Summer Movie Season 2006 Recap

It doesn't look like I will be seeing anymore movies before September 1st so let's look back

Generally this was a disappointing summer, what can I say? I know Bill thinks I'm a hater but most of the big movies of the summer (The Da Vinci Code, X3, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean) were too long (or in X3's case, too short), bloated and kind of boring. I didn't see any movies twice this summer which is a bad sign (although I am trying to arrange to see Talladega Nights and Little Miss Sunshine again). The best movies of the summer were kids flicks - Monster House being the cream of my crop but Over The Hedge and Cars were also pretty good.

Anyway...

Onto my "Buy" list.

These are the movies I saw this summer that I am going to buy when they come out on DVD. There's no other way to express my love for them except for allowing them in my home so other people can see I love them too (of course there is one exception). Not to say that if they aren't on the list I didn't like them (ex. M:I:3 - too much was made of Tom Cruise's personal life problems) but these are the movies that if I ever have company (whenever that day comes) and they peruse my collection and are in the mood to see something, I will say "Did you ever see..."

• X-Men: The Last Stand (I'm buying it for two reasons: 1) Because I already won the first two and 2) I want to see what got cut out of this movie to make it only 100 minutes.
• The Break-Up (I really wish more of my friends saw this so we could discuss the not-so-funny portrayal of the breakdown of a relationship in the last 30 minutes. That's what Netflix recommendations are for, I guess.)
• Cars (Not sure. I liked it and I own the other Pixar flicks - including A Bug's Life - so I might buy it for completist reasons like X-Men)
• Monster House (Not sure. If I adopt a 12 years between now and its release date)
• Clerks II (I hope there are deleted scenes. Nay, I PRAY)
• Little Miss Sunshine (Easily my favorite movie this summer)
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (I can't wait to have a double feature with this and Anchorman and plus I'm curious how much cut footage there was)
• A Scanner Darkly (Not sure. I don't know if I could watch it again.)

Next, the Fall Movie Season 2006..