2013: Year of the Movie

The year 2013 meant a couple things to me: One, it meant the end of my undergraduate career and two, it meant the world was not destroyed by cataclysmic events on December 21, 2012.  After going to see the last blockbuster of 2012, The Hobbit, nothing could have prepared me for the previews of movies to come in 2013. For the first time ever, I sat through movie trailers and I wanted to see every single movie. The first teaser showed the Man of Steel. Director Christopher Nolan did such an incredible job with the Dark Knight trilogy that he joined director Zack Snyder's team as a producer. The film is set to release on June 14, 2013. Next in line was The Lone Ranger. When the trailer first started it opened up with Johnny Depp in costume leading many to believe this would be another "Pirates of the Caribbean" film. We later found out that the TLR's director, Gore Verbinski, directed the "Pirates" films. Depp's character in this film is a quirky Native American whose tendencies remind us of his role as Captain Jack Sparrow. It was a great marketing strategy to lure the audience in with a new but similar character.  The following trailer was none other than The Great Gatsby. After reading the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 10th grade, my wish came true the story had new film adaption. With an actor like Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role, this movie's appeal only grew. The next few trailers which followed Gatsby showed an onslaught of movies set to release in the month of May. Iron Man 3 on May 3 (which picks up where The Avengers left off), The Great Gatsby on May 10, Star Trek: Into Darkness on May 17, Fast and Furious 6 and The Hangover Part III on May 24, and Post-Apocalyptic Earth film starring Will and Jaden Smith, After Earth on May 31. June and July will carry on the momentum with Man of Steel (June 14) , World War Z (June 21) and The Wolverine (July 26).  

Rotten Tomatoes TOP 100 Films of 2013