Summer Movies: What to Look For

After "Pirates of the Caribbean" opened up with $90.1 million this past weekend, I know we're officially in summer movie season. A time for big blockbusters to hit us all over the head, week after week, so that come Fall, we're begging for the melodramatic dramedies.

But.... we have a long way to go until Fall, and I can't just pass up this opportunity to look at the movie offerings as a whole! So consider this your Official 2011 Summer Movie Guide (with a little help from E! Online)...

• "Thor" - May 6

It's already opened to a few criticisms, but a pretty good rating of 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, though it's only brought in $15.5 million so far.

• "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" - May 20

Despite it's really, really poor rating of 33% on Rotten Tomatoes, it's already become the highest-grossing film of the year, and will probably stay on top for quite some time.

• "The Hangover: 2" - May 26

Funny if you want it to be... I may wait for the DVD release. But, either way, I'm really enjoying Zach Galifianakis' shaved head in the promos...

• "X-Men: First Class" - June 3

This is my "What were they thinking?!?!" summer movie. There's always one, and this wins hands-down.

• "The Green Lantern" - June 17

This is the first "Summer Blockbuster" movie that I'm legitimately excited about... and it has 1/2 to do with how amazing Ryan Reynolds looks in that skin-tight, CGI'ed suit, and 1/2 to do with the fact that this is C's favorite comic book series and I feel like I may finally get to understand a little bit of his world.

• "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" - July 1

My only thoughts on this are: Suck on that, Megan Fox! (but, you know, only if it's good. Insert "Michael Bay" if it's bad)

• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" - July 15

This is the 2nd movie I'm suuuuuuuuuuper excited about seeing this summer. The end is finally here! I stole book 7 from my sister and have until July 14 to finish (re)reading it. I love Harry Potter about average with the other HP nerds, and I'm proud of it. Can't wait!!!

• "Captain America: The First Avenger" - July 22

The 3rd Marvel comic book movie of the summer (too much??)... it could be bad or it could be good, I'm hoping the latter, but we'll just have to see.

• "Cowboys and Aliens" - July 29

And finally, the finale of all finales --- Harrison Ford & Daniel Craig dress up as Cowboys and fight Aliens. There is nothing better than that story line. The only way this movie will fail is if we're all too tired of "epic" movies by the end of the summer.

Other movies to look out for....

• "Kung Fu Panda 2" - May 27 - Jack Black is back in action. 
• "The Tree of Life" - May 27 - Classic Brad Pitt trying to find his come-back hit movie.
• "Super 8" - June 10 - JJ Abrams messes with our heads.
• "Cars 2" - June 24 - Pixar. Pixar. Pixar. And, oh yeah, a Toy Story knock-off digital short.
• "Bad Teacher" - June 24 - Cameron Diaz is a sexy teacher with low morals.
• "Larry Crowne" - July 1 - Julia Roberts & Tom Hanks in (as far as I can tell) their first ever role together. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!)
• "Friends With Benefits" - July 22 - Mila Kunis & Justin Timberlake have sex.
• "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" - August 12 - Katie Holmes in a horror film.

{It's going to be a good summer!}

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