Movies We've Just Watched discussion
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Movies you're most looking forward to in 2012?
My dad worked with the NASA facility where they filmed it, so he got to see the sets and everything as they were filming. I have a piece of the bugger hives in my room. It looked like it was going to be amazing. I absolutely love the books. Probably some of the only school reading I enjoyed.
the NYT review of STOKER seemed to praise it, but had some considerations ... i could care less what the critics have to say - it opens this thursday in the bay area - i have a solo concert on thursday night, but i'll be checking it out on friday. more soon.
Phillip wrote: "the NYT review of STOKER seemed to praise it, but had some considerations ... i could care less what the critics have to say - it opens this thursday in the bay area - i have a solo concert on thur..."oooh can't wait to hear what you think. keep us posted!
"Michael Fassbender Exits Lynne Ramsay's 'JANE GOT A GUN,' Jude Law Joins & Joel Edgerton Switches Role"--too bad that Fassbender had to drop out of Ramsay's new film; I was really looking forward to their collaboration.http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylis...
lynne ramsay making a western - i'm all over that.
ah Julie: i know how you love your Fassbender. it must be a sad day indeed.
I'm looking forward to the ANCHORMAN sequel and don't give a goddamn who knows it.
don't even blush, tom. we got your back.
i think it's sad that fassbender can't make a movie with lynne ramsay because he's making an X-MEN movie ... ouch, that's gotta hurt.
I don't know, this rebooted X-Men thing Marvel has going on is actually not nearly as laughable as the first 3 entries. But I'm a bit of a comic geek, so perhaps I'm not the best one to talk about this.
Guitar Chick wrote: "I don't know, this rebooted X-Men thing Marvel has going on is actually not nearly as laughable as the first 3 entries. But I'm a bit of a comic geek, so perhaps I'm not the best one to talk about ..."~or~ you are absolutely positively THE best person to talk about this.
i'll probably see it ... i'm kind of a movie slut, if you haven't already noticed.
^ (still a better love story than Twilight)
Sooz wrote: "Guitar Chick wrote: "I don't know, this rebooted X-Men thing Marvel has going on is actually not nearly as laughable as the first 3 entries. But I'm a bit of a comic geek, so perhaps I'm not the be..."That depends on how you look at it :) In short, X Men First Class completely kills the first three in the series because the crew got rid of overtly campy trappings, i.e. leather get-ups and bad southern accents and contrived romance. By bringing in new actors, and doing a more character driven storyline. There's still a bit of the camp left, but the kind you don't mind so much if you're well acquainted with the characters.
That's not to say it is The Most Perfect Superhero Movie Ever. It kind of shoots itself in the foot for most of the third act and makes up for it in the last twenty minutes of the film. But hey, as much as I love McKellen and Stewart, the first three films are.... not my favorites. And don't even mention Origins or I'll probably throw my laptop against a brick wall.
.... and she thinks she's not the right person to talk about the movie ...
Guitar Chick wrote: "But I'm a bit of a comic geek"So YOU'RE the other person around here waiting for the Goon adaptation everyone's been talking about for ages that never seems to get anywhere as eagerly as I am...!
Don't forget Deadpool. We're never getting a Deadpool movie. Which is terrible, because a Deadpool movie would probably trump every super hero movie ever. Maybe.
Guitar Chick wrote: "We're never getting a Deadpool movie."Well, the first stirrings I heard about a Watchmen movie were in 1990...they just took their own sweet time actually MAKING the silly thing. (And I don't care what anyone else says, I lurved that movie.) So Iwill continue to be guardedly optimistic that there is a script somewhere on a casting director's desk, and he's actively thinking about it, and IT DOESN'T HAVE RYAN REYNOLDS ANYWHERE IN THE NOTES. ANYWHERE.
Robert wrote: "Guitar Chick wrote: "We're never getting a Deadpool movie."Well, the first stirrings I heard about a Watchmen movie were in 1990...they just took their own sweet time actually MAKING the silly th..."
I wouldn't worry too much about Ryan Reynolds, I'm pretty sure Green Lantern killed any hope he ever had of continuing in the comic book business.
i'm having a REALLY HARD TIME waiting for STOKER to open this friday. and it's only a day away ...
Phillip wrote: "lynne ramsay making a western - i'm all over that."Apparently even Ramsay has bowed out now without explanation. And because he signed on only because he wanted to work with her, Jude Law has also exited.
Wonder why Ramsay decided to leave.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainme...
I'm So Excited(dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Prepare for some airline hi-jinks from the great Almodóvar. People on board a plane bound for Mexico City are convulsed with terror when the craft plummets – and confess their spiciest secrets. The action is restricted to the aeroplane, making this a trapped-ensemble film the director has whimsically compared to Luis Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel. Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas cameo. 3 May
new Almodovar always makes me so excited!
and i have to be honest here. even though it is starring Tom Cruise ... and i kind of wince even writing that... i am looking forward to the big brash sci fi hollywood offering called Oblivion later this month. and the new Star Trek next month.
i'm always up for almodovar! i like the set up ...
I'm not looking forward to movies any more. I dread them.
Sooz wrote: "I'm So Excited(dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
Prepare for some airline hi-jinks from the great Almodóvar. People on board a plane bound for Mexico City are convulsed with terror when the craft plummets –..."
I always look forward to a new Almodóvar film!
Sooz wrote: "and i have to be honest here. even though it is starring Tom Cruise ... and i kind of wince even writing that... i am looking forward to the big brash sci fi hollywood offering called Oblivion lat..."OOoh yes, Star Trek looks like it could be good. I'm looking forward to Benedict Cumberbatch playing the villain (we still don't know who it is).
I think in this case I may be confusing "looking forward to" and "fucking terrified of." Since, you know, Romero's last good zombie movie was in, oh, 1985.http://www.horror-movies.ca/2013/03/g...
that makes me more than a little bit sick. why would anyone, romero especially, want to post a remake of a perfect film that he made 40 years ago? that (almost) takes all the glee out of liking the original.
Check out the page again -- it was an April Fools.
Ahhh, the April Fools film news joke. My personal favorite from this particular April 1 was that Alan Rickman was going to reprise his role in Die Hard as Professor Snape.
I liked Criterion's joke about its release of Kindergarten Cop.
so i wouldn't say i am looking forward to it .... i'm a fan of the original and NOT a fan of taking excellent foreign language movies and ... well for lack of a better term ...'dumbing them down'. but it is an upcoming release so i'm posting this bit of news here on this thread ..... OLDBOY
Based On: Oldboy, Vol. 1 by Nobuaki Minegishi
Release Date: 11 October 2013
Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Samuel L. Jackson
i am certainly curious to see what spike comes up with, but as chan-wook park said, "i don't envy his task" ...
Somebody with more knowledge than me...please update!! Did they ever get around to the Phoenix/Anderson INHERENT VICE?? I soo.. want to see a good movie of that.
Ok. To answer my own question, the latest IMDb.. set for 2014...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791528/
Check the cast list: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro(!!!!),Martin Short (WTF?)
Tracy wrote: "Ok. To answer my own question, the latest IMDb.. set for 2014...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1791528/
Check the cast list: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro(!!!!),Ma..."
actually Martin Short played in one season of a T.V. series called Damages. it's a drama starring Glenn Close. it was the first time i'd seen Short in a dramatic role - he did a good job. i wouldn't say he was fabulous but i'd say he can definitely handle a serious role. it's Owen Wilson i have a hard time getting excited about! ;)
They don't say who's playing Denis, my favorite character. I'm relieved that Ms. Witherspoon doesn't seem to be playing Shasta, but I'm more worried about Phoenix as Doc Sportello -- I hope he can get the light touch the role requires, I was hoping for Robert Downey Jr.Owen Wilson will be fine as Coy Harlingen.
i'm excited about it - but kind of wish it was made in the 90's with nick nolte as bigfoot ... i kept seeing nolte's face as i was reading the book. and kept seeing michael sarrazin as doc. oh well, wrong decade, pg.i was also hoping that RDJ was going to play doc. he originally had his hands on the role, from what i understood; not sure what happened there.
yeah, owen wilson was born to play coy - a dumb surfer masquerading as a musician, a bit strung out on dope and not terribly clued in on what's going on. i think the casting there is actually kind of brilliant and self-reflexive.
Looking forward to GRAVITY, the new Cuaron film, despite the casting of George Clooney.
Phillip wrote: "i'm excited about it - but kind of wish it was made in the 90's with nick nolte as bigfoot ... i kept seeing nolte's face as i was reading the book. and kept seeing michael sarrazin as doc. oh well..."Me, too! How strange!! Nolte, tho, not MS.
I'm looking forward to the Spandau Ballet's biopic coming in 2014 called "Soul Boys of the Western World" 'cos I'm a fan. Btw, I'm also a Duranie.
so ... for those who aren't big fans of the Hollywood rom-com or car chase movie, 2014 should see three releases:Nymphomaniac Part One from Lars von Trier.
Queen of the Desert from Werner Herzog
Everything Will Be Fine from Wim Wenders
i saw a trailer for NYMPHOMANIAC recently and, yeah - i'm pretty excited about seeing it. i'm glad von trier has chosen charlotte gainsborogh for his muse of late. haven't heard about the new herzog or wenders films.
Anyone hear about Jason Bateman's movie Bad Words?
i too am excited to think of Ender's Game hitting the big screen ....i'm going to go check it out on line.