Ranking This Summer’s Movies

Below is a list of all the movies I have seen this summer (May 1 to present) in order of best to worst. Keep in mind that 3 through 6 should be a tie for third place as all these movies were very good.

1. The Dark Knight
2. Iron Man
3. Sex and the City: The Movie
4. Wanted
5. The Strangers
6. Get Smart
7. What Happens in Vegas
8. WALL-E
9. The Incredible Hulk
10. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan

Here are a few surprises I came across this summer. Surprise #1: What Happens in Vegas was very FUNNY! It was so much better than I thought it would be. Surprise #2: At the beginning of the summer my husband and I were at the local cineplex and after seeing a poster of WALL-E I said, “I am calling it now. Best movie of the summer. Best movie of the summer” It’s number 8—how did that happen? Finding Nemo this movie wasn’t. Surprise #3: One of my favorite actors of all time Adam Sandler is at the bottom of the list. This movie isn’t bad. I would probably give it a B-, it’s just that so many other movies were better. (My advice to Adam Sandler and Mike Myers: The 40 Year Old Virgin completely reinvented the comedy genre. When picking scripts from now on, please choose one with real people in real situations that just happen to be funny.)

And here are some non-surprises. Non-surprise #1: Both comic book action films The Dark Knight and Iron Man ROCKED! Non-surprise #2: Steve Carell continues to climb my ladder of favorite comedian of all time. He continues to make movies that are funny and warm with great scripts and co-stars while giving a great performance himself. Non-surprise #3: Christina Bale confirms the he is both the best Batman ever and the best looking man in Hollywood right now.

I will update this list once the movie season commences on August 31st.