> April 23 - 13 Going On 30
>
> I'm suspicious of this one, too. It stars Jennifer Garner as a 13 year old who wakes up one day as a 30 year old woman. Rip Van Winkle as a romantic teen comedy? Garner is talented, but this sounds pretty cornball.

It looks extremly cornball. Maybe I'll catch it on DVD.

> May 21 - Shrek 2
>
> Expect this to be ever bit the hit that the original was.

The first 30 seconds or so watching the trailer, I though "Eh, looks dumb." (I rolled my eyes at the whole "Joan Rivers" spoof) but then it got FUNNY. I think it'll be a good one. I hope so anyway.


> June 4 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
>
> Hooray, Chris Columbus is out of the picture. The first two movies were good in spite of him; now let's see what can happen with some visionary talent at the helm.

I am really looking forward to this one, of course. And YAY for no more Chris Columbus.

> June 11 - Garfield: The Movie

Garfield hasn't been funny in FOREVAR, so why would they try to make a movie out of it? Bleh. I'll skip this one, thank you very much.

> June 16 - Around the World In 80 Days
>
> Jules Verne's most famous book was filmed successfully twice: once in 1956 as a Best Picture winning film starring David Niven, and again in 1989 as a mini-series starring Pierce Brosnan. So I'm less concerned as I would normally be that this version seems to wreak all kinds of sacrileges against the novel in the interest of broader appeal. (Jackie Chan as Passepartout?? Smile and nod.) With two good faithful films in the bag, I'm content to have a "fun" one that plays more with the legend and less with the story. If this is as good as the trailer, we're in for the surprise hit of the summer.

Ok, I haven't seen the first two versions of this movie, they sound good and I shall have to watch them. They ONLY reason I will go see this is because of Jackie Chan. The fight scenes look promising. I can sit through a lot for the Jackie. I love the Jackie. Must watch the Jackie. I sat throught "The Medallion" for the Jackie. (By the way, CGI doesn't work in the fight scenes, Jackie, don't ever do that again.)

One of my problems is that I just read the book for the first time a couple of weeks ago, so the story is fresh in my mind and I keep thinking "WHAT!?! Phileas Fogg an inventor? He whistles to turn on his lights? The Great Wall of CHINA?" Heh, I'm just going to pretend that it's a completly different story (which it basically is) and that the names of the characters just happen to be the same.

> June 30 - Spiderman 2
>
> David Poland seems to think this isn't going to crack $150 million at the box office. I would be surprised.

We'll be there on opening day, I'm sure. If we can get a babysitter, that is...

> July 30 - The Village
>
> M. Night Shyamalan. I'm there.

Totally.

Ti'Just wish it was December so I could watch "The Series of Unfortunate Events...that's the movie I'm most looking forward to.'cia