August 2016 movies

[Disneyphile]

What movies are you looking forward to in August 2016?

[Disney's Divinity]

Kubo and the Two Strings is the only one I'm really looking forward to, but I'll probably see Suicide Squad and Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV.

[blackcauldron85]

Pete's Dragon (it just looks so good, and as much as I love the original, so different), Kubo and the Two Strings, and Sausage Party (it looks funny...!), and Suicide Squad (I'm not a superhero movie fan, but this one looks like a good time.).

[ce1ticmoon]

Kubo and Suicide Squad!

[Tangled]

I actually really hope that Sausage Party does well, since it may convince film producers to give more adult-targeted animation a chance (raunchy or not). Also, Alan Menken was writing a song for it, so that's cool.

Kubo and the Two Strings is a must, because I'll always support Laika. However, the storyline isn't hooking me from the trailers like Coraline's or Paranorman's did. It just seems so...traditional, I guess. "Kid with important parents obtains powers and must go on a quest for his parents' sake" sounds pretty generic, and the characters don't stand out in the trailers either. I'm concerned that the story may end up being diminished for an emphasis on visuals and stop-motion tricks, which is sort of like how I felt towards Boxtrolls. I'm probably judging far too early, though. Trailers for movies targeted at children typically don't delve deep into storyline intricacies, and even if the storyline was somehow straight-to-DVD-Disney-ripoff bad (which it definitely will not be), Laika's animation will still be a treat.

Suicide Squad was (and probably always will be) the one DC Cinematic Universe movie I was excited to see in theatres. The cast looked phenomenal and I'm always up for a good story centering around anti-heroes. Also, the trailers were excellently edited. Then...the reviews came in. However, judging by reviews, it still sounds far more entertaining than Batman Vs. Superman, so I might see it at a drive-in theatre as part of a double or triple feature.

[blackcauldron85]

Tangled, for what it's worth, I had a fun time at Suicide Squad. I'm not a superhero fan...I wanted to see it based on the characters-- to me, it seemed like "animated" antiheroes, if that made sense. I can't compare it to other DC films, but it was fun.

[Disney's Divinity]

Kubo and the Two Strings is a must, because I'll always support Laika. However, the storyline isn't hooking me from the trailers like Coraline's or Paranorman's did. It just seems so...traditional, I guess. "Kid with important parents obtains powers and must go on a quest for his parents' sake" sounds pretty generic, and the characters don't stand out in the trailers either. I'm concerned that the story may end up being diminished for an emphasis on visuals and stop-motion tricks, which is sort of like how I felt towards Boxtrolls. I'm probably judging far too early, though. Trailers for movies targeted at children typically don't delve deep into storyline intricacies, and even if the storyline was somehow straight-to-DVD-Disney-ripoff bad (which it definitely will not be), Laika's animation will still be a treat.

I felt the same way about The Boxtrolls based on the advertising, and that ended up actually being my favorite of their films so far, actually. I think they've ended up in a similar situation to Disney, as far as the commercials not really representing the film. Well, except in that case, usually I don't end up liking the Disney film anyway , but it's not as bad as the commercials make it out to be. Usually.

[Disney Guru]

The only one I was interested in was Florence Foster Jenkins, I caught a matinee showing of it on Sunday. One of the most wonderful 2 hours I have ever spent in a movie theatre. A beautiful touching story. Also was happy to see that it has a 7.2/10 rating on imdb, nice to know there are still theatre goers with class and good taste.