We’re quickly reaching deep into the summer movie season.  Already released are perhaps the biggest of the big summer films, Furious 7, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, and Mad Max Fury Road.  (I don’t mention the hit Pitch Perfect 2 only because it wasn’t on my radar at all, but credit where it is due, the film has proven to be a huge hit)

Looking over the remaining 2015 summer releases, only a precious few are left that intrigue me.  One is Jurassic World, though to be honest most of the trailers released to date have lowered my interest…that could be just me.  There’s Terminator: Genisys.  Despite the groan inducing title and not all that impressive, at least at first, trailers, I’m intrigued enough to give it a shot.  There’s Spy.  I know many don’t like Melissa McCarthy but I’m not one of them.  I think the various trailers to this film have proven themselves progressively funnier and funnier.  Trainwreck also looks to be a humorous female-centric comedy.  Finally, there’s Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, which has a pretty good trailer and looks to be another solid entry into the series.

I went to this page to check out the other 2015 summer releases and, while there are several other “big name” films, including Ant-Man, Vacation, Magic Mike XXL, Fantastic Four, etc., all these films, thus far, haven’t piqued my interest all that much.

There is at least one film I’m on the bubble with: The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which featured a good trailer but of which I’ve heard precious little of since.

Then there’s Tomorrowland (you knew I’d get there eventually, right?!).

When I first heard of this Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol) directed film, I was most curious.  But as time passed and all we got were snippets of the movie’s story line but more information regarding who stars in the film (George Clooney) and that the film somehow featured the Disneyland/World Tomorrowland ride, I grew worried.

Disney has had both success (Pirates of the Caribbean) and failure (Haunted House) with their “rides being turned into movies” concept and given Brad Bird’s involvement, I was hoping this film might prove the former rather than the later.

But the seeming reticence to release actual story information made me wonder if the movie’s plot was a little too dense and not so easy for the studios/ad wo/men to describe.  Then came the actual trailers and, frankly, they presented a bunch of intriguing images but continued to not give us much sense of what the movie’s actual story was.

The movie is being released today and, at this writing, is scoring a dead mediocre 51% approval on Rotten Tomatoes for critics and a higher 78% approval among audiences.

Many of the critical comments confirm what I feared: The plot of Tomorrowland is something of a mess, though even those whose opinions about it were ultimately negative did admire the effects and at least the opening sequences.

The only reason I’m writing this is because I’m curious to see how the film performs over the weekend.  It is THE big Memorial Day Weekend release (yeah, I know the Poltergeist remake is also being released, but it feels like the studios have totally given up on it already) yet there seems to be very little passion for this film.  Have others sensed what I have?  Have the commercials/trailers failed to get people excited to see the film?  Will I be proven completely wrong and will the film wind up being a huge hit?

I’ll be curious to see the numbers come Monday.  I suspect, however, the film will not prove to be all that much of a success.

We’ll see.