Summer movies, such as ‘Iron Man’, ‘Incredible Hulk’, ‘Speed Racer’ and ‘Indiana Jones’, will bring back lost youth, says Flint Journal’s Ed Bradley
“Speed Racer” starring Emile Hirsch comes out May 9. It’s one of many movies being released this summer that makes Flint Journal columnist Ed Bradley relive his long-lost youth.
As a newly minted 50-year-old, I expect to feel more than a few twinges of nostalgia as I relive my long-lost youth at the movies this summer.
I’ll recall good times devouring comic books about Batman, Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk. Watching “Get Smart” and “Speed Racer” on TV. Rooting for Indiana Jones to outrun the boulder in “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Sitting through a Will Ferrell movie that was actually funny (well, maybe that wasn’t as long ago as it seems).
Who needs new ideas for summer flicks when you can regurgitate old ones? The patented seasonal mix of comedies, action sagas, remakes and sequels returns for 2008, but perhaps with a firmer nod to the past than ever.
Understand, of course, that “summer” for Hollywood includes May, so the blockbuster season is just under way, with special evening screenings Thursday preceding today’s full-day opening of “Iron Man.”
The $135-million film is a bit of a gamble, with the offbeat casting of Robert Downey Jr. as the second-tier Marvel Comics hero, but advance buzz has been favorable.
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