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What Are You Looking Forward to in 2013?
I can't wait for Iron Man 3! Also Oz: The Great and Powerful and Les Mis!
Lela wrote: "Heey we still have a whole month left! December is looking pretty good in terms of movies... I'm looking forward to:"Ditto on all three of these!
Carrie
The Great Gatsby
Maleficent
Chimney, I hope they do it justice. Hansel and Gretel is my favorite fairy tale bar none. I need to see Abe Lincoln: Vamp Hunter!
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away Les Miserables
Lashya wrote: "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away Les Miserables"
Also, Life of Pi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lela wrote: "Heey we still have a whole month left! December is looking pretty good in terms of movies... I'm looking forward to:The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away
Les Miserable..."
Yay for the Hobbit!!! Although I have to admit I'm scared. I hope it turns out well. =)
I think Terry Gilliam's new movie (The Zero Theorem) will be coming out in 2013, and that is the one I'm most excited for.I love that man's movies.
Chimney wrote: "Have you read A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz?"It looks good so I added it. I'm a sucker for anything fairy tale related.
I haven't read mid-grade before--well, since I WAS mid-grade--but it looks worth a try.
Dont forget our beloved Fifty Shades of Grey <3 Haha
Celina wrote: "Dont forget our beloved Fifty Shades of Grey <3 Haha"Wait, what?! ^^
Celina wrote: "Dont forget our beloved Fifty Shades of Grey <3 Haha"Oh god, don't tell me they're making that into a movie? Please tell me this is a joke!
Kelly wrote: "Celina wrote: "Dont forget our beloved Fifty Shades of Grey Oh god, don't tell me they're making that into a movie? Please tell me this is a joke!"
I'm afraid not. I think they are making it into a movie, and I've heard that both Ian Somerhalder and Ryan Gosling, among other actors, were wanting the role. I don't think they've cast anyone yet.
Chimney wrote: "Three cheers for The Hobbit! I'm really excited that Martin Freeman is going to be in it, though I should probably read the book first."
The Hobbit was a fun book. I personally liked the Lord of the Rings better, but I have friends who claim the Hobbit as one of their favorite books. =) But as a hard core Tolkien fan, I have to see this movie. It would be sacrilegious of me not to go.
I had enough hobbits to last a lifetime after the never-ending LotR movies.
Eck, no more Chimney, no more!!! There should be a 3-hobbit-movie limit per decade.
True. I was ok when I heard, oh years ago I guess when there were still disputes about who had the rights and who would direct, etc. etc., that they were going to make two movies of it. That had been the plan at first, I believe. But now, a whole new trilogy of films based on one lonely book does seem to be a bit much. @Anna, we are into a new decade you know.
But still, I agree with Chimney. FROOOOOOODDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOO!
Jennifer wrote: "I'm afraid not. I think they are making it into a movie, and I've heard that both Ian Somerhalder and Ryan Gosling, among other actors, were wanting the role. I don't think they've cast anyone yet."Oh god, *wretch*.
Granted, I haven't read them (okay, I read a bit of a friend's copy to see what the hell everybody was going on about and promptly put it down), but come on! I saw a very interesting article that ran 50 Shades of Grey and E.L. James' original Twilight fan fic through comparative software, and it ended up the two were 89% the same. This was after it was published, and after the publisher swore up and down that the two were completely different.
I'm no lover of Twilight or Stephanie Meyer, but she should sue the pants off of James. Say what you will about the quality of either work (and I have a lot to say, believe me), infringing on the copyright of a writer's work just isn't right.
Hansel and Gretel Witch HuntersDie Hard 5
Oz the great and powerful
Jack the Giant Killer
Iron Man 3
Star Trek II
After Earth
Superman: Man of Steel
World War Z
Wolverine 2
Robocop
Paranormal Activity 5
Thor 2
Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hobbit
Dark Skies
Oblivion
Robopocalypse
and who knows what else may catch my attention. :)
Jennifer, let me amend. No new Hobbit movies in the next century. :) Bob, yes on World War Z! I'm glad someone else is excited because I thought it looked great. I didn't know Robopocalypse was being made into a movie. Have you read the book?
I have to defend 50 Shades. I enjoyed the books and am looking forward to the movie. 50 did start out as Twilight fanfic, but trust me the plot and characters are very different.
Agreed, Anna. I think after this trilogy, we will all have had quite enough hobbits to last us a lifetime.
Anna (Bananas!) wrote: "Jennifer, let me amend. No new Hobbit movies in the next century. :) Bob, yes on World War Z! I'm glad someone else is excited because I thought it looked great. I didn't know Robopocalypse was b..."
Uhm......I don't know quite how to say this.........except to say that Mom was right about two things. 1) You don't spit into the wind
2) You can't believe everything you read on
the web.
Yes there is going to be a Robopocalypse film but it will be released in 2014 not 2013 as I had read on another website. Sorry. No I haven't read the book yet because........this is hard to admit.....I didn't know about it.......oh the shame. :) Now that I know about it though It sounds really interesting so I think I'll have to. Here is an article about the movie. http://www.filmjunk.com/2012/11/26/an...
LOL, Bob, has my Hobbit-hate surprised you? Men seem to love these movies like it's the new Star Wars. Thx for the Robopocalypse link!
Chimney wrote: ""They're taking the Hobbits to IsengardThey're taking the Hobbits to Isengard
They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard."
Chimney - what is this uncalled for hobbit enthusiasm? ;( I'm appalled.
Now I have the "Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, munching and a mumbling on a bare old bone .... Shank nor shin of ... Kin" one brokenly running thru my head!I get a chill running through me when I see the previews and Sting starts to glow....
Debbie (Debbie Rice) wrote: "Now I have the "Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, munching and a mumbling on a bare old bone .... Shank nor shin of ... Kin" one brokenly running thru my head!I get a chill running through me..."
Oh no, there are more of you. :)
*gasp* oops, my old "Frodo Lives" button/badge/pin just poked me. Where did I put the rest if that old fan club kit …
Chimney wrote: ""They're taking the Hobbits to IsengardThey're taking the Hobbits to Isengard
They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard
They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard-gard-gard-gard-gard
They're taking the ..."
Don't worry Chimney. I saw that video, so I know what you are talking about even if Anna doesn't. =)
Anna (Bananas!) wrote: "Debbie (Debbie Rice) wrote: "Now I have the "Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, munching and a mumbling on a bare old bone .... Shank nor shin of ... Kin" one brokenly running thru my head!
I g..."
Hahahahahahahaha! Anna, so sorry you are out of the loop. But it seems us hobbit enthusiasts are taking over the world. Yeah!
Jennifer wrote: "Don't worry Chimney. I saw that video, so I know what you are talking about even if Anna doesn't."I admit I am clueless.
Chimney wrote: "Three hobbits for taking over the world! Hobbits! Hobbits! Hobbits!";/ I am displeased. There are hobbits on the covers of both my Entertainment Weekly and my Imagine FX magazines.
I'm with you Anna (Bananas!) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I find this whole foolish ""Hobbit" Thing/Mess" ANNOYING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anna (Bananas!) wrote;/ I am displeased. There are hobbits on the covers of both my Entertainment Weekly and my Imagine FX magazines."Pretty soon they'll be everywhere. You'll be seeing them in your sleep!
(Actually Screaming! -->) I WILL *N*O*T* BE SEEING THOSE BORING ANNOYING *L*O*S*E*R*S* IN *M*Y* SLEEP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Not Screaming! :::: I will be dreaming about the 56 or 57 TOTAL Volumns of Bleach, Volume 1: Strawberry and the Soul Reapers, by Tite Kubo.
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Chimney wrote: "They're following you, Anna. They are following you like poorly trained stalkers."Lmao, it's true. Freaking Hobbits everywhere!!
Jennifer, they haven't entered my dreams yet, thank God.
Lashya, such passion in your Hobbit-hate. I like it.
Debbie (Debbie Rice) wrote: "*gasp* oops, my old "Frodo Lives" button/badge/pin just poked me. Where did I put the rest if that old fan club kit …"Oh no, you could get Hobbit rabies from that.
Anna (Bananas!) wrote: "I have to defend 50 Shades. I enjoyed the books and am looking forward to the movie. 50 did start out as Twilight fanfic, but trust me the plot and characters are very different. "I'm sure it's very different from Twilight itself, but it's not much different at all from her Twilight fan fic, which is derivative of Twilight, which means copyright infringement - that's my biggest problem with it all. There's even documented history of it being posted originally as said fan fic, so it's not even really up for debate.
One of the unwritten rules of fan fic - to my understanding - is that it's derivative, yes, but nobody makes money off it and that's why all those authors and publishers look the other way. If people start making money off of it, authors/publishers are going to start clamping down on those copyrights, and then a whole world of fandom goes down in flames. I'm not into fan fic myself, but a lot of people really love it, and use it to showcase their love for whatever they're writing about. It'd be awful if a community like that died out because of something like this.
It's a worse-case-scenario kind of thing, granted, it just makes me worry!
I'm headed to see The Hobbit on Friday. I'm going to the 3D high frame rate because I am interested to see how it will look. I still don't understand splitting it into 3 movies but apparently Peter Jackson drew from a lot of the Lord of the Rings appendix to flesh it out.I'm also rereading my copy of the book which I read in my first english class back in 6th grade. It's definitely like catching up with an old friend. One thing I loved is on the first two pages Tolkien goes into a whole description of hobbits that is just so informative but charming. I sat there thinking that this is what I mean when I'm disappointed with a book's world building. So many books nowadays either just ignore it or infodump.
Anyway, movies I'm interested in for next year:
-Warm Bodies
-Oz
-42 (I'm a big Dodgers fan)
-Iron Man 3
-Star Trek into Darkness (love that title)
-Epic
-Now You See Me
-Elysium
-Ender's Game (cautiously optimistic...though I'm actually more interested if they make more movies will they go to speaker for the dead or shadow of the hegemon)
-Thor: The Dark World
-Catching Fire (Finnick!!!!)
-The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (still curious how it's 3 movies, esp. if Smaug shows up in the second)
Anna (Bananas!) wrote: "LOL, Bob, has my Hobbit-hate surprised you? Men seem to love these movies like it's the new Star Wars. Thx for the Robopocalypse link!"
OMG!!!!! How can you hate the Hobbits? That's like hating comic books or horror films or science fiction films or pizza. I will pray to the Hobbit gods for you that they forgive you of your Hobbit hating sins. :) I bet you there are more women in this group that like the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit than there are that don't. How much do you want to bet you Hobbit Hater? Or maybe your too afraid to bet. Bwah Ha Ha(my evil laugh) Start a discussion asking the women of this group if they like the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit and may the best geek win. (which of course will be me. Now where did I put my pocket protector) :) By the way I'm going to see the Hobbit movie today so Nyahh, Nyahh, Nyahh. I stick my tongue out at you. :)
Bob wrote: "OMG!!!!! How can you hate the Hobbits? That's like hating comic books or horror films or science fiction films or pizza. I will pray to the Hobbit gods for you that they forgive you of your Hobbit hating sins. :) I bet you there are more women in this group that like the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit than there are that don't. How much do you want to bet you Hobbit Hater...."Bob, I rise to your challenge, sir. I will create a poll for this very topic. I fear you're right, but I will stand alone as a proud Hobbit hater if it comes to that. :)
*scowling* I see Chimney has contributed more to the Hobbit love.
Hahahahahaha! Wow. There is almost no room for people to be inbetween on this one. Either you love it or you hate it, I guess. Well, for me, I am a LOTR fan and will be forever. The rest of you, have fun with whatever you're into, I guess.
Anna (Bananas!) wrote: "Bob wrote: "OMG!!!!! How can you hate the Hobbits? That's like hating comic books or horror films or science fiction films or pizza. I will pray to the Hobbit gods for you that they forgive you of ..."Ha, you and your followers shall be vanquished by the might of the hobbit lovers.
Jennifer wrote: "Hahahahahaha! Wow. There is almost no room for people to be inbetween on this one. Either you love it or you hate it, I guess. Well, for me, I am a LOTR fan and will be forever. The rest of you, have fun with whatever you're into, I guess."The BLEACH Manga // Anime Series !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!!!! How can you hate the Hobbits? That's like hating comic books or horror films or science fiction films or pizza. I will pray to the Hobbit gods for you that they forgive you of your Hobbit hating sins. :) I bet you there are more women in this group that like the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit than there are that don't. How much do you want to bet you Hobbit Hater? Or maybe your too afraid to bet. Bwah Ha Ha(my evil laugh) Start a discussion asking the women of this group if they like the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit and may the best geek win. (which of course will be me. Now where did I put my pocket protector) :) By the way I'm going to see the Hobbit movie today so Nyahh, Nyahh, Nyahh. I stick my tongue out at you. :) This is originally Bob's Message #50.
Here is my response to you::
To me, the Hobbits is just a lot of BORING FOOLISHNESS, That I have paid my money for ONLY TO FALL *A*S*L*E*E*P* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Ranting*
I PAID TO SLEEP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SHOULD *N*O*T* Have to BUY SLEEP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It should come FREE, AT HOME, *C*O*M*F*O*R*T*A*B*L*Y* IN MY *B*E*D* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*E*V*E*R*Y* *N*I*G*H*T* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Rant complete*
And I DO Love Comics, preferrably Manga.
I watch only CERTAIN Horror films, only the ones I find worthy of my attention.
I LOVE the Sci-Fi channel, now it's Sy-Fy.
PLEASE Tell me, WHO IN *T*H*I*S* UNIVERSE *H*A*T*E*S* PIZZA ??????????????????
Even my cousin, who is ILLERGIC To tomato sauce, STILL Eats pizza !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*yanks away pocket protector & stomps it, until it breaks*
Mod
Who is Martin Freeman ?????????????????????? I know a Morgan Freeman. But Morgan is all of the "Freeman"s I know with acting careers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If possible, post a picture of Martin Freeman as Martin Freeman, and NOT As his/her movie character.
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mod
Stefani wrote: "Here's a link to his IMDb page. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293509/ he was Arthur Dent in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy."Ok. Thanks.
Now I know a Martin Freeman AND A Morgan Freeman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's cute, as himself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can you not know him?? D': ;)No, really. I guess I'll have to watch this and the next ones, too. haha.
Rebecca wrote: "How can you not know him?? D': ;)No, really. I guess I'll have to watch this and the next ones, too. haha."
In this thread/forum/discussion whatever is the FIRST Time I've EVER Heard the name Martin Freeman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been watching Morgan Freeman movies all my life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lashya wrote: "How can you hate the Hobbits? That's like hating comic books or horror films or science fiction films or pizza."I see I've started a war. Perhaps I should have hidden my hobbit-hate but no, it could not be contained.
Hobbits are furry and boring. Comic books are amazing and full of beautiful art. Horror films are deliciously bloody. Sci-fi is life altering. Pizza is the food of the gods. See the difference? One of these things is not like the others.
Hobbits on their own = boring I will agreeHobbits + WIZARDS and/or DRAGONS and/or A DEADLY RING OF POWER = I rest my case
Lashya wrote: "OMG!!!!! How can you hate the Hobbits? That's like hating comic books or horror films or science fiction films or pizza. I will pray to the Hobbit gods for you that they forgive you of your Hobbit ..."Sniff...........sniff............I'm......sniff shocked to hear you feel so much rage against those cute little hobbits who only want to.........sniff make you happy. *wipes tears away* As the Beatles sang "All we need is Hobbits." or John Lennon in the song "Imagine" sang "Imagine there's no Hobbits how terrible that would be." Follow their lead and come to the Hobbit side of the Force. You know you want to. By the way Hobbits make great pizza and they would like to try one of their pizzas. I hope you find your way to the Hobbit Lovers way of thinking. I'll be praying to the hobbit gods for you. *wipes eyes again* sniff. :)
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I agree with all of these:
Catching Fire
City of Bones movies - I loooove the Magnus actor)
Oz
Man of Steel - YUM
Hansel and Gretel - although I'm scared it's going to suck like the Brothers Grimm did, it has that look
Also:
EVIL DEAD!!!!
Warm Bodies
World War Z
Beautiful Creatures - despite hating the book
A remake of Oldboy with Josh Brolin? That sounds interesting.