Winter-Spring 2013-2014 Movie Preview - Part 2

As usual, I don't have many options for the 2nd preview part. Mostly due to the lack of trailers at 3+ months before the release dates. Well, let's see what we can pick from the existing pool for the next Spring ...

In March we have a potential alternative to "Fast & Furious" (which anyway, in the light of recent events, has chances to stop at episode 7). However, to bring to the screen a game like "Need for Speed" is probably as "promising" as a "PacMan" movie. So I guess it would've been more interesting to look up for a automotive industry documentary instead of the trailer below ...
"Divergent" looks like a remix on "Hunger Games", despite people saying it isn't so. The only part that gives some hope is the director, Neil Burger, who's responsible for two pretty good movies, both including tiny elements of fantasy or SciFi: "The Illusionist" and "Limitless". But anyway, the story shown in the trailer seems to state quite clearly that this is not much more than "yet another teen SciFi romance" ...
Last week I managed somehow to (incredibly) escape superhero movies. This time we have a bunch of them. April starts with "Captain America 2". Considering how much I "like" the genre, I can say that the first part was actually quite ok. Although I think this was mostly caused by the action placement during WW2. So, I don't know what to say about the new episode. Well, one good thing - it has Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) in it :P
Probably the most solid part Schwarzenegger had since he returned to acting is in "Sabotage". The direction + the script belong to David Ayer ("Training Day", "Harsh Times", "Street Kings", "End of Watch"). I think it's not hard to anticipate that the movie will be a rough action thriller without many comic nuances (we'll see how well gets Arnie into the role in this context).
In May we return to the Marvel universe in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2". I'm too bored by the genre to add more comments (and no Black Widow here).
Tricky question: what's more annoying than a superhero movie ? Answer: a movie with many superheroes. No, we didn't get yet to "Avengers 2". For the moment we have the light version = the latest "X-Men" sequel ( still, no Black Widow here :( ).
At the end of May we have probably the most interesting title in this entry - "Maleficent" - or "Sleeping Beauty" told from the perspective of the wicked fairy. As a fantasy subject sounds very promising, but (it had to be something ...) I don't remember any successful directorial debut by somebody with a career in VFX (Robert Stromberg in this case). Maybe I'll be contradicted, although the trailer looks already a bit too focused on CGI ...
That's it for the preview round. Next week, back with a movie review ...