I know that Spider-Man is swinging back into our lives with The Amazing Spider-Man, potentially kicking off a whole new spate of web-slingin' movies, but it could also just be a one-off! Maybe other people are as tired as we are! Plus, the barrel has been pretty well-scraped story- and character-wise, hasn't it? Not just with Spidey, but with everyone. Watching Johansson there with her sad little handgun surrounded by all those magic monster men makes you realize that the talent pool in Marvel's heroes vault isn't that deep. Even Thor felt like a bit of a stretch. (I mean, it worked, that was a really fun movie, and there is going to be a sequel, but still.) Let's just quit before we start going down to the third-tier and beyond.

But enough superhero grumbling. Here comes summer movie season! It's actually pretty exciting after the serious slog through awards season stuff (and post-New Year's doldrums movies). We've a lot to look forward to. There's this, yes. And Batman, obvs. And Andrew Garfield in spandex, of course. But there's also Ridley Scott's mysterious Prometheus, which is something of an Alien prequel, it's said. There's Avengers' Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy. There's the cool-looking Snow White & The Huntsman (co-starring Thor!), and Dark Shadows, and the Total Recall remake (really based more on the short story than on the great Schwarzenegger movie). And of course there's the summer movie, nay simply the movie, we've all been waiting for, clamoring for, desperately praying to the gods in Thor heaven for: G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Both the summer season and the Oscar season begin with that one! So, happy popcorning, everyone.

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