Top 10 Can't Miss Movies of Summer 2007: #2 and #1

2. Knocked Up (June 1st)
Judd Apatow is one great movie away from ascending to God like status
for me. The man created Freaks and Geeks which many hail as the
quintessential high school TV show of all time and I think it's his
worst work. His sophomore show Undeclared perfectly captured the college
experience but even more so captured my generation. Then there was his
feature film debut from 2005, The 40 Year Old Virgin. If Undeclared
spoke to my college years then Virgin spoke to my post college life and
no not in the 40 year old way or the virgin way. Apatow gave one of the
truest depictions of dating and relationships both romantic, and
friendship wise that I've seen from anyone not named Kevin Smith.
The one constant through all these projects has been the wit and charm
of one Seth Rogan. Obviously someone who you wouldn't say has matinee
idol looks, Rogan has written for and stared in almost anything Apatow
has touched. Knocked Up gives Rogan his first leading role as a normal
guy who has a one night stand with someone he thinks is way out his
league (Grey's Katherine Heigl) only to find out that
he's...well...knocked her up. In other director's hands this could be a
crass vulgar comedy but with Apatow I'm expecting a vulgar comedy with
an emotionally satisfying side as well. A lot of Rogan's fellow Apatow
players look to be in the film as well which should only aid to the
hi-larity. Check out the trailer below


1. Ocean's 13 (June 8th)
Will this be the most critically acclaimed movie of the summer? No. Will
this be the most action packed movie of the summer? No. Will this be the
funniest movie of the summer? No. Will this be the blockbuster of the
summer? No. What this will be is everything a summer popcorn movie
should and first and foremost that means it will be fun. A summer movie
should be light on its feet allowing the audience to sit back in an air
conditioned theater and lose themselves while it's 98 degrees outside.
However many filmmakers and studio heads take this to mean that summer
movies should not make you think at all. The first two Ocean's are the
thinking person's fluff films. I myself loved both 11 and 12 and while I
know many people thought 12 was self indulgent I found it to be the
perfect sequel. Really I'd watch anything that director Steven Soderberg
does especially when you throw in George Clooney. The two of them seem
to get each other in a way off screen, which allows anything they work
together on to flourish on screen. The addition of Al Pacino as this
film's villain paves the way for Andy Garcia's self important twit of a
casino boss to join the gang and from the brief snippets we've been
shown, I think that will be comic gold.