My Top 10 Least Anticipated Movies for 2010
by Pam MeisterThe year has barely begun and there are plenty of movies in the can awaiting their big screen release. Looking at the list, I can only admit to being stoked about two: Iron Man 2 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Yee haw!
Most of the films on the list fall into my ambiguity zone – I couldn’t care less one way or another. Yet some fall into the “there’s absolutely no way I’d waste $10.50 plus the cost of snacks on this one” category.
Here they are, in order of their release. You may or may not agree with my assessments, so have at it in the comments section:
Valentine’s Day (in theaters now): Another vanity project that crams in as many big names that would say “Yes.” Directed by Garry Marshall, the “all star cast” includes (in alphabetical order) Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biehl, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez , Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift and Carter Jenkins. The movie follows the “intertwining storylines of a group of Los Angelinos as they find their way through romance over the course of one Valentine’s Day.” In other words, yet another cross-generational movie about how the beautiful people deal with love. Yawn.
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Alice in Wonderland (March 5): Alice in Wonderland is indeed a strange tale. Alice’s curiosity prompts her to follow a talking rabbit with a pocket watch down a hole and enters a land of odd creatures where nothing is as it seems, replete with talking animals and a power crazy queen whose army is a walking, talking deck of cards – and of course, she finds it was all a dream. The 1951 Disney animated film made this a favorite of children of all ages – which is why the idea of creepy Tim Burton taking over kind of bums me out. I was initially excited about seeing his version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but in the end was disappointed. Instead of Willie Wonka being a fun-loving man who just enjoys making candy and takes us along on his wacky adventures, we got Johnny Depp as a Willie Wonka whose father was dentist and ruined Willie’s childhood by forcing him to wear a horrible contraption on his head to straighten his teeth and wouldn’t allow him to have any candy. Because Willie’s childhood was “taken away” from him (think Michael Jackson, whom Depp reportedly used as inspiration for his character), he becomes a man desperate to relive his childhood. Sad. Depp is once again teaming up with Burton for Alice. Depp’s a fine actor, but I shudder to see what the two of them will do to this story.
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Green Zone (March 12): Matt “I Love Howard Zinn and I’m smarter than Sarah Palin” Damon in a movie about war. That pretty much sums it up.
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Wall Street 2 (April 23): Gordon Gekko is back. Sigh … again with the remakes. But Wall Street is once again in liberals’ sights as a symbol of all that is wrong with the world. The plot via IMDB: “As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader’s mentor.” Everyone’s favorite nerd Shia LaBeouf joins Wall Street veteran Michael Douglas in the sequel, directed once again by Oliver “I Love Castro” Stone. What’s not to, er, like?
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (April 30): The first Nightmare movie was shocking partly because it was different: a child murderer preys on the children of a lynch mob who killed him by entering their dreams. How can that be topped? Has Hollywood become so bankrupt in the idea department that it has to remake horror flicks from the 1980s?
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Sex in the City 2 (May 28): Haven’t we seen enough of these self-absorbed, sex-addicted, relationship-phobic women who have nothing better to do than to shop, do lunch and talk about … well, sex? Frankly, they’re getting a little long in the tooth for this sort of thing. Before you know it, they’ll be starring in Sex in the Nursing Home. And for the record, I am not one of those SJP haters…I happen to think she’s an attractive and talented woman. But let’s move on already.
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A-Team (June 11): When I was in high school, the A-Team was one of the top TV shows. Yes, I am showing my age. I watched it occasionally, but knew people who scheduled their evenings around it. A bunch of ex-U.S. Army Special Forces guys are on the run for a “crime they didn’t commit” become soldiers of fortune whose clients are always somehow oppressed. It was a product of its age: over-the-top action and over-the-top characters. I do enjoy watching reruns, but again wonder why Hollywood can’t seem to get out of the rut of revamping either old movies or old television shows for today’s audiences. The only bright side I can see are appearances by original A-Team stars Dirk Benedict and Dwight Schultz.
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Karate Kid (June 11): In the original film, Ralph Macchio plays Daniel, a teen whose divorced mother moves them from New Jersey to California. A fish out of water who is bullied by the local jerks – who happen to all belong to the same karate school run by a creep with a violent streak – Macchio is befriended by Mr. Miyagi, under whose handyman exterior is an accomplished martial artist and who teaches him that martial arts are more than just about beating up your opponent. “Wax on, wax off” became a catchphrase of the day (heh, I still say it). The new movie has the single mom and her son moving to China, but the rest of the plot is pretty much the same. As you might have already figured out, I’m not a big fan of remakes and am leery of films that don’t have an original storyline.
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Piranha 3-D (August 27): Since Avatar’s success, be prepared to be inundated with 3-D movies. In Piranha, a tremor under Lake Victoria unleashes the voracious ancient piranhas, leaving Sheriff Julie Forester (Elisabeth Shue) to save the hapless townsfolk. Poor Elisabeth. … true stardom has always eluded her and she is now relegated to doing films about man-eating fish that jump out of the screen at the audience. And it’s not even the very first horror movie about these killer fish (surprise!). Watch for appearances by Christopher Lloyd, Richard Dreyfuss and Jerry O’Connell (whom I really loved in his online spoof of Tom Cruise giving a creepy Scientology talk). Bottom line: If you loved Anaconda, you’ll probably love Piranha. If not, it’s probably best to save your money and your sanity.
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Jackass 3-D (October 15): What did I tell you? 3-D! And not just any 3-D movie, but a movie about a bunch of men who refuse to grow up and go around perpetrating stupid, dangerous pranks and stunts for their own amusement – and get paid for it. It’s based, of course, on the television show from MTV (remember when they actually used to feature music videos?) and the previous two Jackass movies. I’m sorry to say that Johnny Knoxville, whose career was launched by this series and whose biggest role to date was Luke Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard movie, and all of his friends are back. I’m not necessarily a comedy snob, but I don’t find humor in watching people hurt themselves.
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I don't need to see Alice in Wonderland. The whole country already fell down the rabbit hole since the Mad Hatter moved into the White House.
I have no interest in seeing Wall Street 2.
Spoiler Alert – It's all Bush's fault!
The casting of The A-Team looks good, judging by the trailer, except that the guy playing B.A. doesn't quite convince me that he's B.A. I'm skeptical, but I'll still give it a chance.
Jackass 3-D… (shudder).
"And for the record, I am not one of those SJP haters…I happen to think she’s an attractive and talented woman."
Thank-you! I admit I laugh at all the "SJP looks like a horse" jokes but I think she's an attractive woman as well – in fact, I think she was at her hottest in Ed Wood. Maybe black and white photography suits her.
The only title on your list I'm really interested in is Alice in Wonderland. I'll probably Netflix The A-Team and Wall Street 2.
And as for Wonka's background, I think they had to do that because the book has no backstory or character arcs. That's why, in the original film, they added the subplot about Slugworth and the scene with the Fizzy Lifting drink. They needed a test for Charlie to overcome. For the new film, they simply took that and gave it to the Wonka character himself.
I knew it!
Picking bad Hollywood movies is like shooting fish (piranha?) in a barrel these days. I suspect the biggest challenge was paring the list down to just the top 10. I do find it an apt comment that everything, even the two movies that Pam is looking forward to, except for Valentine's Day and Green Zone is a remake or sequel.
Sorry but Parker has a very mannish appearance, and she has not aged well. Never understood all the fuss over her.
Make. It. Stop.
No More Sequels (in my wire hanger voice)!
Well I see I'll be saving lots of money by not going to see or purchase the latest offerings from Hollywood. It just looks like more rehashing of what was already out there since the writers are incapable of actually writing a decent script anymore.
The mere mention of Matt Demon's name is a complete turn-off, moviewise. I had to really hold my nose when I bought the Children of Dune miniseries DVD, starring Susan Sarandon. I still have to open the windows when I watch it.
Basically the right choices and the right comments, although many bad, no-risk films have been coming out of Hollywood since (when?) roughly the mid-nineties. I still look forward to seeing The A-Team, Wall Street 2 and Green Zone—well, at least those are the only films I'll definitely see, but not necessarily in the theater. I don't expect them to be good, but I hope… hope the The A-Team catches the TV show's vibe somehow (which apparent from the trailer is rather unlikely), that with Wall Street 2 Oliver Stone returns to former filmmaking glory (which would be an enormous feat to accomplish and is therefore even more unlikely), and that the Green Zone is an entertaining paraphrase of Damon's JB action films. But I fear it'll be another shallow, generic actioner.
She could be Dee Snider's twisted, I mean twin sister.
The Green Zone… this genius hasn't figured out -after how many preceding'war' films failed?- that taking a s**t on the U.S. military doesn't sell? Oh, wait… yeah. He's working for his real target demographic: the overseas, hate-America market.
Sex In The City… "Just let me toss this Depends, pop this estro, and find that tube of… "
Wall Street 2… Great… I was really waiting for the Hollywood take on our economic woes. Gee, I wonder who they cast as Barney Frank? Rosie?
Jackass 3D… I really don't care to watch a docudrama about Congress.
The Hollywood savings plan…thanks Hollywood!
…and I say that she looks like she should be pulling a carriage around Central Park while wearing a straw hat ("N-n-n-neigh!")
Shia Lebouf-movie star! Why are we continually sold scrawny girlieboys(hi, there Orlando Bloom!) as movie stars? The idea a slight effte weenie like him would last 5 minutes in a lower Manhattan brokerage is laughable. If he towers over Michael Douglas, Douglas must be 4'11".
I believe that's Jennifer Garner in Valentine's Day, not Jessica Garner.
Hey Sarah, got to love those knees. Keep on knocking.
The Green Zone… this genius hasn't figured out -after how many preceding'war' films failed?- that taking a s**t on the U.S. military doesn't sell? Oh, wait… yeah. He's working for his real target demographic: the overseas, hate-America market.
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Matt (with hand to forehead): "How I DO suffer for my art!"
Agree with everything in the list except Alice in Wonderland. Looking forward to that one personally.
…just keep her away from the Beefarini and it'll be okay!
I agree with most of the list, but "Piranha 3-D" is probably a future Criterion pick compared to the rest of the bunch. (Okay, I think "A-Team" could possibly be pretty sweet as well. Give those to spots to "Marmaduke" – based on the comic and "Little Fockers")
Since Hollywood is so into remakes, how about a remake of "The Horse Whisperer" with Michael Richards ("Kramer") as the "Horse Whisperer" and Sarah Jessica Parker – as the horse.
Great piece, Pam!!! I suspect you and I are about the same age. I was one of those boys that scheduled my life around the A-Team!!!! I'm looking forward to the Big Screen version for old time's sake, but I haven't been impressed with the trailer and it has Jessica Biel in it. She's great as long as she's just standing around in a bikini and not speaking.
Also, if there is one genre of film that I think you can excuse for remakes it would be the horror market. I'm actually looking forward to the new Nightmare. Namely because Jackie Earl Haley would be tremendous in this role. Even if he is only a towering 5'5.
Wall Street 2 is going to be horrible!! Totally agree there. Karate Kid might be even worse. Something about Will Smith's son just doesn't do it for me.
Ha!!! I'm actually also looking forward to the Piranha movie!!! This is the first I've heard of it!!! I loved the 5 or 6 different Piranha movies they made during the 70's and 80's!!! I can here their little sound effects now for the fish while they tear through the waters!!!
But you are exactly the right. The remakes have reached a humiliating level now for the Hollywood studios. Surely there are some decent original ideas out there somewhere? At least some sly ripoffs!?!?!
It is the same as other forms of entertainment: it is mostly comprised of limousine liberals for whom blowing their noses is a political statement.
I'm going to have to see the A Team. I've had too many good memories about the series. I hope they just don't screw it up like they did to GI Joe!
A fine list indeed, Pam. You can also easily double the list by including Kurt Schlichter's list of his "Ten Films I’m Excited to See In 2010," with the possible exception of Shutter Island, which I may break down and go see. Or do you secretly yearn to see "Hot Tub Time Machine?"
Noses crammed with cocaine quite often…
…Well, we still have NASCAR, Dollywood and Branson, Missouri…. ; )
The only movie that we'll be seeing in the theatre is Harry Potter, on opening day. And we would be eagerly awaiting The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader but obviously evil has prevailed for now and it will not be filmed. How sad. I so wanted to see Eustace Scrubb!
Dittos about A-Team, although the casting is suspect. Although Liam Neeson was great in Taken, can't see him in George Peppard's role of Hannibal Smith. And "Rampage" Jackson as BA? Could have done much better with that, maybe Michael Clarke Duncan.
What's up with anyone hiring Ashton Kutcher for a movie, tv show, pilot, as a producer etc??? This guy has no discernable talent, no previous bag of "greatest roles" or anything that resembles a legitimate career!
And he is in everything! Why does everyone in charge keep green lighting this guy's projects and keep putting him in roles? If I see him in that "oh so hip" trucker hat again I'll puke. Put his name in the credits and you have kept me from seeing that movie. I'm done with the rant but I am really curious about this…who does he know?
it never gets old does it?
I agree with you on Valentines Day (I'm really not big on chick flicks even tho I am a chick) , Green Zone (pretty much anything with Matt Damon is out for me), Sex and the City (ick), the remakes you can keep too. Now I am excited for the A-Team..sorry but I love cheesy and I expect this to be crawlin' with it. One of my favorite scenes EVER on t.v. is Dwight Schultz laying on a cot in prison screaming at the top of his lungs "Trash BAGS, I need trash BAGS!!" hysterical. I am also excited for Alice in Wonderland, I have it bad for Johnny Depp, have since he got eaten by a bed in the first Nightmare on Elm Street and I generally go see whatever he's in, I don't always like the movie…but I am never disappointed by Johnny. I'm also addicted to Harry Potter. They have done some things with the movies I would have done differently, left out some things I believe to be important to the story…but all in all I have enjoyed watching them and will be sad when there are no more new movies. lol.
Your list is pretty good. Here's one for you…why is there a need to redo Robin Hood? Leave the story alone for about 50 years.
Sex in the City 2? Why??? It should be called "Menopause in the City"
I think Alice in Wonderland does look interesting.
Thanks for the heads up.
Same people who would hire his wife. As I don't "get" either of them. She's plastic on the outside, he's plastic on the inside.
I can agree with the list but there is one exception: any Tim Burton movie deserves a look. He is a unique filmmaker; his movies are almost constitute a genre of their own. They are usually entertaining and successful and at the same time utterly weird. While he may never again climb the artistic heights of "Pee Wee´s Big Adventure", he is a treasure monetheless.
Having said that, "Alice in Wonderland" does look like a typical Burton movie. But even Burton treading water can be special.
The suits hooked their wagon to the Vietnam reprise (when the boomers became so very cool) – only this time the propaganda media couldn't control the message the way they did in the seventies. Those of us who can't bear to see our country and our traditions bashed had a place to meet like minded people (Fox News, Talk Radio, the Internet) so we didn't feel like we were the only ones. We turned Hollywood off. We started warning each other about "the liberal tell", sucker punches, anti-American actors, films, etc. ("Platoon" probably would have bellied up in this past decade as it should have then.)
Tho' Ho'wood would rather make propaganda pieces than a profit, the surprise was that propaganda pieces don't make a profit in America anymore. Sure, they can sell their anti-American manure overseas, but how hard is that? I mean the most incompetent president in the history is a big hit in Europe and the Middle East, especially when he bashes America. (The doofus is so incompetent he doesn't get that HE is the symbol of America at the moment .)
Now Ho'wood is scrambling to get us back and we aren't buying. So they make clones like "Valentine's Day" (a weak "Love Actually" which WAS a hit), "The A-Team", "Piranha" and think we won't notice Matt Damon is in the thriller we're supposed to flock to. Sorry. We notice.
"Sex and the City" – I can't help it, I love it. Also am looking forward to "The A-Team" as well – like "Teh Mob" commenter above, I loves me some cheesy in movies. Heck the entire A-Team series was cheesy – it's what made it so special. Liam Neeson as Hannibal? Talk about brilliant casting!
Harry Potter is sacred viewing. Also loves me some Johnny Depp but not sure it's enough to see Alice. That story always scared me as a child…don't know that I need to see it in 3D with Tim Burton's twisted visions.
What's a really sad commentary on the viewing public is the fact that it's likely Jackass in 3D will make millions and be near the top of the heap for the summer.
…Well, we still have NASCAR, Dollywood and Branson, Missouri…. ; )
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Not to mention old movies, good literature, and classical music!
Yep, a war movie with Matt Damon is as believable as a war movie with Alec Baldwin. It just ain't gonna do it for me.
I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but I'm so sick and tired of "actors" simply playing themselves in everything. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Eddie Murphy, Ashton Kutcher, etc. Shia LaBeouf falls into this same category now as well. He's more likeable than any of the hacks I previously mentioned, but I'm already bored with his same role in every film he appears in.
That's why I at least give Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise (I know, I know) and Russell Crowe credit for playing actual characters, instead of themselves.
Its one of the true progressive "love" stories.. a man steals from the greedy, evil rich and gives to the poor. Hollywood falls over itself to relive this fairy tale over and over and over.. they'll never stop making robin hood movies, just like they won't stop making Pocahontas stories. (see avatar)
The true life version of "man has an idea, makes million of dollars, creates wonderful charities and employement for the poor" just isn't as sexy.
Actually, their political statements come out the other end.
Funny thing about Green Zone: it's about a lone US Army Chief Warrant Officer searching for the WMD– which is funny because I was attached to the ISG in '04 doing that very thing, and I'm pretty sure there was no rogue CWO running around uncovering some government conspiracy. As far as I know, we weren't being sent to any sites by a shadowy informant — someone would usually go, "Hey, didn't this site used to be a Pharmaceutical lab under Saddam? Let's go check it out."
Sex in the City 2? Why??? It should be called "Menopause in the City"
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Skanks in The City
"Trash BAGS, I need trash BAGS!!"
And then when ya give him one, he crawls into it and stays quiet… for about 15 minutes and starts all over again. Gotta love Murdoch!
Of course, the quintescential A-Team moment, considering that with all the bullets flying and explosions all over and no one (not even the bad guys) ever dying was in the final season when a helicopter full of baddies smacked full on into the side of a cliff, blew up and then moments later you see the disheveled baddies crawling out of the wreckage down on the beach.
I'm still trying to figure out why anyone would let Madonna direct anything but a porno flick.
No, because sometimes the old jokes are the funniest. And that's straight from Sarah's–I mean the horse's mouth.
All I have to say about Sex and the City–as a concept, not just this one movie–is this: the visuals may be of women, but the dialogue is that of gay men.
I saw Valentine's day the other night, by about 90 minutes in I was checking my watch every few minutes for the pain to end But the completely irelevant to the story gay scenatio made it all better….or something.
I'm strangely drawn to seeing the A-Team remake. But that probably has a lot to do with the fact that it stars Liam Neeson….
Wow. Is Iron Man 2 in a different post?
Given that the Olympics are going on, I've been watching the A-Team instead of the screwed up editing the NBC has done. Its unwatchable.
Just proves classics stand the test of time.
On the one hand, I'm a sucker for anything based on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," I'm also getting REALLY ANNOYED at how they always mash the two stories together. In fact, the new Alice movie looks to be taking more from Looking Glass than Wonderland anyway (Red Queen vs White Queen), but why can nobody ever simply make two movies based off the two books…
Ok, I'm done my random fanboy rant.
That said, if you think Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or the Alice novels should be bright and cheery colorful adventures, you obviously haven't read the books. Tim Burton's style is actually very appropriate for Robert Dahl and Lewis Carroll's work, so I'll go see his stuff when he does them. Burton's Charlie was more accurate to the book than the old musical (not saying the musical is bad, just that it wasn't as close to the book).
Yes and then there is Mr. T finding out he's on an airplane and being totes traumatized by it and Murdoch singing "Pardon me boys is that the catatonic choo choo". I'm off to amazon to see if I can get A-Team on dvd now….I didn't realize how much I missed it until now!!.
Four remakes, four sequels, one overused plot and a political polemic. Not a single original idea in the bunch. And people wonder why I don't bother to go to movies any more, and why I'm having my cable TV disconnected this afternoon.
Thanks, Mike. I noticed it too. Any more inward curvature and her toes would touch.
YAWN. Call me when they make it to commercial free.
The Bourne Green Zone…Jason Bourne gets an Iraqi passport.
I think I saw a news story about him having a Twitter contest with someone, and telling teenagers to sign-up and he'd "ding-dong ditch" the other person…that's news? a grown man playing twiiter games with teens, and who over 30 uses the phrase "ding dong ditch" ???
What a tool.
I was watching the trailor for Green Zone and thought all Damon can do is "secret agent" movies.
Elizabeth Shue – that is sad. She is an actress with talent. But then sometimes you gotta pay the bills.
But then Joan Crawford did Trog.
That has top be the all time topper.
I'm talking to YOU! Suckah! Wimp! Agree – horribly cheesy but fun!
Every couple of months I go to Blockbuster and look through all the new releases. Half the time I leave empty-handed. I've seen one or two movies in the last year that were worth the cost of the RENTAL!
My definition of an actor is one who can play almost any role and be believable. There are so few of them but Meryl Streep, Hanks, Depp….
On the research I have done on the late Jean Simmons she played everything from Ophelia in Hamnlet (opposite to Olivier) to the school marm in The Big Country.
There are so few actors/actresses with that quality these days.
Ah yes, sweet memories indeed. Good cheezy fun and without the leftist sucker punches we deal with today. Going to go to Amazon as well.
With the exception of Alice in Wonderland which I am hugely looking forward to I agree that most of these movies are must misses.
A-Team Box set $189 .
Huh? Last I heard filming of Dawn Treader was well underway and it was scheduled for a December release. Maybe your info needs an update?
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Check IMDB, Bonnie: Dawn Treader is coming out this year, Dec. 10.
Agree with everything except Piranha 3d. I love bad monster movies and have since watching Godzilla as a child (I guess that explains my nick). I'll be there with the glasses and the popcorn for that one.
Sweet! all complete seasons. Going on my wishlist now. And I just happen to ahve a birthday comming up soon *grins*
Did you ever see Elisabeth Shue play herself in Hamlet 2? The joke was that she couldn't get any acting work so she became a school nurse in Tucson.
I'm kind of curious to see the new Robin Hood. Of course, the Errol Flynn version is the best, but I did like Robin and Marian with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett might do a good job as well.
Me too..my birthday is in 7 days.
Liz, you are right and I am wrong. I've never been so happy to be wrong!
Easily, two of the biggest douchebags to ever walk the earth. Ashton "look at my cool mess hats" Kutcher, and Matt "Hitler wasn't so bad" Damon!!!
Since Hollywood is fixated on shows and cartoons from my generation, when can we expect a live action Thunder Cats movie!?!?!?!
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Wow, a BH list I actually agree with 100%. Well, 99.999999999999999%. I love Shia Labeouf, so that makes Wall St. 2 a potential rental in my book.
You're right, Mrs. Meister. None of these movies look interesting.
A Nightmare on Elm Street: If I recall correctly, Michael Bay is involved in the production of the movie, right? After butchering Transformers and The Hitcher, his involvment is enough to avoid this movie like the plague.
Sex and the City 2: First of all, I don't understand why a show about aging w***** was a huge hit (someone explain it to me, please). Second, I have yet to meet anyone who is excited about this movie (and that includes fans; when fans are not expecting much that is never a good sign).
Piranha 3-D and Jackass 3-D: An idiotic movie in 3-D is still an idiotic movie.
Alice in Wonderland: I'm hoping it will be like American McGee's version of Alice (but I doubt it).
I can't even pretend to care about the rest. The only remake I'm looking forward to is Clash of the Titans (it might not be as good as the original, but I'll give it a shot).
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My list of movies NOT to look forward to: everything except Dawn Treader. On the upside, I'm saving a lot of money on theatre tickets.
Liam Neeson makes things a lot more interesting. He's one of the few actors around today that I actually like. And as much as I hate remakes, I don't mind that Clash of the Titans has been remade since I saw the trailer and found out that Neeson is playing Zeus. (reserve the right to change my mind after seeing it, of course)
I will need to see the A-Team. But the actor playing B.A. doesn't look as big as Mr. T.
Creativity is to the Hollywood screenwriters and producers as honesty is to Chicago politicians! Ergo, and only because I like SJP (fellow Ohio native like me), I will go to Sex and the City II. The rest of them can dribble down the sewer for all I care!
You're starting from a false premise–that the original Karate Kid isn't sacred–but have you seen the trailer? It is horrendous. Ralph's got nothing to worry about from this Kid. Heck, neither does Hillary. It's pretty sad that the original had unintentional double entendre in "Wax off," but this one does it intentionally with "jacket off." Really dreadful stuff.
I think Johnny Depp is a pretentious moron so no Alice in Wonderful.
The trailer looks like a lot of fun, actually.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z93AADd2Dpo
Yeah, it was hard for me to stomach, too, especially b/c the Dune series is my favorite series of books EVER. But yeah, hold the nose, and try to slug through it!
Yes, thank you! She may be pretty (to some) but those knees…..
It's not a version of either. It's a sequel to both. Alice is older and goes back down the rabbit hole.
A lot of people were hoping Burton was going to do the first straight version of Wonderland, but he's not.
Tim Burton has problems telling coherent stories about likable characters. But I will go see Alice.
A-Team looks actually kind of amusing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z93AADd2Dpo
Well, although I'm a huge fan of the Potter books, I'm not necessarily looking forward to the last 2 movies. I mean, I will see them. But the movies after Prisoner have just been dreadful. They do the humor fine and the action is fine, but the emotion is completely DOA. If you haven't read the books, you're probably not missing it. But it's missing big time. And there are so many emotional scenes in the last book, I'm afraid they'll cut them down like they usually do.
Speak for yourself – any movie staring Jackie Chan is revered in my household.
I don't go to the movies as a rule, but I'll make it to Iron Man 2. I don't like everything Burton, but I think he always deserves a look. I think Alice looks good, actually. I am planning to wait for the Blu-Ray, but the fact that it's in 3D and I haven't seen one of these newfangled movies in 3D means I might have to go.
Sidenote: why is Avatar getting credit for the 3D revolution? It was going on at least a year before, with movies like Coraline, Up and many more getting the 3D treatment. I noticed the trend long before Avatar opened.
Piranha 3-D (August 27): Since Avatar’s success, be prepared to be inundated with 3-D movies.
Do you see the irony here? Piranha? 3D because of Avatar? James Cameron.
I have no interest in Valentine's Day, but I do have to admit to a huge crush on Jennifer Garner. Love her. Blame Alias. Doesn't mean I'll go see her movies if they don't interest me (and they usually don't) and I think her husband is a putz, but she'd have to go a long way to make me mad at her. Unlike hubby, she doesn't seem to really go for public political proclamations.
The A-Team – Ah! I definitely lived my life around that show. My absolute favorite as a kid (13)! And I'm a girl! LOL! Can't wait for the movie. I hope they keep it "liberal message" free and just stick to the general storyline like the show did. As for cheesy – my husband (who also loved the show) reminds me that for a group of Special Forces guys, they couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat! As a kid I never noticed, but now I do! I know it was TV, but still!
Sort of looking forward to Harry Potter because it's the end and just to watch the train wreck. The only good one of the series is Prisoner. The rest are schlock. And yes, I read the books – which is why I say that. And I'm not a puritan about adapting. They just completely sucked the EMOTION out of the story. And also out of Harry. And Radcliffe can do it, because he did it in Prisoner. And they took away Sarcastic! Harry as well and replaced him with more of a quiet Oliver! kind of a kid/young man and I don't like that. Book!Harry has ATTITUDE and that's what I always like about him – his willingness to mouth off when necessary.
When will the Red Dawn remake come out? I understand it will be the Chi-Coms invading the US this time.
WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Might give Nighmare a chance. Yes, the original was definitely, well, original. We'll see how I feel. Despite being in the military, my husband is simply apolitical and will likely see Green Zone without me. Sex and the City – not serious stuff, but I enjoyed the first movie. It's just good old fashioned mindless fun!
But I do enjoy everyone's Menopause in the City jokes! LOL!
Oh, and I'm definitely seeing Iron Man 2 . . . of course!
"Do you see the irony here? Piranha? 3D because of Avatar? James Cameron.
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Oh, yes. I certainly see the irony there.
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