My Most Anticipated Films
Submitted by lukeprog on Wed, 08/18/2004 - 04:18
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- Batman Begins (June 17, 2005) - Mix parts Dark Knight, Chris Nolan, David Goyer, $130 million budget, a commitment to realism, a kickass teaser, one of the best casts ever assembled, and what do you get? The best superhero movie ever.
- King Kong (December 14, 2005) - Peter Jackson writing and directing on a $200 million budget. 'Nuff said.
- Superman Returns (TBA) - I couldn't have been more ambivalent about this film when McG and no-name writers were attached, but now that the X2 crew is behind it, I could hardly be more excited.
- Indiana Jones 4 (TBA) - damn you, George Lucas, for once again possibly spoiling a beloved series by not agreeing to a script loved by Speilberg and Ford. Hopefully this'll come to us after War of the Worlds.
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (December 2005) - One of my favorite books (well, the series) ever, and it's coming to the big screen courtesy of a budget bigger than any one of the Lord of the Rings movies.
- War of the Worlds (2007) - I think Tom Cruise is getting better with age, and while this had better be Koepp's best screenplay ever, Steven Speilberg and a reported biggest movie budget ever are the best things to back a movie like this. Speilberg wants to make the film of the decade, and he may just succeed.
- The Incredibles (November 5, 2004) - Pixar's 3D films are far superior to Dreamworks' and Fox's. The Incredibles looks to be another awesome Pixar adventure.
- Charlie Kaufman's next (TBA) - I don't care if it's a comedy about lesbian vampires set in the 80s; Kaufman's the bomb. I'm on board with whatever he's got coming next.
- The Departed (2005) - Infernal Affairs is still on my to-see list, but I've heard it's quite deserving of an American remake. Then, Scorsese is attached and I'm like... 'neato'.
lesbian vampires? are you saying thats a bad thing? :) hehe
I'm saying it's an idea that's highly likely to be done poorly.
Not Looking forward "The Terminal?" i am
That already came out in the States and was met with moderate reviews.
Yes, and actually I was only mildly looking forward to it before it came out, anyway. I still haven't seen it.
After seeing the footage, Sin City REMOVED.
You ever noticed that Pixar just writes better stories, The Incredibles is an amazing piece of fiction that creates an entire world for the characters to rampage about in. While Shark Tale's story could have been written at a board meeting on a piece of toilet paper.
T'ho
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Absolutely. And not only that, but they tell the stories better. Toy Story 1 & 2: just plain awesome stories, told awesomely. Shrek 1 & 2: fairly good stories that depend too much on its gimick of parodying fairytales, told with plenty of humor but little heart. The pattern extends through all of Pixar's work over Dreamworks' and Fox's. I have not liked a Dreamworks or Fox 3D animated pic as well as ANY of the Pixar movies, yet.