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[Qwerty]

Following up from the 2006: Movies thread:

Liked So Far...

• Notes on a Scandal
• Hannibal Rising
• Zodiac :*::*:
• Breach
• Disturbia
• Fracture
• Spider-Man 3 :*::-:
• Ocean's 13
• Live Free or Die Hard

Disliked So Far...

• Night at the Museum
• Wild Hogs Don't know how I got talked into this one.

Looking Forward To...

• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Stardust
• The Invasion
• The Brave One
• Rendition
• The Golden Compass
• There Will Be Blood
• Cassandra's Dream
• Sweeney Todd

And you...?

Edited by Qwerty, 31 July 2007 - 03:23 AM.

[Agent 0015]

I want to see the third Shrek movie and the Fantastic Four sequal, maybe it will have more fighting than getting rid of their powers.

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Spider-Man 3, Live Free or Die Hard, and The Bourne Ultimatum

[Harmsway]

Liked So Far...

• Pan's Labyrinth - A masterpiece.

Disliked So Far...

• N/A

Looking Forward To...

• Smokin' Aces - Looks like great fun.
• Hannibal Rising - I'm a Lecter fan, and this can't be worse than Red Dragon, can it?
• Reno 911: Miami - I'm a fan of the TV show.
• Zodiac - David Fincher. I'm there.
• Hot Fuzz - The same team that brought us Shaun of the Dead. I'm there.
• Spider-Man 3 - Not a Spidey fan, but I'll see this out of a desire to see all the big "talked about" films.
• Ocean's 13 - The trailer was fun and I've enjoyed the other two.
• The Simpsons Movie - One of the greatest shows of all time is coming to the cinema, and the glimpses I've been given look hilarious.
• Stardust - Matthew Vaughn's next film after Layer Cake, and it's gotten great reviews.
• The Bourne Ultimatum - Jason Bourne rocks, and so does director Paul Greengrass. Definitely looking forward to this one.
• American Gangster - Ridley Scott teams up with Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington. Sounds good to me.
• Beowulf - Looks to be one of the most interesting films in years.
• His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Daniel Craig and Eva Green. 'Nuff said.

[tdalton]

I went over to IMDb and looked at the upcoming releases for this year, and I honestly don't see any that I feel any urge to see. The Bourne film could end up being good, but I wasn't overly impressed with the last one (the first was much better), and after that, there's not much out there, at the moment, that looks particularly promising.

[SilencedPPK]

Liked So Far:

• Night At The Museum
• Children Of Men

Disliked So Far:

• N/A

Looking Forward To:

• Blood And Chocolate
• Smokin' Aces
• Seraphim Falls
• Hannibal Rising
• Breaking And Entering
• Breach
• Catch And Release
• Music And Lyrics
• The Number 23
• Reno 911! Reno
• The Hills Have Eyes 2
• The Ex
• Lucky You
• Reign Over Me
• Spider Man 3
• Pirates of the Carribean 3
• Oceans 13
• Harry Potter: The order of the Phoenix
• Stardust
• Rush Hour 3
• His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass

[Professor Dent]

I'm looking forward to:

• The Simpsons Movie
• Spider-man 3
• Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Live Free or Die Hard
• Breach
• The Number 23
• Transformers
• Rush Hour 3
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

So far this year, I've only seen The Hitcher which was an ok remake & Casino Royale for the 4th time -- it was still really good.

[Turn]

I'm not much into horror films, there seems to be a new cheap one out every week, but I saw a preview for one that looks pretty good.

I believe it's called Room 1034 and stars a couple of my favorite stars, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, rather than a bunch of 20-somethings from the cast of The Real Orange County as most modern horror flicks do.

[Harmsway]

I'm not much into horror films, there seems to be a new cheap one out every week, but I saw a preview for one that looks pretty good.

I believe it's called Room 1034 and stars a couple of my favorite stars, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, rather than a bunch of 20-somethings from the cast of The Real Orange County as most modern horror flicks do.

The title is 1408 and it's based off of a Stephen King short story.

[Qwerty]

I'm not much into horror films, there seems to be a new cheap one out every week, but I saw a preview for one that looks pretty good.

I believe it's called Room 1034 and stars a couple of my favorite stars, John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, rather than a bunch of 20-somethings from the cast of The Real Orange County as most modern horror flicks do.

I just heard about this tonight as well. It sounds somewhat interesting, but I haven't found any trailer for it online yet.

[dinovelvet]

Looking like another banner year for cinema

I'll probably watch "The Invasion", I can't think of anything else off the top of my head, really. Don't know if The Golden Compass is my cup of tea. American Gangster might be good, though I'd much prefer if Michael Mann was directing instead of Ridley Scott.

Hmm come to think of it I did see an ad for Breach, that looks like it might be alright. I am kind of curious about NEXT, directed by, ahem, Lee Tamahori, we'll wait and see on that one. Die Hard? I dunno. Is that film going to achieve anything a few episodes of 24 cannot? TV really has a lot more to offer than movies these days - we've got 24 from now till May, The Shield back in April, and then Rescue Me in the summer, good times!

[Safari Suit]

To be honest, the only film I'm genuinely looking forward to is "Die Hard 4" (which is what I'm instisting on calling it), and that has a rather large chance of being complete , so this is not a banner year for me.

I'm not intimately familiar with the release schedule this year, however.

[gkgyver]

Looking forward to:

- Order Of The Phoenix
- Spidey 3
- Transformers (oh shut up )

That's it.

An expanded list may contain Ocean's 13.

[Miss M]

Anyone looking forward to 300? I think this is more a guy film than a girl film, but if you look at the trailers online it's visually stunning.

[Harmsway]

Anyone looking forward to 300? I think this is more a guy film than a girl film, but if you look at the trailers online it's visually stunning.

I think it looks silly, myself. I read the graphic novel and thought it was really mediocre, and the movie looks even worse. I mean, for crying out loud, it has a giant orc-like guy with swords for hands (something not in the graphic novel).

And the reviews comment that nearly 80% of the film is done in slow motion. Ugh.

[Tarl_Cabot]

300!!!

The Bourne Ultimatum
Spiderman 3

What esle is there? It's those three before Bond 22...

[dinovelvet]

Anyone looking forward to 300? I think this is more a guy film than a girl film, but if you look at the trailers online it's visually stunning.

I think it looks silly, myself. I read the graphic novel and thought it was really mediocre, and the movie looks even worse. I mean, for crying out loud, it has a giant orc-like guy with swords for hands (something not in the graphic novel).

And the reviews comment that nearly 80% of the film is done in slow motion. Ugh.

Yeah I have to say it looked a bit unintentionally funny to me.

[DLibrasnow]

Looking forward to

• Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
• Pirates of the Carribean 3
• Spider Man 3
• His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Live Free or Die Hard
• Rush Hour 3

[Vauxhall]

So far, only seen two new movies this year, and both were technically 2006 releases - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS and THE QUEEN - both of which had staggering performances from the leading man and lady respectively.

The films that I'm most looking forward to this year (that I've heard of so far) are fairly standard I presume:

THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - AT WORLD'S END
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
OCEAN'S THIRTEEN

Also a few movies from last year that I've yet to see and look forward to, including BABEL and BLOOD DIAMOND. Seen halfway through THE DEPARTED and should probably finish that, although I have been rather underwhelmed by it so far. From everything that I've heard, PAN'S LABYRINTH sounds delightful, and certainly something to try and see.

[K1Bond007]

Want to see at some point:

• 300
• Stardust
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
• Spider-Man 3
• His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Live Free or Die Hard
• Pirates of the Caribbean 3
• Ratatouille
• Ocean's Thirteen
• Hot Fuzz
• Evan Almighty
• The Simpsons Movie
• Sin City 2
• TMNT
• Shooter

*Not all specifically in the theater - in fact most of these will be rentals. Subject to change upon trailers, reviews etc.

[tdalton]

Saw the preview for 1408 today, and that's looking like the one film that interests me this year. I doubt I'll see it in theaters, but I'll definitely be checking it out when it's released on DVD.

[SilencedPPK]

Saw the movie, Catch And Release tonight, and it wasn't as good as I expected. I went into it, looking for a real heart throbbing chick flick (lol), and I came out disappointed. The plot wasn't that great, and you feel sad for the "relationship" that builds as the movie progresses. Not my favorite. Definately a miss.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

Looking Forward to...

Pan's Labyrinth - was supposed to see it today, but got bogged down with homework. Three dollars to anyone who wants to finish my site plans and elevation drawings so I can see it tomorrow. It'd be three Canadian dollars, though.

Zodiac - David Fincher back to directing another serial killer movie and scaring the bejesus out of folks. And this one features Robert Downey Jr. with a goatee and a range of slightly humourous ascots. Another three Canadian dollars says that Kevin Spacey ends up being the Zodiac killer.

Hot Fuzz - regardless of what film it's in, I'd pay any amount of money to see a mustachioed Timothy Dalton say "Here come the fuzz." This just happens to be that film, and it's a bonus that it's made by the guys who did Shaun of the Dead. Art, I tells yer.

Bourne Ultimatum - enjoyed the first two immensely, and I can't wait to see where they go with the third film, as my friend said that the book was mostly crap in comparison to the others.

I'm also keeping an eye open for Seraphim Falls and Black Snake Moan.

Can't really be bothered with anything else, although I'm still debating about 300; like Harmsway, I was a bit turned off when I heard that the film has ridiculous amounts of slow motion bits. Looks a bit over-done visually.

Undecided about Grind House, as well. Have a feeling it'll either be genius or pointless masturbatory twaddle.

[Loomis]

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM is the only sequel I'm geeked about this year. I'll also see LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, and probably HANNIBAL RISING, but purely out of a sense of fanboy duty.

[DamnCoffee]

Blood Diamond looks
and i really want to see.....
Mr Beans holiday.
Bourn 3
Spidey 3
Die Hard 4
The Simpsons Movie
The Golden Compass
Oceans 13

[Zorin Industries]

I know it is said every year, but this year's cinematic offerings have the potential of making it one of the biggest at the box office. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, SPIDEY 3, TRANSFORMERS, PIRATES 3, OCEANS 13, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, THE SIMPSONS MOVIE, THE GOLDEN COMPASS, DIE HARD 4 and SHREK 3.

Whilst I am not gagging to see many of those (I refuse to see DIE HARD 4 until they change its title and SHREK 3 is surely wringing out the knowing, twee animation sponge just that bit too much).

Personally, I am hoping THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM is as effective as SUPREMACY. But that is also as I'm holding out a vain hope that I'm in it. They were shooting pick-ups at Waterloo train station in London a few weeks back, I could see a large shoot up and running, but didn't expect Matt Damon to push past me with one hand on his CIA earpiece and a camera in tow.

Apart from that, SPIDERMAN 3 has the potential to be very good, TRANSFORMERS goes without saying for anyone aged between 25 and 35 (I'm somewhere in the middle...) and even HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX has a chance of being decent. The last four have degenerated in quality (giving the author THAT much say in a genre she has no knowledge about was always going to me a mistake - and the steadying rise of financial success you have, Ms Rowling, should not correspond with listening to a book editor less and less). PHOENIX starts from being the weakest book with the least known director in charge. That has the makings of a better film in my book.

And keep an eye out for a little indie effort called SON OF RAMBOW. It centres on a couple of 1980's British schoolkids who set about filming a VHS remake of their favourite film, RAMBO, for a TV show competition. The premise is very original and it has already been touted as this year's LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.

So far this year, I was most impressed with ROCKY BALBOA. I was never a die-hard ROCKY fan, but this film was a dignified and humble blue-collar poem to the characters heritage and Stallone's dogged instistence to sign off the franchise with elegance, poignancy and a proper 'film'. I would say it's his best directorial film which never once felt like squeezing out the series just that one more time.

Thank God that Eon haven't chosen to release BOND 22 this year. Though HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE is released within a week of Craig's next effort. Sony, you have been warned....

Edited by Zorin Industries, 28 January 2007 - 11:14 AM.

[Safari Suit]

And keep an eye out for a little indie effort called SON OF RAMBOW. It centres on a couple of 1980's British schoolkids who set about filming a VHS remake of their favourite film, RAMBO, for a TV show competition.

Sold! But are they remaking Rambo as in "First Blood", or Rambo as in "Rambo: First Blood Part II"?

[Zorin Industries]

And keep an eye out for a little indie effort called SON OF RAMBOW. It centres on a couple of 1980's British schoolkids who set about filming a VHS remake of their favourite film, RAMBO, for a TV show competition.

Sold! But are they remaking Rambo as in "First Blood", or Rambo as in "Rambo: First Blood Part II"?

Good question. I think it's RAMBO - FIRST BLOOD. Paramount are allegedly lining up a similiar film about the true story of three mates who spent their entire childhood and early twenties finishing their own shot-for-shot remake of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Thankfully, the British take on this - SON OF RAMBOW - will be out first.

[Qwerty]

Another three Canadian dollars says that Kevin Spacey ends up being the Zodiac killer.

My guess as well. I would have thought a secret like this would have somehow got loose on IMDb boards and movie discussion forums, but it doesn't look like it.

[Thunderfinger]

Looking forwrd to
Ssin City 2
Pan