Don't Dis My Sequel!

Emma Watson

Harry Potter 8

This is the best, because it's the finale. We've put our heart and soul, blood and guts—and tears!—into it.

The special effects are mind-blowing. I don't know what happened: are we using a different team, or do we have more money?

You see a different side of Hermione. She's more like Lara Croft.

The pace is absolutely relentless. It's like a two-hour roller-coaster ride.

We have a dragon.

Geoffrey Rush

Pirates of the Caribbean 4

The top of the list? I can say it in one word: mermaids.

We have the first female pirate who is capable of going mano a mano with Jack Sparrow in the shape of Penélope Cruz.

Between Pirates 3 and 4 my character loses a limb. But I have a crutch, and it becomes a potent weapon.

Jerry Bruckheimer is so confident from the early reactions. There's definitely a Pirates 5 in development.

Jessica Alba

Spy Kids 4

My uniform is spandex and leather. The key is, you have to do the fighting without ripping your outfit.

There's a special surprise with the 3-D.

It's not scary at all, so kids can watch it and you'll never have to hear them screaming in the middle of the night. It's something I think of because my daughter is 2.

Jack Black

Kung Fu Panda 2

The kung fu is better, because Po has had time to mature, and his moves are super-bad-ass.

We have Angelina Jolie and Seth Rogen from the first one. But add to the mix Gary Oldman. I've always been obsessed with Oldman, be-cause he seems a little insane.

Michael Bay

Transformers 3

It's the best action I've ever shot.

3-D f--king robots.

No twins saying dorky jokes.

And it's the most epic movie of the summer.

Jennifer Lawrence

X-men: First class

It's set in the '60s: X-Men meets the Cuban missile crisis meets James Bond.

It's at the very beginning of the X-Men story, so you get to see why and where it all started.

Larry the Cable Guy

Cars 2

This one is an action-packed spy thriller. I'm ashamed I was in the first one, because this one is so good. And I loved the first one.

I'm a very good actor. I'm the only guy who puts on weight for voice-overs.

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