Apparently, this summer is supposed to be big with regard to new releases. MI3, Davinci Code, seem interesting. Any other hot releases that people are looking forward to see this summer?
I agree, Lucky Number Sleven does look good... MI3 is supposed to be good but then again Tom Cruise has lost a LOT of credit what with his stupidity in the last year or so - I'm guessing if it tanks his career is over. The commercials in theatre made it look pretty cool, but we'll see if that is enough to bring people past his moronic actions..
Sleven does look good, i'd forgotten about that one. MI3 will be good, as long as there are not waltzing motorcycles like the last one. That was just lame!
Yes well what would you expect from John Woo? I thought MI2 felt very comic-bookish, which is what I went in expecting so it wasn't surprised when it was. It was far from brilliant and I agree the motorcycle stunt ws lame (hell the whole motorcycle chase was lame) but again it is what I expected from John Woo.
I beleive X-men: The Last Showdown is due out this summer and the preview I saw for it made it look really good. Bryan Singer, the director of the first two X-men movies was involved in filming the new Superman movie so instead of helping write and directing X3 he had to pass because the studios forced the movie to be done now. But to the credit of X3 the director from Layer Cake is on the job and I think he did a great job with that (and no Layer Cake was not directed by Madonna's wife Guy Ritchie like rumour has it.. he was involved in some production work I think but he isn't the director).
And I'm not sure when it is due out (in 2007 I hear) but Joss Whedon is working on Wonder Woman... women in line for the lead include Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter (Buffy and Cordellia from Buffy the Vamp Slayer) but also Katie Holmes and J Lo too.. there is a slew of names in the list at this point in time...
Are you guys available this weekend to catch Lucky Number Sleven? I have dinner plans on Friday night but Saturday I'm available, lemme know what your schedule is like if you wanna catch Sleven.
And good call Chiq, I also had forgotten about Dead Man's Chest - it looks like it will be good.
Okay well since we didn't get to see Lucky Number Sleven, check out this movie instead. Consider it my Easter good (or bad) wishes to all of you! Hoppy Easter everyone!
I've heard mixed reviews about the DaVinci Code, that it is merely riding the mutual coat-tails of a) the book's success and b) Tom Hanks.. that the script was put together sloppy and would not live up to the expectations (of course that WAS from a car magazine so who's to say the author knows movies that are NOT about cars).
Speaking of car movies, Fast and Furious 3 is due out. Saw a trailer for it.. oh my god did it look bad. I saw the first one on DVD.. it was ok, maybe it would have been better if I were more of a car person. I saw parts of number two were they got the blond guy to return but Vin Diesel turned down the offer because it wasn't asomething he was interested in doing (instead he made that baby-sitter for the president (or some politician's kids) movie - great choice there Vin). Althought from the moments of the second Fast and Furious that I saw perhaps the kids movie WAS the better choice... anyhow the 3rd version of this movie takes place in Japan and while some of the action sequences looked pretty cool on the big screen, they were not able to retain any of the original actors/actresses and the writing didn't seem to be up to the (already sub-par) level of the orginal.
So keep your eyes and ears open for this one - I'm sure it will bomb in theatres!
But of course, if the movies don't make huge profits, then it couldn't actually be because they're BAD... no, it was the nasty evil Pirates making camcorder versions and posting them on the internets.
Yah every time I see that stupid commercial before a movie that has the stuntman who is getting ripped off by piracy I think to myself "hey stupid, why are you part of a system that puts YOUR life at risk for $50/hour when the schlub you are standing in for is getting paid $20million?" Come on, how sorry am I supposed to feel for a guy who decided he would make a career outta crashing cars? I'm not saying it doesn't take some talent nor that I want stunts to look like crap in movie, I'm just saying you made the choice to be in that career.
As for Scary Movie 4, I'll probably see it when it comes out on video, nothing like a good laugh... well with that movie it will likely be a bad laugh if there are any laughs, but I like the girl in that movie that plays Cindy (the one who was the "American rock-star" in Lost in Translation..) so at least there is something worth my while if the humour and script sucks
Yes she is. She has been the main character is all of them.. I just think she is cute (and she really isn't as ditzy as she acts in the movie, I've seen her in lots of stuff and a number of interviews... not that I mind a hot, ditzy blond mind you
Speaking of movies, I'm pasting in an entry I read online about the lead-in blockbusters for this summer. We discussed some of these but I thought Hakweye especially might be interested in "Poseidon" because it is directed by the guy who did Das Boot.
This year's summer lead-ins: Mission: Impossible III, pitting Tom Cruise against supervillain Philip Seymour Hoffman; Poseidon, a remake of The Poseidon Adventure directed by Hollywood's king of the sea, Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm, Das Boot); the animated Over the Hedge, an animals-against-humans comedy from the makers of Shrek; and The Da Vinci Code, reuniting Tom Hanks with director Ron Howard.
I think I'd like to see a movie version of Happy Days, except the Fonze is a crack addicted pimp. You know, a modernized version, except still set in the 50's.
Heh heh.. well you know that Welcome Back Kotter is coming to the big screen in 2007, right? And MR Travolta will be playing a mjor role (my guess would be the teacher because he made a bad and barely beleiveable student the first time around, I can only imagine him in the same role this time around...)
Maybe he can play a crack-addicted pimp sent forward in time (from the 50's) named Arthur Schmidt-Fonzerlli??
Welcome back Kotter is such a lame idea for a movie. I'd reather see a movie version of Three's Company staring Brad Pitt, Janet Reno and Queen Elizabeth!
Why Brab Pitt, I think Gilbert Godfrey as JAck, Janet, Mr Roper AND Larry would make for a better movie.. and naturally Britney Spears as Chrissy. Now THERE is a good cast!
Oh, I don't know if it was mentioned, but the movie I'm most looking forward to is the next X-Men movie. Saw a trailer recently and it looked phenomenal.
Yah I agree.. it looks really relly good. Other than seeing Sleven with you and your other half, we should catch that one too. So when do you think we can catch Sleven? Or do you own it yet?
Hey Trarman. You were right the next bond flick is a prequel. It goes back to when bond first started as an MI5 agent. Looks violent that Chubbs may like to watch it...
Supposedly he is already working with the producers on his next Bond installment, which I find surprising because it is unlike the franchise to release movies more than at least a few years apart. This movie has been made before supposedly too...
I think it looks pretty good, as long as you're expecting a high-action, low plotline movie. The Transporter delivered on that as did #2, although ironically #2 had a better story... as long as you had no great aspirations for where the movie would take you (beyond cool action) it delivered! I think Crank will be the same...
There is a movie called Run Lola Run that is kinda the same thing, it starts out with a dude calling his girlfriend telling her a drug dealer is gonna kill him in 20 minutes if she can't bring $100,000 to him in that time... made for an interesting movie.. Crank looks similar but dude is gonna die from whatever drug they stuck in him instead of a drug dealer killing him for losing some money.
Welcome to the message board Lance. I'm not a big fan of anime myself, but perhaps you could explain what the attraction is? What would be some good examples to watch that might change my mind?
Don't say Akira, either. I saw that, and while the animation was pretty impressive, the movie itself fell short of expectations. I watched Princess Mononoke as well, but was left with generally the same impression.
well the quality of animation is superior to most offerings from n. america. there is one in particular that i am interested in. it is usually on saturdays at 11 or mondays at 7 on ytv. it is called avatar the last airbender. the interesting thing about this one is that while it is very good animation, clean crisp etc, it is obviously in the anime style but acutally produced in n. america. (though all the animators appear to have korean names). most movie anime have unique plot lines, which are different from the norm and that is another reason i like to watch them.
I've seen the Avatar cartoon (on Saturday morning at 11:00am on YTV I think).. the story line is better than the few anime movies I've seen... the animation doesn't seem to anything especially good or bad, but the story is involving enough. If you're interested in the series I beleive Rogers actually RENTS the entire first season on DVD..
I really hope it is a good movie, I wouldn't want the last movie of that series to blow chunks! That being said, if they do it so that it is age appropriate it should be good. By age appropriate I mean two things, first that the character is older and therefore the script and scenes are reflective of the characters older age, and second, that they don't try to dumb it down like a certain other lucas series! and that it is more for an adult audience...
I really hope it is a good movie, I wouldn't want the last movie of that series to blow chunks! That being said, if they do it so that it is age appropriate it should be good. By age appropriate I mean two things, first that the character is older and therefore the script and scenes are reflective of the characters older age, and second, that they don't try to dumb it down like a certain other lucas series! and that it is more for an adult audience...
Look forward to the lost hobbit race of homo florian to appear, complete with cute little furry bodies and their own little language that sounds very ewok-ish. Indy found a map to the only place on earth these cuddly little people live, but a secret evil nazi coven wants it for the solid gold magma rumoured to be in the volcano on their island.
Indy is captured while attending an extreme sports conference and single-handedly fights the entire secret nazi army. He steals back his map from a cryogenically frozen clone of Hitler and rushes off to bring civilization to the homo florians. Only, to his surprise, dinosaurs ALSO still survive on this island, so Indy ends up fleeing from t-rex after t-rex. A helpful little florian named Mar Mar Jinx helps him hide in a fantastic underwater world created by the primative florians.
Oh, and Short-Round is back, having never aged and still ready with cute kid comments for every situation.
That's quite the load of drivel you've concocted. "Meesa so happy Mar Mar is in it!" Coven eh, I always thought there was a link between witches, wicca and nazis!
I watched 'Flags of Our Fathers' the other week. It was good. It depicted the three surviving soldiers who raised the flag on Mt Suribachi during the battle for Iwo Jima. Canadian Adam Beach played the native american Ira Hayes. They were sent on a PR tour of the states while their buddies died fighting in Okinawa. Interesting movie. It was directed by Clint Eastwood.
Hmm, I heard Flags of Our Fathers was good.. even though everyone else thinks Clint is a good director, I think he is only a mediocre one.. none of his movies have really wowed me.. but then I really did not like Million Dollar Baby.
On another note, going back a few messages, if you guys are still waching Avatar, season two just started up a couple weeks ago on YTV on Saturday mornings... looks pretty good! I've only seen one or two episodes and clearly missed the first one, but it looks good!
Shab's you didn't like Unforgiven? I think that is a great movie. I also want to see Letters from Iwo Jima, which shows the Japanese side of the battle.
RE: Avatar
Actually, the 2nd season was on hiatus and is now back..
RE: Avatar the game
I wouldn't think it would translate well into a game, at least not an action game. Perhaps a roleplaying game would work.
Mmm.. I thought Unforgiven was alright... I guess I'm not the biggest cowboy movie fan.. overall it was one of the better ones I can think of.. I heard Iwo Jima is supposed to be good... I'm sure I'll see it some day once day buys it
RE: Avatar
Yah I don't know much about much on TV since I don't have cable but the couple eiposdes I saw made me wish I did.. I'd consider renting the season if Rogers has it across the street (they currently have season 1).
RE: Avatar the game
Wow.. worst game ever, huh? I actually thought it might make for a good game, you could play whatever elemental bender you chose.. or if they DID set it up as an RPG you could be the Avatar with developing skills and you could gain allies with other bender abilities that you could control and develop their skills.. anyhoo, i would think it would have good legs if someone invested the effort into the game and story...
It has the oddest name ever: Chad Schmidt... apparently if you cross genes with someone named Chad and someone with the last name Schmidt, you get Brad Pitt... ?
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but the couple eiposdes I saw made me wish I did.. I'd consider renting the season if Rogers has it across the street (they currently have season 1).
