A Dr. Seuss Story is Slightly Ruined by Hollywood

If you know the story or have seen the old animated TV short, you’ll know what’s changed:

Not all bad though. Looks fine on its own, but still its been a bit butchered.

Top 10 Anticipated Movies for the Final Year of Earth: 2012

Yeah, I know its early, but there’s way too many movies to talk about for next year. Its [probably] not the final year of Earth, but Hollywood seems to think it is for all those sweet movies coming next year. Lets start with ten:

10.) Arrietty

Its not directed by Hayao Miyazaki, but its another amazing looking Studio Ghibli film. Lets see what they can do on their own.

9.) Gravity

One reason: Alfonso Cuarón. A great director that makes any genre his own. Also did you know he directed A Little Princess? I kinda have this love/hate with the movie. I kinda love it more knowing he directed it. Anyway, Gravity will be a Science Fiction movie and the previous one he directed was Children of Men which was a spectacular movie even though it was greatly depressing. Great Michael Caine cameo though. Guillermo Del Toro said its mind-blowing and I will believe in anything that dude says. Oh, and Alfonso also directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

8.) World War Z

Based on the popular Zombie book by Max Brooks this one should be an interesting one to watch. I haven’t really finished the book yet, (Its got a weird storytelling) but it should translate well into theaters. Also some weird stuff has been going on the set including actual real guns which were mistaken for prop guns was almost used. Also a leaked 10 minute scene shows promise which was filmed all in one shot.

7.) Django Unchained

(That picture is from Sukiyaki Western Django by the way, go watch it!) Quentin Tarantino has been wanting to do this one for years. He has talked about this project ever since he has started directing movies. This one is a western and seeing as he has many great films on his roster this one will no doubt be another one. The film also has a great cast lined up.

6.) The Amazing Spider-Man

I was disappointed by the reboot. I’m already missing Sam Raimi, but here we are. New actors, new Spider-Man, and a slightly altered story. My only hope is if they bring back J.K Simmons as J.J. Jameson. It doesn’t matter if he was in the other movies. There is absolutely no one else to fill this role. Get him back! Other potential stuff for this movie: Real life web-slinging, (I’ve been told they did as little CGI as they could here. Could be good) Andrew Garfield is being incredibly nerdy about the role (a dream come true apparently), Emma Stone, and it was filmed at my old High School. Sweet. Also Spider-Man movie based Video Games are actually good (Except for the 3rd one). So there’s that.

Dishonorable Mentions:

Titanic 3D: Watching a real-life tragedy, a young Leonardo DiCaprio (We’ve all seen or heard about it by now) freeze to death, and a naked Kate Winslet in 3D? Really? I understand Star Wars, but this? Did you not think this one through James Cameron?

The Three Stooges: What happened with this movie? It was going so great until Fox took over and now it looks like something similar to Alvin and the Chipmunks, Smurfs, or a Garfield Live Action movie. Three Stooges doesn’t deserve this. Why ruin the classic slapstick trio Fox? Why destroy classic franchises with your death touch?

Battleship: Watch the trailer. Based on the classic board game by Milton Brad- No I’m sorry. As much as that is true; it just isn’t. Its so wrong…Best part about the movie is Liam Neeson. It’s all that it has going for it…I hate you sometimes Hollywood…What the…Rihanna?

 

5.) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Guillermo Del Toro may have stepped down, but here comes Peter Jackson back in the directors chair to helm the prequel to his much praised (and rightly so) mega Trilogy: “The Lord of the Rings”. So far it’s a bit of a mixed bag with the Production photos showing up so far. But this is what Peter Jackson does best so I will do my best not to judge. Reminder: This is another two parter movie. This is Part One.

4.) Brave

Once named “The Bear and the Bow”; here’s the next project from Pixar. Not so much hype so far as all we got so far is a teaser in which we see a red haired girl shoot an arrow at a grizzly bear. Its not exactly selling the movie (As beautiful as she looks), but hey its Pixar. I expect many good movies from them. At least its not a Cars sequel.

3.) The Dark Knight Rises

Here it is. The last in the trilogy of Batman films by Chris Nolan is greatly hyped. I am also doing my best to avoid any set scenes from the movie. I know too much already though, even seeing a scene that is a major plot point. The biggest thing I’ve seen though is probably the worst, mostly because of how integral to the story it is. Please avoid all photos as you can. Catwoman photos are fine though. They can never be avoided. Try to avoid Bane, though. Mostly because of the people who whine about it. He looked great in the teaser so there’s no need to worry. Everyone will watch it, it will be incredible, it will (probably) be the biggest box office phenomenon ever, so everyone stay calm and carry on.

2.) The Avengers

 

For the same that can be said for The Dark Knight Rises, the same can be said for The Avengers, even if there isn’t much to watch anymore as most scenes filmed outdoors have been finished apparently. There’s a lot going on with the filming, but again everything is spoilery. Which is why I won’t say much but avoid photos and rejoice that Joss Whedon is directing. Oh, and enjoy the trailer in one of my older posts. So why isn’t this number one?

 

Honorable Mentions that didn’t make the list:

Before we get to number one, here’s some other movies to look forward to:

Dredd - Its another Judge Dredd movie. Lets just hope he doesn’t take off his helmet this time and won’t be a bad movie.

Men in Black III - Didn’t care much for the second movie. Let’s hope for a better outing for this movie.

GI Joe 2 - We got a different director for this one and will be treated as somewhat as a reboot to forget the last one.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengence - (See GI Joe 2 description)

Totall Recall - Nothing much can be said about this one, but Bryan Cranston will be in it and its a reboot of an already good Sci-fi movie. Its more of a wait and see type of movie.

GhostBusters III - I don’t know if this will make it in time for 2012 or if it will actually be made. Bill Murray may or may not be in it and that’s all we really know.

Star Trek Sequel - Also may not make it to 2012 as well. But hey, reboot was awesome so this one should be as well.

Arrested Development The Movie - Apparently its finally happening. But its more likely coming 2013.

 

1.) Prometheus

Better Question: Why is this number one? Well, for one thing its directed by Ridley Scott. Another thing: It looks and sounds completely amazing. Ridley Scott returns to his Sci-fi roots as he helms a prequel to his Alien franchise. As boring as that sounds, it has very little to do with the Aliens we all know and love. In fact they will have very little screen time and will look (supposedly) completely different. This film does feature an alien, but a specific alien. Which is that of a very much alive space jockey. This one. Also it will look incredibly creepy as it will be shown as a full animatronic. Thank god. Also something about interspecies rape and a bunch of other insane and crazy stuff is rumored to be in the script. Here’s a small synopsis: “A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.”

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• The Simpsons may be over sooner than the creators once claimed. There’s a contract dispute were FOX wants to start cutting costs including the actors paycheck. Can the voice actors really win with their 400k an episode (Not including the merchandise)? Oh, and Dexter could end as well.
• Apple announced a new iPhone the other day. Its an update of the recent iPhone. People will still buy it. People are stupid. Lets move on.
• Batman has a new animated series coming….it looks and sounds weird….
• An Arrested Development movie looks well on the way! But wait, there’s more?! Not only movie, but a Miniseries will also be made to go into the movie! The TV gods actually listened! Joy. Oh, and this happened.
• Now that we finished with iPhones lets talk about Microsoft’s Zune HD. Well its officially dead. Rather depressing since I actually own one of these wonderful devices, but again Apple wins. I guess it is all about quantity over quality.
• Well that time of year is here. My favorite season of the year. It is that of fall. The slow transition into cooler weather and when horror movies start appearing more frequently on cable. I usually start watching as many horror movies as I can and buy a few on the side. This year I am trying to find the best horror Blu-rays from all the online sales. They are very frequent this month and more frequent during the holiday season. But back to this season. So far I have brought “The Evil Dead” and “Alien” to my Blu-ray collection, both excellent Blu-rays. I have yet to decide on the third though. Anyways, buy horror Blu-rays now everyone!

If anyone can guess where the news title came from, a Blu-ray movie I watched yesterday, you win the internet for today!