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10 Anticipated Movies for the Year 2010

Hey welcome back. Now comes that time of the year were movies (and another top 10 list) are so hyped up its either more than expected, as expected, or why did we even care for this movie in the first place; why did we even care for the hype? Here are those movies:

10.) Daybreakers

This movie is now out, but I am willing to watch any Vampire movie that isn’t Twilight right now. I am willing to believe this is anti-Twilight. Seriously any Vampire movie is better than Twilight. Even Blade 3…nah I won’t go that far. Ethan Hawke may be a turn off, but Willem Dafoe could bring me into this movie, along with Sam Neill.

9.) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Never read the Manga/British comic (is it British?), but I have heard of the story, learned Edgar Wright was directing, and stars Michael Cera. I’m in. Also the movie reunites Michael Cera and Mae Whitman, both of Arrested Development fame. In the movie Michael’s character has to fight her, because, well, Michael’s character’s girlfriend used to date her. Find out more by watching the movie! Also Superman is in this.

8.) Alice in Wonderland

Uhhm close enough, right?

Yeah, I’ve had my curiosity peaked when I heard Alice is going back through the looking glass. Not so much the Johnny Depp stuff (nah, he’s good in my book), but Tim Burton can bring me into his movies some of the time. The most reason I am looking forward to this movie is when Disney made the short based on the classic book starring Mickey Mouse in “Thru the Looking Glass.” Oh, and the Disney animated feature film.

7.) Clash of the Titans

I honestly wasn’t planning to put this here and I honestly wanted to hate the trailer, but after watching it so many times; I totally will go for it now. In a world where CGI basically dominates movie making, I am going to have to go for movies like this. It’s not that I hate CGI, I feel it’s a bit of a cliché for movies nowadays. I think I miss a mess of special effects and when people made creatures and monsters from awesome suits or from other materials. Those days are mostly gone…eh, I’ll make do with this.

6.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

Well it’s the beginning of the end for this franchise. Well not yet anyway, since they decided to separate it in two parts. This will be, out of all the other movies, the most accurate to the book because of how lengthy this one will be. Even though I read somewhere how the last movie would be going, I read only the last part of this one. Dang, I just remembered that; why did I remember now?

5.) Kick-Ass

This will be the first movie based on a graphic novel by Mark Millar. It’s about ordinary people that turn into heroes that wear costumes and such. The craziest thing about the movie is the inclusion of a 9-10 year old that well, kicks ass and shouts curse words. Another crazy fact is the person who fills in that role, which is none other than Darby from the new Winnie the Pooh series. Can’t get any more extreme than that; except with the unfortunate inclusion of Nicholas Cage.

4.) Tron Legacy

Not sure who exactly would be into this movie. I have seen the first movie, but I have seen people be into this movie without watching the first movie. Either way, this movie is shaping up to be awesome; even if we only get a preview clip so far. Even if that is the case, the technology put into this film is quite top-notch. Also, just a bit of a tidbit; remember that remade people mover ride that’s at Tomorrowland in Disneyland, but was closed down due to an accident? They are removing that and make room for: Light Cycles.

3.) Inception

So, are you guys telling us this is going to be better than The Dark Knight?

Seen the trailer for this? It’s shaping up to be another mind-blowing movie from Christopher Nolan himself. Even when he isn’t doing a Batman movie everyone knows that he’s formulating another awesome movie. I’m also not much of a Leonardo DiCaprio fan, but I believe in Nolan’s work so it doesn’t bother me much with this movie. Although, even by seeing the trailer it might have to do with espers or something of that similar fashion. Either way I’ll be there with M&Ms in hand.

2.) Toy Story 3

Same movie, different storyline image.

Even if I didn’t see a trailer, I know something of this caliber would be coming. Andy would be much older and wiser; which would be the reason he wouldn’t play with his toys anymore. Although, something completely different happened in the trailer. Andy actually saved his toys; well the regulars anyway. But its short lived when his mom mistakes his toys for trash and the toys end up being separated from their owner, maybe for good this time. Even with the storyline I am still a big Pixar fan and especially a fan of the Toy Story movie series. This is definitely one not to miss for fans.

1.) Iron Man 2

This probably should come to no surprise. I didn’t think I would become a fan of the original movie. I was never an Iron Man fan. That was until Jon Favreau came and boosted lots of energy into the alcoholic superhero. Especially with the excellent casting of Robert Downey Jr. as the man behind the iron suit. After being completely surprised as how good the first movie went, I am looking way forward to how Jon Favreau will make Mickey Rourke a villain, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, and Don Cheadle filling in Terrence Howard’s previous role.

Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

Here are my choices for this year’s Movies that will premiere this year. I certainly wont steal my associates Top 9 choices so I picked 10 this time. I compiled a list before of the movies I would be seeing and came up with 20, which evens out a bit. There was also a movie on there that even though how bad it looks, I still can’t deny my being a fan of the series. Well anyways here’s my Top 10:

10.) 9

No I’m not counting down its an actual movie. Based on the short animation by Shane Acker, its set in a Post-Apocalyptic world were sock puppets are alive and roam freely. I am a fan of Animation movies, but not ones that look incredibly strange. Yet this is an exception. Its also produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, who directed Wanted. Check out the Trailer:

You can also check out the short here.

9.) Sherlock Holmes

Anything with Robert Downey Jr., now after Iron Man and Tropic Thunder, is probably a must see now like this one. Also hearing the man being knocked unconscious, caught his groin on fire, and other sorts on set; the movie’s gotta be epic now right?

8.) X-Men Origins: Wolverine

After seeing the trailer on this one, I realized, its not only Wolverine’s Origin, but also the Weapon X project origin. It makes the movie more interesting yes, but the execution of the trailer seemed poorly done compared to the comic-con version. Although you do get to see more of Gambit and others in the official version, so it also evens itself out. Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool was interesting, which also paves way for his own movie, which was put in Development Hell years ago (dates back to the 80s).

7.) Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen

Only fans, and friends of fans, of comics (or the T.V. series if I believe) know what the title actually means. What it means for the rest of us? More action and lots of it. That’s all what we really need right? The first movie had great execution and if we know Michael Bay for his action movies, this one will be great as well.

6.) Inglourious Basterds

Did I mention I was a fan of Quentin Tarantino? Well if I didn’t mention it enough, what blog would this be if I didn’t mention his new movie coming out later this year? No, I didn’t spell it wrong, the name of the movie is completely intentional. Quentin is known for his movies with are nothing but a bloodbath and great storytelling. This is no exception either. Based on an old war movie, which may be a Grindhouse movie, but I may be mistaken; tells the tale of a unit in World War II which spreads fear towards the Nazi Army. Also stars Brad Pitt (with an amusing mustache) and B.J. Novak (The Office fame). Did I mention this is a Quentin Tarantino movie?

Now on to the Top 5…but first I would like to mention a few worthy mentions, which I will see throughout the year as well: Moon, Avatar, The Road, Astro Boy, and The Hurt Locker. You will probably have to do some research on your own about some of the movies, but I will eventually see them. The reason they didn’t make it is I probably won’t get to see them right away. Or They may be replacments for the ones here. Who knows. Continuing on…

5.) Public Enemies

The Dark Knight vs. Jack Sparrow, eh? Christian Bale and Johnny Depp are great actors and I have been wanting to see what they can do together (Well mostly in a Batman movie), but this will do for now. The other thing is I’m a sucker for cop or detective movies based around the 1930’s era. There seems to be a lot that happened within the era as well.

4.) Star Trek

Just to point out, I’m not a big Star Trek fan, but the trailer sucked me in. Its also directed by J.J. Abrams and he has made some very good things; which include Mission: Impossible III, Alias, Lost, Fringe, and created the idea of Cloverfield. The plot for this movie was revealed and when I heard about it, it was really interesting and new. The trailer itself will make you see it, so just watch it.

3.) Terminator: Salvation

Yes, we all know by now that McG, the director for this movie, has made the Charlie's Angels movie. But that was in the past, this is now a new and improved McG. He saw his mistake and is going to fix it with this movie. The trailer is really mind blowing. I couldn’t really get enough of it. Christian Bale is now on my list twice so that’s gotta be something. This movie is really different because of how many times John Connor has tried to stop Skynet from the future he never wanted. Yet, it ultimately comes, but not the future he was told about which makes things different. So don’t let the McG thing be a turn off and just look at the trailer. Also I’m a huge Terminator fan.

2.) Up

After watching Wall·E yesterday, finally, I was ready for my next Pixar movie to watch. Everything is about trailers these days and it also shows a basic summary or a teaser for the movie. This movie’s trailer was something a little different. It first shows a compilation of Pixar movie’s, which becomes nostalgic, and a bit of a huge clip of Up. What is up about? Some old man who makes a bunch of balloons and goes off in the distance with his house and a boy happens to be along for the ride. I’m sold. Also this happens at some point:

1.) Watchmen

Its not really a surprise to most people, but my question is; Who doesn’t want to watch the Watchmen? After being introduced to the Watchmen graphic novel and reading it, I was an instant fan.I too was skeptical of a movie being made about the novel. But if there was one man who could do it: Zack Snyder the director of 300 and Dawn of the Dead (2004). Unfortunately now with the rights to Watchmen now go to 20th Century Fox the movie may not come out this year as scheduled, right now it is still scheduled and still my number one pick for the year of 2009 (and it better come out). Trailer.

 

5 Things We Learned From I Am Legend And More News.

• Welcome to the first segment of 5 things we learned from. Because of my poor will to be creative I have thought of 5 things that I Am Legend taught us about the world and about movies. Here it is starting from 5:

#5: When your infected/A Vampire you have no skin.

One of the very things that happens to you when you become infected from Will Smith’s version of I Am Legend is that your skin and hair are gone. Yet most of your clothes remain. You may be creepy as hell, but your missing a lot of your human features. This also happens in most movies when your infected, either that or your covered in either your own or someone else’s blood.

#4: If your not infected, lock yourself up in any way to not be seen or barricade windows, the infected won’t get in.

This bothered me a bit. Compared to the book, the book made more sense. For one thing Robert Neville is in an actual house. Will Smith Neville is not. Couldn’t they find other means to get in or just do what they did at the end? It seems the infected can get into the penthouse, yet you can never tell because of the explosion. Also they were Vampires in the book.

#3: When a virus breaks out, make sure you live near New Hampshire.

What else can I say? Just run for it.

#2: Never go full CGI on the infected.

No movie should ever do this. Especially with them. You couldn’t get full actors/actresses for them? It was interesting while it lasted, but it all seemed to much and unreal. Never, ever do this again in a movie.

#1: In the future their will be a Batman vs. Superman movie.

Just watch it before the end of the world. Here’s a picture where it was in the movie. Unfortunately, there's posters for other stuff, but those aren’t important. Just seeing it makes me more want to watch the movie. The only off-putting thing is the use of the old Tim Burton logo, which brings back all the bad Batman movies back in mind. But then again,they never make the same mistake 3 times. Unless your talking about Superman. I won’t go into that:

• Planet Of The Apes isn’t far off from how society is going on today with making chimps full-fledged citizens. It may start in another part of the country as apparently chimp population dwindles. Poor chimps; don’t worry you will soon rule us all.
• Just got the Indiana Jones set. My associate will make you buy it. I was about to buy the Best Buy set, but because of troubles with the economy (That’s an excuse, I’m just poor) I had to compensate and buy the Target set:

I’ll post pics later with the haul I’ve gotten after summer and some during. Also I wanted to save up for a horror game. I might go with Silent Hill: Origins first, but I’m still contemplating on getting either Dead Space or Silent Hill: Homecoming. I’m really bad at making choices.

• Make sure to mark your calendars for October 28 since Spike TV will be showing Scream 2008, an award show supposedly, and will honor horror icons and feature lots of other cool stuff including footage from the Friday the 13th remake and some Watchmen clips! Don’t forget the date!
• Next week The Incredible Hulk will be out on DVD so its time to save money again. I don’t know the exclusives which I was told of bit is all forgotten, but the set includes deleted scenes and a neat Easter Egg from one of the scenes. I won’t ruin it too much but they include a certain Avenger other than Tony Stark aka Iron Man. The new DVD of Iron Man also featured a little of an Easter Egg within the movie of this certain Avenger. Bet you can’t guess who it is if you don’t know:

The Briefcaser's Dilemma: Part 1

Yeah, I totally suck. Well, anyway's with the summer long and gone from big superhero movies, it is now almost time to start buying the movies on DVD. With most of DVD buyer's problems are either the quality of the DVD sets or DVD's that deal with content, which makes buyer's double dip (Buying more than one of the same DVD) on a set and is the last resort most of the time. Well with me, I have only double dipped only a few times, and most of those times were making the mistake of buying a Full Screen version of a DVD than a Widescreen edition (A poor excuse, but its an excuse). Also here's an explanation of the different screen sizes here. A long explanation, but a fairly decent explanation for those who need one. In the short run Full Screen shows either not all of the film, or sometimes it will be the actual screen size of the film and is in a square shape. With Widescreen it is more rectangular, but is the best way to view a film, and is also the one of the only ways to see a film in the highest resolution (I may be wrong, but that's how I see it nowadays, and stop making me explain it). Well anyway's back to the DVDs, the first batch of superhero films to be out on DVD should be Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Here is the Hulk cover and Iron Man cover from a friends blog. I still say the Hulk one is weak. Now it comes down to content. From What I heard Iron Man will not only come in a Best Buy edition which comes with a quite lackluster Iron Man helmet mini-replica from Sideshow Collectibles:

It is also a bit disappointing when you see so many good stuff from the awesome company. Also they do seem to quite compensate you for making such a huge buy, by giving you an extra $50 coupon for their website on anything. So you basically get your money back in form of Sideshow dollars. Now for the Steelbook edition. The Steelbook will this time of course, be a TWEC exclusive or places like Suncoast and FYE. I don't really know exactly what it will look like, I'll I know is it will be a Steelbook that I would want to pick up. So it either looks like either one of these:

Is said that this is a poster advertising for the Steelbook DVD:

And then there's the Target and Circuit City sets no one will care about...the Target exclusive will have a CD with all the songs from the movie that you already have.

And So It Comes To This...

Well Summer has past and gone by, at least for me anyway. A new semester has started so blogging may take longer than usual now. My classes are somewhat good, unfortunately I have an 8:00AM class so I will be more tired than I ever have been before. Although it is piano, so it somewhat subtle of a class. Other classes on my list is a class called Motion Picture & Television/Radio, and Lettering and Typography; both ranging in good classes. Another class year, more ways of becoming incredibly lazy and days involving procrastination. Besides school, this summer has still not ended for most people. What do they look forward to? Perhaps the recent movies that have just been released such as Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (If your a fan), and/or another round of The Dark Knight (Especially in IMAX). Nothing much else as happened unless you are keeping up with the Beijing 2008 Olympics or have yet to be in school (for you Floridians) and have been preparing or in the approaching storm. Well whatever the case here are the top five events that have happened during summer just for fun:

#5: Bigfoot Corpse in a freezer; A hoax or not? -

This was solved a few days ago: A hoax. Don't believe it until it is proven, especially from the same guys who said they found a corpse a couple years earlier. This was not only disappointing, but again we were fooled to believe something that clearly resembles a monkey suit with fake teeth and fake guts sticking out. The picture most people have saw was unclear, but still smelled of a hoax. We should have disproved it right away when DNA results came back of that of an Opossum.

#4: Iron Man was good? -

But sadly the video game was not. Yes, most people were skeptical (like myself) at first of the new Iron Man movie with the rejuvenated Robert Downey Jr. helmed the huge part and become an instant success. Who knew? I sure didn't, at first I thought it was going to be another Hulk, but it ended up being really funny and really cool. Robert Downey Jr. was really funny in this and see him even more funnier as he portrays the part of an African American in the new Tropic Thunder movie.

#3: Comic-Con '08 -

I say its big since it is the biggest Comic Book convention ever, but I actually got to go to it. Yep, I went for one day and it was one heck of an event. Lines were a bit long, but weren't anymore since we arrived late on account of a traffic accident. Don't ask. It was cool though, we saw a few celebrities, didn't get to the autographs section or see any panels, but this was my first year and was a good day. We got a semi close-up of Alfie, a hover ship from the upcoming Watchmen movie, some new toys, and what else? The Comics. I'm sure we will se more next year. Right?

#2: Michael Phelps Wins 8 and Chinese at the Olympics controversy -

Olympics are still going on, but I got to admit, I haven't kept up with most of the Olympics, although what I did see was two of Phelps' Gold wins. Especially the really close 10ths of a second win which blew my mind. You seriously have to have lightning fast arms to do something like that. (You can see Michael Phelps' picture above along with all the other mayhem) I also saw the gymnastics with the super young Chinese girls, which is still in controversy. As well as the fake fireworks, the Chinese singing girl perfection (actually probably not the right term), and other wins by the Chinese and other countries. All mostly paranoia, but I still dislike the fact about the singer controversy.

Honorable Mentions: California 5.4 Earthquake and Fires -

Anyone else feel that? The reason these didn't make the list is because; no one really talks about it. Sure the fires are serious deal to the people who live within the area, but the earthquake was relatively small compared to the past. Most people thought it was big since its been a while since their has been one. Although it also has said it is just the beginning and just paves the way for an even bigger earthquake. We doing anything about it?: Not really...no.

Indiana Jones, Mulder and Scully return to the big screen -

What a summer for movies this year, we got to see not only Hellboy and Hulk, but Indy and our favorite paranormal FBI investigators come back to the big screen. Indy was a fun adventure I say, but X-Files seemed like an old episode from the past. It was cool to see them back but was mostly for the fans. Yeah I'm a fan and enjoyed it as well as Indiana Jones.

Now that we got through all that, what is the most thing that has shaked the industry more than the earthquake?:

#1: The Dark Knight Premieres -

What else? Being on top for 5 (I think) straight weeks is no easy feat with all the other movies that have premiered. Its one heck of a movie. From start to finish, you will enjoy every minute of it. Unless your one of those people who drift out too easily for some odd reason, you should enjoy it. Its even on its way to defeat Titanic from being the top grossing movie ever. But most importantly is Heath Ledger's fantastic performance as The Joker. He's the man of the hour and is what makes this movie great along with everyone else. This is one thing Joker can't make disappear.

Iron Man Trailer 2

A new trailer came out for Iron Man, which is a longer version of the Super Bowl Trailer, so enjoy!