was a huge fan of John Green's book, and the whole time that I was waiting for this movie, the one thing I kept thinking was "Please don't fuck this up. Please don't fuck this up". Thankfully, the film makers did anything but and made a very good adaptation that actually stayed truthful to the story and didn't feel the need to split it into multiple movies. Yeah, it can be done.

2. The Guardians of the Galaxy



I've already gone over this movie enough so I don't really have much else to say about it, except that I;m debating if it should take the number 1 spot instead of what is sitting there in its stead.
P.S I am Groot

1. X-Men: Days of Future Past



Yeah you knew this was coming. I hate to sound like a broken record, but this truly is the best X-Men movie to date, it may be the best Marvel movie to date as well. It was great seeing all of our favorites, especially Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. Hugh Jackman is still perfect as Wolverine, and can anybody honestly say that they aren't open to seeing more of Peter Dinklage? More Peter Dinklage and the most minimal amount of Halle Berry? Sounds like my kind of movie But beyond that, it was nice to see a summer movie where the motivation behind the writing was an actual story with actual characters with actual motivations that we could actually identify with, even the villain to the extent. I'm not talking about the sentinels of course, those were fucking scary. I'm talking about Peter Dinklage's character because Peter Dinklage is the fucking man. But the real scene stealer was Quicksilver, who I am glad to hear will be appearing in the next movie with a bigger role.