Best Film Summer Ever ?

[Mandon Knight]

What does everyone regard as the best 'complete' summer for film releases in their memory.

I know every summer on the whole, has at least one decent film release, this is about a summer with multiple major releases that proved to be solid. I remember the summer of '89 being huge, with Indy 3, Batman, Ghostbusters II and BTTF Part 2, just an example...

Discuss peeps...

 

[Quasimod0]

Although summer of 2012 has my favorite film (Avengers), I think 2014 has been the most solid year in recent times. So many great movies.

 

[Mandon Knight]

2005 was also an awesome line up....

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Although summer of 2012 has my favorite film (Avengers), I think 2014 has been the most solid year in recent times. So many great movies.

Does April release count as summer?

But yeah, 2012 has been the best for me. Avengers, TDKR, Amazing Spider-man, Ted.

Of course, it helps that i'd just moved from a small town to the big city that July and lived right by a de lux cinema... made cinema going a whole different level of awesome

 

[Mandon Knight]

Does April release count as summer?

Does these days....

 

[Golgo-13]

I think May and beyond is considered the summer season. First week of May to about late August (labor day)….

 

[Jochimus]

What does everyone regard as the best 'complete' summer for film releases in their memory.

I know every summer on the whole, has at least one decent film release, this is about a summer with multiple major releases that proved to be solid. I remember the summer of '89 being huge, with Indy 3, Batman, Ghostbusters II and BTTF Part 2, just an example...

Discuss peeps...

...except BTTF II wasn't released during the summer (BTTF III was released the following summer, though).

Other than that, '89 is the one that comes to mind automatically for me: in addition to seeing Batman 3 times, I saw Indy 3, GB2 AND Trek 5 (which would also the last time Paramount would release a Trek movie during the summer until 20 years later...way to go, Shat!) - the latter three all in one weekend - as well as Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. That's the most times I've ever been to the theater in so short a time.

Second most would be 2014: GotG, Godzilla, DotPOTA, and Cap 2.

 

[Mandon Knight]

This summer could be very interesting....

 

[Unbreakable Lex]

It was the summer of '69!

 

[Evil Twin]

1982.

Conan the Barbarian kicked things off. Followed by The Road Warrior, Rocky III, Star Trek II, Poltergeist, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, The Thing, Blade Runner, Tron, Night Shift, and Fast Times at Ridgemont Times. Among others.

 

[CELTICPRED]

2008 was incredible:

Wall-E
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Step Brothers
Tropic Thunder
Indiana Jones (no matter what you think about it)
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
Hellboy 2
The Dark Knight
Pineapple Express

Seriously. That was the greatest movie summer ever, for me at least.

 

[James]

What does everyone regard as the best 'complete' summer for film releases in their memory.

I know every summer on the whole, has at least one decent film release, this is about a summer with multiple major releases that proved to be solid. I remember the summer of '89 being huge, with Indy 3, Batman, Ghostbusters II and BTTF Part 2, just an example...

Discuss peeps...

Geez, everything these days is either based off a comic or a sequel. When are Hollywood going to start coming up with original ideas???

 

[Mandon Knight]

This summer could be very interesting....

Was solid but still not the best, still 1989 for me....

 

[samsnee]

1987?

http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-best-movies-of-the-summer-of-1987-ranked-1797953803

Robocop
Predator
Lost Boys
Spaceballs
Monster Squad

 

[Mysteryman]

Does April release count as summer?

But yeah, 2012 has been the best for me. Avengers, TDKR, Amazing Spider-man, Ted.

Of course, it helps that i'd just moved from a small town to the big city that July and lived right by a de lux cinema... made cinema going a whole different level of awesome

These days, April DEFINITELY counts as summer.
Summer seems to start earlier every year.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Summer of my memory - 2012. The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises.
Overall - 1982. Conan the Barbarian, Poltergeist, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, E.T., Blade Runner, The Thing, Fast Times at Ridgemont High...

 

[Mandon Knight]

2018 has a good claim for being the 'best' with MCU 'hoovering' up the best of the release dates....

 

[Mandon Knight]

The variety may not be huge this summer but thus far, the quality has been pretty good.

 

[Tg11]

1994 for me and I was just 4 years old then because the movies you had in 1994 during the summer are:

The Shadow
Forrest Gump
Angels in the Outfield
True Lies
The Mask
Natural Born Killers
Lion King
Speed
Getting Even with Dad
Flintstones
Beverly Hills Cop 3
The Crow
3 Ninjas Kick Back
Lassie

 

[Mandon Knight]

1994 for me and I was just 4 years old then because the movies you had in 1994 during the summer are:

The Shadow
Forrest Gump
Angels in the Outfield
True Lies
The Mask
Natural Born Killers
Lion King
Speed
Getting Even with Dad
Flintstones
Beverly Hills Cop 3
The Crow
3 Ninjas Kick Back
Lassie

You make me feel SSOOOO old t:

 

[Tg11]

1998 and I was just 8 years old then but so many summer films that year that made a lot of damn bank I dare anyone to say 98 wasn't a good year for summer films and or blockbusters

He Got Game
Deep Impact
Bulworth
Godzilla
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
A Perfect Murder
Truman Show
Mulan
X-Files
Armageddon
Lethal Weapon 4
Small Soldiers
There is Something About Mary
Mask of Zorro
Saving Private Ryan

Need I say more about the summer of 1998 so many damn good films that year

 

[psylockolussus]

2008 was a blast!

 

[Tg11]

Another film summer that sticks out to me is summer of 95

Die Hard with a Vengeance
Braveheart
Casper
Batman Forever
Pocahontas
Judge Dredd
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
First Knight
Species
The Indian in the Cupboard
Under Siege 2 (Seagal sequel)
Free Willy 2
Clueless
Waterworld (Costner blockbuster)
Babe
Mortal Kombat
Desperado

 

[Tg11]

1990 (the year I was born)

Back to the Future Part III
Total Recall (Schwarzenegger)
Another 48 Hrs. (Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte)
Dick Tracy
Gremlins 2
Robocop 2
Days of Thunder (Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman)
Die Hard 2 (Bruce Willis returning as John McClane)
Ghost (Swayze, Demi Moore)
Young Guns 2 (Emilio Estevez returning as Billy The Kid)
Air America (Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr.)
Flatliners (Julia Roberts classic)
Darkman (Liam Neeson classic)

 

[Aximili86]

1982.

Conan the Barbarian kicked things off. Followed by The Road Warrior, Rocky III, Star Trek II, Poltergeist, E.T. the Extraterrestrial, The Thing, Blade Runner, Tron, Night Shift, and Fast Times at Ridgemont Times. Among others.

Winner.