What Other Films Are You Waiting For?
 

All right, now that STAR WARS EPISODEII has opened big and SPIDER-MAN has turned out huge what other summer pics are you interested in seeing?
MEN IN BLACK II looks fun as does LILO AND STITCH ( I'm a sucker for aniamtion. If the movie is anything like it's previews this one could be a classic!) and I have great interest in a less hyped Touchstone flick called REIGN OF FIRE. Think of it as DRAGONSLAYER meets THE ROAD WARRIOR. It sounds cool.:)

Austin Powers 3!

MIB II!

James Bond: Die another Day (Whenever it comes out)


and Scooby Doo!

Die Another Day is going to kick %%%!
WHo-ho!
Anyway...
Lilo looks intresting, along with Goldmemeber.

STAR WARS: EPISODE 3, 7, 8, 9!!! The Indiana Jones movie that might come out!!!

The Matrix didn't really impress me but I'm sure I'll end up seeing it.
The Hulk had a good trailer.
Austin Powers 3: Goldmember.
Undercover Brother looked pretty good, but I think it is one of those movies that has all the funny jokes in the trailer.
Men In Black II is gonna be good.

Definitely Reign of Fire! Dragons are awesome.

I'm looking forward to Spirit which opens this weekend (sucker for animations as well!)

Hopefully, if all goes well, I'll be dressing as a horse....I volunteered! YAY! Well, it's all for the movie Spirit. Even though I heard it's the Lion King with horses

:)

MIB2, AP3, James Bond, Star Trek 10 (november)...and LOTR: Twin Towers.

My list for this summer:
-Star Wars Episode II - May 16th, 2002
-Undercover Brother - May 31st, 2002
-The Sum of All Fears - May 31st, 2002
-Bad Company - June 7th, 2002
-Bourne Identity - June 14th, 2002
-Scooby-Doo - June 14th, 2002
-Minority Report - June 21st, 2002
-Men In Black 2 - July 3rd, 2002
-Austin Powers in Goldmember - July 26th, 2002
-Signs - August 2nd, 2002
-XXX (TripleX) - August 9th, 2002
-Knockaround Guys - October 16th, 2002


And of course, in the winter...
-LOTR The Two Towers - December 18th, 2002


The Matrix: Reloaded isn't due out until May 23rd.... of next year.

I heard Lucas wasn't doing Episode 7-9... dunno how true that is...


neways, movies:

Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions
LOTR: The Two Towers
LOTR: The Return of the King
X-2 (X-men 2)
Rush Hour 3

lotr, star wars, bond, indiana jones....but i also heard that 7,8,9 aren't becomming movies...they kinda suck anyway, i know lucas already made the script though

wouldn't surprise me if he leaves it after ep. 3. Although....7-9 could potentially be better because the story line won't have to be as limited as 1-3. Well, the 1-3 story didn't have to be limited, but it is. So....i dunno.

Definitely looking forward to MIB 2 and LOTR 2-3. Normally, i don't get hyped about sequels, but MIB 2 looks hilarious. LOTR will be good if they follow the story as well as the first did. Matrix 2-3....trying not to hold my breath too bad so i won't be disappointed if they suck.

Also, there were a couple of cool previews before Spiderman...the guy who joins the CIA cause his twin brother got killed, and the one with Adam Sandler both look funny.

Oh, and i want to see stuart little 2....:D

I read the book for Ep 8 (or was it 7)... but anyways... trust me, you wouldn't want that to become a movie. There just isn't enough to become a movie, and it would most likely be bland.

fantasy! wooha!
 

i'm waiting to see Reign of Fire, which i heard about from a friend. i so love dragons! i really hope they don't hype that up too too much. i'm also waiting for Lord of the Rings, Two Towers. i've been waiting for that since i first read the novel many years ago, but i'm still waiting, and more anxious than ever!

Anyone know when they plan on having the new lotr trailers up? I can't wait for it.

Dan is looking forward to:
- MIIB (get it like the posters, foo's! ;) )
- Austin Powers 3 (eh, maybe... sequel seemed a bit bleh, seems to me like they're doing the 3rd to make a few more bucks on an already dead idea... might be cool though)
- James Bond (when I saw the trailer for this at Star Wars, it began with a classical James Bond opening (meaning naked chicks). I thought it was Bond, but wasn't exactly sure. Suddenly it cuts to a car speeding accross the ice with the Bond music playing. When this happened, I smiled, sat back in my seat, and was like, "Yeeeeaaaah..." Bond is classic!)

Scooby Doo has great childhood memories, but it's either going to be pretty cool or pretty bad. Can't tell that well from the previews.

As for Reign of Fire, I've never heard of it before, but I just saw the trailer off quicktime.com... looks pretty cool. Another trailer on there is Zu Warriors... the special effects in that movie look amazing!

Mirimax Changed Their Minds
 

They decided not to release Zu Warriors in the US. Go to http://www.upcomingmovies.com you can get the scoop on any movie in production for the next five years!:cool:

Insomnia
 

I didn't include it in my initial list of summer want-to-see list but the more I heard about it, the more my interest grew. It also helped that Memento was my favorite movie from last year, so I think Chritopher Nolan has earned a second look from me. Boy am I glad! This movie is actually better than Memento!
The movie isn't so much about solving the murder as it is about Al Pacino's LA Cop trying to escape what turns out to be a lifetime of dubious choices that lead him deeper and deeper into a mess that he just cannot pull himself free of.
Alot of people talk about the scene in Star Wars Episode II when Anikin's mom dies and he gets mad and wipes out all of the Tuskin Raiders. It's a pivotal scene but the aftermath isn't very well written or acted. Hayden Christensen just looks like a punk kid who pouting and fuming for getting grounded for a month. When an pivitoal tragedy occurs on a stakeout early in Insomnia it is truly a wildcard that still has me wondering if it was a mistake or was it intentional. Pacino looks like the weight of the world is on his shoulders and his lack of sleep(6 days by movie end; kinda like the week before the shipping deadline
:p ) isn't helping. Pacino is great in the film but man he looks so bad you think it's make up, like the poor guy never slept a day in his life! Is it really like that in Alaska ( scratch that off of my future vacations list).
It also features the best performance from Robin Williams in a long time(probably since Good Will Hunting). He's creepy and sneaky(though I heard he has an indy film comming out called One Hour Photo where he's outright scary as a stalker photo delveloper) at least he's not trying to force you to LOVE ME! LOVE ME! LOVE ME! by force feeding you endless sugar sweet sappyness(I trying to figure which was a bigger career low point: WHAT DREAMS MAY COME or PATCH ADAMS! Agh! I'm having flashbacks...!)
Everybody does a great job in the movie from Hilary Swank as an eager but smart younger cop to Nicky Katt( Harry Senate on BOSTON PUBLIC) as a more moodier veteran cop.
I can't wait to see it again!:cool:

MATRIX TWO AND THREE!!!!!!!!! GO KEANU REEVES!!!!

keanu is such a crap actor....but the matrix is awesome....

Insomia was great....so was Unfaithful...
Now I'm just waiting for
Reign of Fire
MIIB
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
The Bourne Identity
One Hour Photo
Austin Powers in Goldmember
both LOTR

Spiderman
 

We have really horrible dirivng laws here, and if your under 18 you can't drive after 11pm. Someone want to share the ending of spiderman with me, so I can tell others? They are very upset with me because we had to leave early and miss the last 20 min or so!

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be GLAD. The ending sucked. So Spiderman saves the girl, rescues a bunch a kids, kills the goblin, and Harry swears that Spiderman will pay for what he's done. That's where it should have ended. What happens after that is just disappointing.

Oh you just wish the sappy ending would have come true ;)

Undercover Brother and Starship Troopers 2

Starship Troopers 2?! you have to be joking!!!

Since I've already seen Spiderman, Episode 2, and Just got back from The Sum of All Fears.... I'm waiting on....

MIB2
One Hour Photo
The Bourne Identity
K19 The Widowmaker
The Two Towers [of course!]
Matrix 2
X-Men 2 and
Austin Powers....

well thats all I can think of now...


as for all the Star Wars Episodes 7-9... That is never going to happen. That was addressed by George Lucas durring the re-release of 4-6. He said he would do 1-3 but 7-9 was a no. That is where the books [most of which magicaly started to appear at that time] pick-up.

Time to revive this dinosaur!
 

It's 2003!
The end of robot season and the summer movie season comming up fast.
Anything come to mind that you cannot wait to see?
The two Matrix movies are definately on top of my lists but so far nothing has really stuck out this year like last.
I'm really pshyched about Spirited Away comming out on DVD today along with Kiki's Delivery Serivce and Castle in the Sky.
I would love it if the Cowboy Bebop movie came around here but I know better and will probably have to wait for it to come out on video.

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Yea, I was sad when I read that it was only coming out in maybe 15 theaters(right?)
I really wanted to see that on the big screen....

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I'd be happy just to see it, period.

i really want to see X-Men 2. It looks like it's gonna be good.
What's Cowboy Bebop??:confused:

Bullet Proof Monk
The Guru (though i think it's already out)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Star Wars EPIII

saw Spirited Away = nice

and now Better Luck Tomorrow is opening everywhere on the 25th i believe, so i can't wait for that other wise i would have to go to NY to see it

One film that has suddenly caught my attention is Identity .
It also has one of the most incredible websites I have ever seen.

waiting for:
Matrix 2:Seeing Priemer
and for Two Towers to come out on DVD

Just saw Identity last weekend.
It's about 10 strangers stranded in a storm at a creepy motel all with something to hide. Many of the characters are one-note trapped in a cliche`and the actors perfomances range from layered and excellent (Cusack, as always) to getting deep into the naunces of the character (McGuinley) to Shrill(Duvall) to basially being a prop (De Mornay) but then the movie throws you for a loop and you find outwhat it's all about.
Because it reveals it's hand so early it makes the rest of the film rather anti-cliamtic but it is fascinating to watch it all play out.

I do fear that if this movie has any kind of box office there will be an unfortunate direct-to-video sequel that will diminish all the good things this movie has going for it.

I give it a B.

Can't wait for Finding Nemo!

Laputa: the castle in the sky! Just can't wait for someone to mix a music video of that film with Ian Van Dahl's castle in the sky.

Yeah, that and, I watched the japanese version last week.
BEST MOVIE EVER!

Soon the DVD will be mine!

Well... I saw a preview of Matrix: Reloaded earlier this week, and all I can say is... I'm psyched. I'm a little worried that it won't live up to my expectations... but if it's as good as it looks like it could be, it'll be awesome.

- matrix RELOADED
- XMEN 2 =P

I really want to see Dumb and Dumberer when it comes out in June. X2 looks good, and so does Matrix Reloaded. Im not sure about Charlies Angels Full Throttle.

Rather than saying the Matrix Reloaded which I have tickets for and have iMax on reserve....

The Incredible Hulk
June 20th, 2003

The Lizzie Mcguire movie comes out this week... I'm pumped!! :D

Let's see. . .

X2
The Matrix Reloaded
Finding Nemo
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Freddy vs. Jason
The Haunted Mansion
The Matrix Revolutions

i love going to movies, and will c just about anything. some more i want to see are:

2 Fast 2 Furious
Daddy Day Care
The Italian Job
Identity
Lizzie McGuire
Legally Blonde 2
How to Deal

thats all for the now, but when more movies come out, ill probably go see them.

well here is my list of movies to see as of yet.

Bruce Almighty
Matrix Reloaded
Hulk
Finding Nemo
Daredevil
League of Extrodinary Gentlemen
Dumb and Dumberer
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Matrix Revolution

pretty long eh?
well i am the most hyped about Hulk and Finding Nemo.
Going to see the latter on Sunday.
Wooo Hooo!

Definately Matrix Revolution and the League of Extrodinary Gentlemen

I REALLY want to see Nemo. I love how Dorry always forgets Nemo's name.

"He's looking for his son Chico."
"He's lost his son Fabio."

i really want to see the italian job. it looks so good.

2 Fast 2 Furious!!

I saw The Italian Job last night...it was pretty good...all i can say is, I am fine....lol...

Horray for dead (and nicely decomposing) threads!

I figured I might as well take advantage of a thread that already exists, rather than have someone complain that there already exist a bunch about exactly this.

Anyway, I was just looking around, and found this. Trailers, in various file formats, for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I am very much liking what I've seen, and very much looking forward to seeing it.

Other movies of note are Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and The Polar Express. (I grew up with that book. Heavy sentimental value.)

That's pretty much it.

Good job, Jim. :)

thanks for the link ... totally made me sooo happy ... definitely cannot wait until june 4th for the next harry potter movie (HUGE FAN!!!)

but in the mean time... im also looking forward to Cat in the Hat .. which comes out next Friday ... yay!!

The article says that Warner Brothers "quickly removed the files," but maybe their definition of "removed" is different from mine. The link still works.

Industrious. Hah! Google for "harry potter prisoner azkaban trailer". The second result is what I used. :)

Mmmm. <3 HP.

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This year's wanna see bad movie of the year is Hellboy.The trailer looks cool. I love the comic. But the comic is actually more X-files than X-Men and I'm afraid being a major studio picture that they want it the other way around. Immitation is the sincerest form of profitbility in Hollywood.

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Geez Ed, you gotta stop bumping this up. :p

Anyhow, I hate movie theaters myself. So what I am waiting for would be DVDs. That being said, I'm still waiting for the Matrix Revolutions and Return of the King. We also have a Punisher flick due out at the end of the year, and Spiderman 2 (wow, we talked about 1 coming out at the beginning of this thread...). When I think of more, I'll post them.

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Of interest in the upcoming few months is both Van Helsing and The Day After Tomorrow.

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Battle of the vampire hunter flicks this summer as a third (and supposedly final) Blade film comes out (I didn't think they needed a second one). I expect Van Helsing to win easily.

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Van Helsing looks quite interesting. There's a Japanese anime series called Hellsink (however you spell it, that's phonetical) and it's also about a vampire. Maybe there's a connection.

I'm more interested in Kill Bill Volume II... which is supposed to come out next month. Who knows.

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I've been hearing rumors of a new Fantastic Four movie that's supposed to be made sometime. I would love to see that if they really do make it.
otherwise, I wanna see Pirates of the caribbean 2, x-men 3, Harry Potter, and Lady Killers.

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I heard that there is supposed to be a Final Fantasy 7 movie coming out I'd love to see it I'm a huge Final Fantasy fan.

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2004 movies to see:

The Perfect Score

Miracle

Catch that Kid

Kill Bill Vol. 2

The Passion of Christ

Twisted

Broken Lizards Club Dread

Jersey Girl

Taking Lives

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow

-Aaron

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It's Hellsing

anyways, i'm still waiting for Mel Brooks' History of the world part II. :rolleyes:

Shrek 2 should be good

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I'm not into the action/horror/sci-fi scene..... I have been waiting for Dirty Dancing: Havannah Nights since November. Not much longer, it'll be worth the wait!

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Im waiting for:

The Perfect Score (out on friday)
You Got Served (out on friday)

Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban (June 4th) i admit it .. im a huge HP fan !!!!!!!!

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Does anyone actually know when Kill Bill 2 is supposed to premiere? I saw the first one and thought it was excellent! :cool: Also, did anyone see The Last Samurai? That movie rocked! At first I thought it was going to be horrible, but it turned out ok.

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Release Dates for Kill Bill Vol.2

-Aaron

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Jeez, I have to wait that long?!? This stinks! :ahh: :mad:

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did anyone mention the rumored remake of Willy Wonka starring Johnny Depp as the man himself?

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I'm quite doubtful that anything can approach the amazing musical splendor of the original film, but I'm interested in seeing Tim Burton's interpretation of the story.

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Only in another thead. I am very much looking forward to seeing it, even though what M. says is quite possibly true.

Johnny Depp... Gene Wilder... tough choice...

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As of right now it's Named

Charlie and the Choclate Factory

-Aaron

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http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/da...orrow/trailer/

Yes please.

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One movie that is in production right now (release date, other than sometime in 2004/2005 not announced the last time I checked) that I am really looking forward to is Life of Pi. And in September the filming of Red Dwarf, the movie will begin. Sigh. I think I'm going to be waiting for quite a while for these...

Heidi

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Just got back from seeing Nascar 3D: The Imax Experience. Of all the professional sports out there I'd say racing is the most similar to FIRST. They even pointed out that engineers are what really drive the teams, not the sterotypical grease monkey (a future carrer FIRST could lead to).
The movie is very infromative and LOUD(you can actually feel the sound comming out of those IMAX speakers) and when you veiw racing on the track it is exhilarting. I haven 't seen many IMAX films (saw the Two Towers in the IMAX theater and was dissapointed that they basically ran it in standard fromat so all you really had was the great sound. I was equally dissapointed Fantasia 2000 wasn't in 3D) but I can readily say this is the best one I have seen. A.

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Oh yay, another one of those "Let's destroy the earth" movies. :rolleyes:

Personally, I can't wait for the Garfield Movie, and Scooby Doo 2.

Maybe the marketing execs will actually use my Mountain (Dew)/(Doo) idea this time around for the Scooby Doo 2 marketing campaign!! Then again, maybe not...

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Firefly! Well, it'll be titled Serenity, but it's all good. It just got the green light from Universal. It's set for a June 2005 release with a budget of $35,000,000. That will get me into a theater.

Also, Hellboy, Punisher, I think there's also a Fantastic 4 and a Captain America movie in the works (as you can tell, I like Marvel). And I know we're talking deep into 2005 by now, but there's also X3. Plus, The Matrix: Revolutions is due out on DVD soon, and when the extended version of Return of the King is out, I'll be nabbing hat. But still, the only way you'll get me into a theater is to see Serenity.

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I'm not sure how I missed this thread coming back to life yet again.

I had a chance to preview NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience before it opened to the general public on Friday -- such are the perks of being a geek, I guess. On the whole, I thought it was a pretty good movie as far as IMAX movies go, but it wasn't really all that amazing. As with other movies, the aerial photography is where IMAX really shines.

IMAX films are shot in the same aspect ratio as television, not feature films. However, all feature length films that are shown in IMAX undergo a process for adapting them to the larger film format so they do not lose quality as the image is scaled up.

In the future, expect Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to open in IMAX two weeks after its debut in traditional theaters this summer.

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My favorite Imax movie so far is Everest. I had just finished reading Into Thin Air a couple of weeks before I saw it, which made the movie all the more intense. The only other two I really remember much about is one about roller coasters and another one about storm chasers.

Heidi

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but what would you do with a storm when you caught it?

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USA network just showed the first (very gory) 10 minutes of the new Dawn of the Dead movie.
Looks very intense.
But I don't know if I want to bother with it after seeing 28 Hours Later last year.

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Do you mean 28 Days Later?? I didn't see that yet.
How was it for all who saw it?

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I thought it was pretty intense, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I saw it at 2am, alone in a dark room.

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I think anything that you watch in a dark room at 2am can be pretty intense.

I remember that's how it was when I played the video game Silent Hill on PS1 the first time I played it.
That freaked me out. :D

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No USA showed the opening 10 minutes of the new film, uncut.

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The photo below is genius. Brilliant. Bravo to Tarantino... only 9 more days :)

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Anybody wanna go see Kill Bill Vol 2 down in Atlanta, as it comes out on April 16th, right during the middle of Nats.

-Aaron

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To me Kill Bill was like eating a can of frosting. Fun at first but you get sick of it after a while and eventually you get a stomach ache from the whole thing. There were absolutely cool momnets but it's art for art sake. There's no purpose behind the whole thing. It's talking loud and saying nothing. That being said I'll still see Vol. 2. :rolleyes:

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That's the point.

It's a very stylized movie aimed at pleasing the audience by its numerous moments of pure-Tarantino film-making (though yes, I got a bit tired of all the limbs). The execution of the movie was awesome. I think Tarantino did exactly what he planned to do. And it's worked out just fine. The 2nd volume is supposed to be better, or so I heard from E&R's early preview.

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The full trailer for Spiderman 2 was posted online last night.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_p...man_2/trailer/

oooh.

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Sam Raimi rules!

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Well witht he end of the season and with the end of my quarter at RIT I actually had time to catch up with my moviegoing (too late to see The Tripplettes of Bellville unfotunately :( ). I saw:

Van Helsing I saw less corn and cheese in the snack bar!
The Passion of the Christ I was very dissapionted by this film. It said little about his Christian walk and was basically two hours of brutality. Nicely done but ultimately pointless. The book was better.
Kill Bill Vol. 2 A definate improvement on the first film. It actually improved the first film!
The Day After Tomorrow I was surprised by this one. In spite of it's cliches and preachiness I actually enjoyed it(watching LA get eaten up by a plauge of Tornadoes definately helped)
Shrek 2 Beautiful animation and great laughs made for a wonderful moviegoing experience.

So what's next?
Well I'm obviously going to go see the new Harry Potter movie.
Other films on my radar are The Chronicles of Riddick, Spider Man 2, I Robot, Collateral,The Terminal, Hero, Open Water and most of all, the new Pixar film The Incredibles!

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Well it's 2005. A new year and withit alot of new films.
My top five from last year was....

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
A clever mind blowing head trip with great perfromances all around and even quite touching and makes you think about some interesting questions afterward.
2. The Incredibles
Pixar just can never do wrong (though I surely wasn't feeling that short film Boundin' shown before the film. And the preview to Cars plain sucked). I could watch the Incredibles a hundred times. It's just so fun.
3. Colleteral
Cruise and Fox are fascinating to watch in this cat and mouse game. Tense involving story.
4. Spider Man 2
Best non-animated Superhero movie ever made (see above). Not only great action but great emotional storytelling.
5. The Bourne Supremacy
A worthy sucessor to the Bourne Identity in spite of the obnoxious shaky camera movement.

So what has piqued my interest this year?
Well obviously the last Star Wars film has my attention in spite of the fact that the last two films were major disappiontments and there's anotehr Harry Potter film in the fall. There's also an Appleseed movie out. I certainly hope it's better than the last adaptation. It's one of my favorite comics.
I never read Hellblazer but that won't stop me from seeing Constantine which looks like a cross between the Matrix and Hellboy. Could be cool.
Well Elektra
certainly looks interesting but then so did Blade Trinity and I'm regretting that.
Robots actually comes across as rather obnoxious in the previews but I am a total sucker for animation so I'll hold out hope for it.
A Sound of Thunder isn't getting alot of hype but it could prove a sleeper. It could also make a quick exit.
Sin City just looks plain hot! Just look at the preview. I loved the comic and I'm hoping the movie will do it justice.
I'm holding out hope that Christopher Nolan can restore some dignity to the Batman franchise with Batman Begins his last two movies Memento and Insomnia are two of my favorites.
War of the Worlds . Spielberg. Cruise. 'Nuff said!
There's not much about the Fantastic Four so far but Marvel has done a pretty good job with their movies recently so there is hope.
Tim Burton tackling the remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocalate Factory (here called Charlie and the Choclate Factory ) with Johnny Depp. Burton can be hit or miss but I am intrigued.
Terry Gilliam is one of the most visully gifted directors around and he hasn't been around much recently so I want to see if he hasn't lost his touch with The Brothers Grimm.
Disney is trying their hand at computer animation with Chicken Little . The Preview was very funny.
Another computer animated possiblity is Madagascar . The preview looked fun.
Finally! There's going to be a Wallace and Grommit movie . It's about time!
Supposedly there's going to be a Wathcmen movie . Hollywood hasn't had a good track record with Alan Moore (The League of Extrodinary Gentlemen stunk much and From Hell was just OK). I need more info before I decide to commit bucks but I am interested so far.
It's looking like a good year is on tap.

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I don't think I saw very many movies in 2004, as far as I remember, but I'll still drop some opinions into this thread.

I completely agree that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was one of the best movies of the year. The concept was very original, and the movie was amazingly executed. I was finally and happilly impressed by Charlie Kaufman in this one, being as I didn't care for both Being John Malcovich and Adaptation. Also, this is the movie that makes me think highly of Jim Carrey as an actor (it's so easy for him to do physical or gimmicky comedy, and he's good at it, but real acting is different (cf. The Truman Show)). I really loved this movie. Mindjob / lovestory. Highly recommended.

Another favorite of 2004 was Closer. Yeah, yeah, Natalie Portman in a g-string, whatever. Beyond that, it's a story of relationships between four troubled and troubling people. The insecurities and other such personality flaws of each character begin as miniscule cuts, but are eventually torn open, spewing jealousy and spite all over the audience. All in all, even though it doesn't sound like it would be, it was one of the most interesting and moving movies of the year, in my opinion.

On the lighter side, there was Finding Neverland. I love Johnny Depp (who doesn't?), and his choice to take the role of Barrie only raises my opinion of him. I'm ashamed to say I knew practically nothing of Barrie before seeing this movie, and I never thought very highly of Peter Pan, but I'm very glad I saw this movie. It's a unique story, and worth knowing, along with being a well-crafted movie.

The Chronicles of Riddick gets an honorable mention. :p

I have to agree about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The trailer has some nice visuals and Johnny Depp in one of the most eerie shots I've ever seen in a movie. I loved the original (but I haven't read the book since primary school), and I'm looking forward to this version, despite my dislike of Tim Burton. I'll admit that he's a visionary artist, and he's consistent in his work, but I just don't like his art. Still, I'm definitely seeing this in theaters.

About Batman Begins and The Watchmen, I am very interested in both of these movies. However, when they were first announced, Darren Aronofsky was attached to both of them as director, but has since pulled out of both. I love both Pi and Requiem for a Dream, and I have enormous respect for Aronofsky's style, so I was incredibly excited when these two movies were announced with him attached, and disappointed when I learned he'd left. David Hayter (writer for X-Men and X2, and the voice of Solid Snake) is writing The Watchmen (and Iron Man and The Black Widow movies due in 2006).

About movies' directors being moved to my dismay, there's the story of Terry Gilliam (The Brothers Grimm, as mentioned above) being attached to direct the movie of Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. I was disappointed when I heard this movie was scrapped.

And finally, there's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! The unknown director has me slightly worried, and the cast has me a little more worried (Mos Def as Ford? Hmm), but I'm still definitely seeing this movie. How could any reasonable geek not?

P.S.
I'm not seeing Episode 3 unless I hear, post-release, that it's as good as Episodes 4 through 6 (highly unlikely). The real George Lucas should be spinning in his grave, because I'm sure he's dead, and the man we know as George Lucas is an evil imposter.

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Simply put..

http://www.robotsmovie.com/index.html


Opens the weekend of UTC New England Regional. I know where I will be if everything goes right on at least one of the nights of the regional.

edit: I already bought a full size movie poster from this movie off of e-bay in hopes of curbing some of my anticipation. :)
27" x 44" is bigger than what you think when you see a little pic of it on e-bay. :ahh:

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I went suprisingly light on movie DVD's this year. I avoided the Punnisher. Haven't seen Hellboy, but I may nab that. I will get The Incredibles though. Picked up Return of the King (extended version) and Spiderman 2 for Christmas. Have Buffy, Angel, and 24 (all season 1) and I Robot on order. Got Firefly last X-mas, but I'm adding it as my most watched DVDs last year. Matrix Revolutions wasn't bad either (okay, I hated the ending).

This year: we still have Serenity (which was pushed back to avoid conflict with Revenge of the Sith; speaking of which, Episode 3 will inhale audibly, but still draw in massive crowds). Still no clue on the time scale of Fantastic 4 and Captain America, but we're looking late 2005-early 2006 (IMDB has F4 as mid-2005, but I don't see that happening). X3 doesn't have a director yet (come on, Joss Whedon!), so that may not see the light of day until 2006. On a lighter note, Electra comes out in a week (and it's supposed to have the trailer for Serenity, no clue if Serenity being pushed back affects that). That's another DVD I'll be getting, if only because I'm an Alias fan (and I am one of the few who didn't mind Daredevil).

That's it off the top of my head. I know I've probably forgotten a handful of movies I'd be interested in, but that's what the edit feature is for.

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Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Uh, so am I the only person who's really, really excited about tomorrow's release of The War of the Worlds?

Also, in case you're living under a movie-going rock, the trailer for Peter Jackson's remake of 1933's King Kong is now available on the internet.

Holy cow.

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A FIRST ROBOTICS FLIM

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War of the Worlds is getting amazing reviews on Rotten Tomatoes but I am a bit disturbed by the universal groan about an apparently awful ending.