Is it just me, or has the wild Summer Movie Extravaganza (which has started, in the past, as early as May 1) been kind of subdued?

I'm already sick of the ads for War of the Worlds because they are on all.the.time. Besides RotS, I think that this is supposed to be the other summer blockbuster. I'm looking forward to Batman very much, but other than those I can't think of anything that's supposed to be BIG this summer, but that could be lack of sleep talking.

I think we're going to see Madagascar, 'cause we've got kids but I don't even remember the previews that we got when we saw RotS.

ETA: That's a damn shame about those scenes Betsy. They would have made the movie more watchable for me and made an even bigger connection to Leia's actions in Star Wars.

I may have a year ago - Stephanie Romanov is a costar.

Worth watching?

I guess I have seen ads for Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

There's one prominently pasted on the wall of the Metro station nearest to work. I'm very aware that a movie by that name opens 6/10. Not aware of anything about it, unless it's intended to be a Thin Man-type flick.

Dear George Lucas,

Creating rebel alliance = good. "No, it's because I'm in love with you" = bad. Please make a note of it.

Kthxbye

I'm also looking forward to Mr & Mrs Smith. Bring on the sexy fighting!

But Batman Begins and RotS are everywhere. Madagascar, Mr & Mrs Smith, Bewitched, The Island, War of the Worlds-- we're running out of weekend to contain the onslaught of advertising overkill. I'm just surprised that Stealth is seemingly underpromoted right now, but maybe they don't want to spoil momentum.

I haven't seen anything for The Island, and I want to. Okay with missing out on Bewitched, and wish there were less Madagascar.

Fred -- Mr & Mrs Smith has Brad and Angelina beating the everloving tar out of each other. Looks like fun.

Big-ticket movies of the summer (this list is longer than I thought):

The Longest Yard
Madagascar (gonna be huge)
Batman
Bewitched
Cinderella Man
Land of the Dead
Herbie: Fully Loaded
High Tension (French thriller, may not get wide release)
Honeymooners
Lords of Dogtown
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Perfect Man (Hillary Duff vehicle)
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
War of the Cruise
Bad News Bears
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dark Water
The Devil's Rejects (Rob Zombie, again may not get wide release)
Fantastic Four
The Island
Night Watch (Russian thriller, see High Tension)
Sky High (Disney)
Stealth (Jamie Foxx's post-Oscar action movie)
Wedding Crashers
Deuce Bigalow 2
Dukes of Hazzard
Pink Panther
Red Eye
Skeleton Key
Valiant (animated! about pigeons!)

eta: good gravy formatting!

Madagascar has psychotic penguins. It looks like total crap, but...psychotic penguins! I may not have the willpower to stay away.

I thought I was interested in War of the Worlds, but the more previews I see, the more I realize I'm actually not. Minority Report cured me of ever wanting to see another Cruise/Spielberg production, and this one doesn't even have Colin Farrell.

I'm not sure if the untitled Mike Judge movie is coming out this summer; 40 Year Old Virgin is coming in August.

War of the Cruise

Mr. Cruise, I knew Orson Welles (in the sense of never having met him). Orson Welles was a friend of mine. You, Mr. Cruise, are no Orson Welles.

I guess I'd heard about that movie. What do you want to bet that the ending does not involve the saving of the earth by microbes?

Herbie: Fully Loaded

The end of the world has come.