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Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:37 pm

Yeah, yeah, we already have a movie review thread. This is for movies that haven't come out yet.

Kung Fu Panda - A lot of people seem excited about this one. I just watched the new trailer and... I still don't like Jack Black. And I've never gotten laughs out of watching people embarrass themselves (even animated people). Verdict: May see, if the reviews are rave. Otherwise, will wait for DVD.

The Forbidden Kingdom - I do, on the other hand, enjoy Jackie Chan, and may make an effort to see this one. The humour seems to be more about wit than humiliation (I could be wrong, mind), and the pairing of Chan and Jet Li does promise some amazing fight sequences. Verdict: Will probably try to see, unless I forget.

Gravity Defier · Postby **Gravity Defier** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:05 pm

Jumper

Sex and the City: The Movie

Those are the only two I can think of off the top of my head that I'd like to see. There are, doubtless, more.

Postby **Jayelle** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:25 pm

Being in Children's Reference, the movies on my radar are ones kids ones based on books:

Spiderwick Chronicles : I haven't read the books, but they're really popular and I am amazed at Freddie Highmore playing not only an american, but twins. Frick that kid is awesome.

and
Horton Hears a Who: I like the old cartoon, and I'm glad they're not trying to do it live action. All I can do is pray it's not the complete desicration of Dr. Seuss that has been done in the past (Grinch, Cat in the Hat).

Rei · Postby **Rei** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:02 pm

Wall-E: Pixar tells the story about a small robot. It looks absolutely adorable, and it's Pixar.

Syphon the Sun · Postby **Syphon the Sun** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:44 pm

The Bank Job (March 7th, 2008): This movie not only stars Jason Statham (my favorite actor), it's based on a true story of one of the biggest (and most successful) bank heists in history. Plus, there is sure to be plenty of British humor. It looks good.

Petra456 · Postby **Petra456** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:28 pm

I'm excited about Wall-E (it does look absolutely adorable) and Sex and the City.

Jebus · Postby **Jebus** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:44 am

Oh the Sex and the City movie, yea, can't wait to see those tired old talentless hags get back together for another session of "Grannies Go Wild!". It will be one more persuasive argument for the annihilation of the female species.

BonitoDeMadrid · Postby **BonitoDeMadrid** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:53 am

Hancock
Even though it may be complete b***sh**, I like Will Smith. And the concept really does seem nice.

Batman: The Dark Knight
Even more now, because of Heath Ledger's (is that how it's spelled?) premature death, but still, the Joker is my favorite Batman villian, and it looks like it's gonna be a really cool movie.

Claire · Postby **Claire** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:12 pm

I'm actually really looking forward to The Other Boleyn Girl. The book was pretty bad and I don't expect the acting to be good (although I do get to stare at the guy from Across the Universe), but I'm a preteen girl at heart and I really love time-period movies like this.

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:41 pm

You thought the book was bad? I enjoyed it, actually. Not the most amazing thing I've ever read, but a nice brain-break. What was wrong with it?

Qing_Jao · Postby **Qing_Jao** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:14 pm

Iron Man!!!!!!

Date movie.

Postby **Luet** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:25 pm

I'm looking forward to Jumper as well. After I first saw the preview I got the book from the library and read it. I can tell that the movie will be much different than the book AND I'm worried about it having Hayden Christiansen...but still hoping it will be good.

neo-dragon · Postby **neo-dragon** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:47 pm

I'm looking forward to The Dark Knight. Batman Begins really got the taste of the Schumacher Batman films out of my mouth and replaced it with something good.

fawkes · Postby **fawkes** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:04 pm

Holy crap, there's a trailer for the Speed Racer movie: http://www.imdb.com/video/trailer/me60811758/

Postby **Luet** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:09 am

In the upcoming movie, Nim's Island, the little girl has a sidekick bearded dragon (like my little baby!) named Fred. In some of the trailer's I've seen, he gets some pretty good screen time. It's probably the only reason I'll see it.

http://www.nimsisland.com/#/videos/

Darth Petra · Postby **Darth Petra** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:32 am

The new Batman movie. Whatever it's called...

But it has the Joker in it. And the Joker is hot.

VelvetElvis · Postby **VelvetElvis** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:33 am

Hot and dead.

Janus%TheDoorman · Postby **Janus%TheDoorman** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:15 am

Iron Man, Dark Knight, and hesitantly Watchmen have piqued my interest.

Iron Man, becuase RDJ won't need to act to be a perfect Tony Stark. Dark Knight because Batman Begins was awesome, and what we've seen of Ledger in the trailers makes him the first Joker I've been even slightly afraid of, and Watchmen because the comics were awesome, though I don't know how well the transition to film will go. Most likely not well, to be honest.

Besides that, the Arrested Development movie and the uncut Fanboys are movies I'm sure I'm going to see.

Postby **locke** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:24 pm

movies I'll definitely see in theatres, organized by release date since I'll probably see it that weekend
April 4th
Leatherheads
Shine a Light (Rolling Stones concert directed by Scorsese)

April 18th
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

April 25th
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

May 2nd
Iron Man
Son of Rambow (holy s*** this looks like the best of the lot so far this year)

May 16th
Prince Caspian

May 23rd
Indiana Jones

June 13th
the Happening
The Incredible Hulk (still a maybe, depends on reviews and if the trailers get better than they are now, but it has Ed Norton)

June 20th
Get Smart

June 27th
Wall*E

July 4th
Hancock

July 11th
Hellboy II
journey to the center of the earth 3d

July 18th
the Dark Knight

August 8th
Pineapple Express

August 15th
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated)
Tropic Thunder
Towelhead

September 26th
Blindness

October 3rd
Valkyrie

October 10th
City of Ember
The Women (depends on reviews/trailers, but the original is superb)

October 24th
The Brothers Bloom

October 31st
Zach and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith)

November 21st
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

November 26th
The Road

December 12th
Day the Earth Stood Still
Seven Pounds

December 19th
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tale of Despereaux
Revolutionary Road

also Coraline which doesn't have a release yet.

lots of good movies coming out this year and many others I also want to see.

Wil · Postby **Wil** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:38 pm

Holy crap, is "The Road" an adaption of the book by Cormac McCarthy?

Darth Petra · Postby **Darth Petra** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:41 pm

Tale of Despereaux is going to be a movie? Sweet.

Postby **locke** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:34 pm

yup, McCarthy's the Road, the novel I consider the best of the 'great american novel' genre since To Kill a Mockingbird. Viggo Mortensen stars. should be phenomenal. the guy directing it did this utterly bad ass australian Western called The Proposition and he should do a great job with the material.

Tale of Despereaux has the most amazing voice cast:
Sigourney Weaver (narrator)
Matthew Broderick
Dustin Hoffman
Kevin Kline
William H Macy
Christopher Lloyd
Robbie Coltrane
Ciarin Hinds.

Should be awesome

Mich · Postby **Mich** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:08 pm

Tale of Despereaux has the most amazing voice cast:

Cam Clarke and Stephen Jay Blum would make it a perfect voice cast, but that is pretty top-notch.

Also, I was so disappointed when The Happening wasn't about Pixies (the band).

Postby **Jayelle** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:03 pm

Iron Man, Dark Knight, and hesitantly Watchmen have piqued my interest.

Holy frick, they're making a Watchmen movie?!? That is gonna be... crap, or awesome. It's so violent and with the not happy ending.
I wonder if Alan Moore is going to disown it like he has every other movie based on his comics.
What's next, Lost Girls? Heh...

Postby **locke** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:21 pm

I think Moore has already pre-disowned Watchmen just to be a dick. That film also has a stellar cast. Jackie Earle Haley, the Creepy guy from Little Children, is playing rorsharch and that's just perfect (even if I can't spell rorshach)

zeroguy · Postby **zeroguy** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:30 am

Dragonball (live-action). Yes, that Dragonball. (Not until 2009, though, according to imdb.) There are.... not enough ellipses....

Postby **Jayelle** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:10 am

I think Moore has already pre-disowned Watchmen just to be a dick.

I don't know if he's so much a dick as...psycho. Just look at him. He looks like a seriel killer.

Darth Petra · Postby **Darth Petra** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:40 am

Oh, and "The Giver", but I don't think it's out until '09, sadly.

And it might not be good....but it's one of my favorite books, so I'm hoping it is.

Mich · Postby **Mich** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:46 am

Don't forget Ender's Game, everyone! It's coming out next year, too!

thatguy1944 · Postby **thatguy1944** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:54 pm

Oh, and "The Giver", but I don't think it's out until '09, sadly.

And it might not be good....but it's one of my favorite books, so I'm hoping it is.

*skweels!!!*

Seriously?? I love that book so much. I hate where i live, when i read it in class in 6th grade, i was like the only one who liked it. I find that this is the case whenever we read something... im the only one who likes, and understands it...

the giver was totally wasted on 6th graders

Eddie Pinz · Postby **Eddie Pinz** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:29 pm

Its not wasted on all six graders. I had to read it and really enjoyed it. That is unusually for me because when I am forced to read something, I almost never like it. There are a few exceptions of course.

Postby **locke** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:37 pm

actually the Giver is attached to David Yates (the director who's hijacked the Harry Potter series) so it won't even go into production until 2011 or 2012. fwiw, I read the Giver in fourth grade, two or three times, before it won the Newberry. it's been one of my favorite books and one that holds up really well too. the audio book is fantastic. also, I want William Hurt to play the giver.

Darth Petra · Postby **Darth Petra** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:32 pm

Don't forget Ender's Game, everyone! It's coming out next year, too!

Or so we think. It had better be good.

Mich · Postby **Mich** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:44 am

Alas, a sarcasm tag completely negates the subtlety of the art.

Speaking of Coraline, what with Stardust being such a hit, and some movie in the works based on Death from The Sandman, isn't it about time that Good Omens get on the big screen? It is tied for favorite of my Gaiman novels, especially considering Pratchett did the other half, and it is one I can definitely see as a film, unlike certain other favorite books.

Poor Yorick, Wikipedia only agrees with me, and offers no real conclusions.

Edit: I'm still shaky on italics, because that looks like too much. Underlines? Quotes? We learned them in 7th grade English, but that was oh-so-long ago.

Postby **locke** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:56 am

all of Gaiman's novels are have been optioned and are in some stage of preproduction hell, Good Omens has just never gotten very far.

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