Looking at the Weekend: May 15-17, 2015

It will be interesting to see how two cult favorites can do with sequels of completely different styles. I suspect the more established franchise will top the more recent one. However, it will be most interesting if either can stave off the third week of Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Individual Commentaries

Wesley Lovell: Both of this week’s new releases look good, so I’m going to pick both.
Peter J. Patrick: Not having ever watched a Mad Max film or seen the original Pitch Perfect, I have no desire to see either of this week’s major releases.
Tripp Burton: It’s a sequel and a reboot, both to films that I never had much interest in seeing more of, but they both have a lot of fans so check them out. The films both seem to be picking up good buzz.
Thomas LaTourrette: I enjoyed both Pitch Perfect and some of the original Mad Max movies, so these will be fine to see though I am looking forward to some more original fair eventually.

May 15-17, 2015
	Mad Max: Fury Road (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview	Pitch Perfect 2 (Wide Release) See the original CinemaSight Trailer & Poster Preview
	In Theaters For Mad Max Fans Creative, Tech	In Theaters For Pitch Perfect Fans None
	Never For Mad Max Fans None	Never For Pitch Perfect Fans None
	In Theaters For Mad Max Fans Tech	On DVD For Pitch Perfect Fans None
	In Theaters For Action Movie Fans Creative, Tech	On DVD For Pitch Perfect Fans None
KEY:	Personal Impression Personal Pick of the Week Recommendation (For Everyone) Recommendation (For Genre Fans) Recommendation (For Film Enthusiasts) Recommendation (Avoid It)		Oscar Impression: Oscar Codes: M: Major (Picture, Directing, Acting) S: Support (Writing, Music, Editing, Cinematography) C: Creative (Production Design, Costumes, Makeup) T: Tech (Sound, Visual Effects) A: Animated Feature D: Documentary Feature F: Foreign LanguageFilm
KEY:	All ratings are on a scale of 0 to 10 (with 0 being no interest / no recommendation, and 10 being absolute interest / recommendation). The Avoid rating follows the same 0 to 10 format with 10 being the highest recommendation that you avoid the film at all costs. Each Person makes a “Pick of the Week,” some weeks may have more than one, some may have none at all.