Movie Stuff
So instead of a list of movies I liked from LAST year (like SHAUN OF THE DEAD, THE INCREDIBLES, LEMONY SNICKET, SPIDER-MAN 2, DAY AFTER TOMORROW, RINGU, THE GRUDGE, GARDEN STATE...) here is some stuff on some movies I'm looking forward to seeing THIS year.....
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
I read the books years ago and loved the dry, strangely logical silliness of Douglas Adams. I love the silly, card-boardy TV show, and now that it's out on DVD I don't have to be afraid that my VHS copy will cry out 'Enough already!' and snap in two. I recently bought the original BBC radio show audio CDs and I loved those too. Each one was slightly different in its own way. The sad thing is Adams passed away before production on the movie started. He did write the script, so there is hope. If they can infuse his spirit and love and passion into this movie, it might be magic. Please make this movie as much fun as ANY of the other permutations and I will be happy!
WAR OF THE WORLDS
This is one of those movies you might ask, why remake it? George Pal's original WAR OF THE WORLDS is one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. But with Spielberg behind the remake, it just might kick some ass. And Tom Cruise has proved to me that he respects genre films. Look at 'Minority Report' and 'Interview with a Vampire.' I'm ready for the invasion!
Tim Burton's CORPSE BRIDE
Here's what I read about this one: 'Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Although life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love.'
Stop-motion, animated feature! Tim Burton! Johnny Depp! Christopher Lee! Albert Finney! Helena Bonham Carter! Need I say more?!
LAND OF THE DEAD
Finally! George A Romero returns to the genre he invented with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (creepyest movie ever made!) and still reigns supreme. I saw DAY OF THE DEAD on opening day, October 31 (Halloween!) 1985, dressed as a zombie! I arrived early and I sat with my eyes closed, all alone in the theater. When others started to arrive, as they got near me and started whispering, I slowly opened my eyes and sat up. Freaked them all out! I was also the last to leave; I threw the theater doors open with a bang, and slowly shuffled out, past a silent crowd! To think that there will be a new George Romero zombie movie this year make me shiver with delight!
Also coming up is STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH, BATMAN BEGINS, and FANTASTIC FOUR, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much with these three films. Episodes I and II were okay, but they didn't come near to giving me that excited feeling I got when I first saw the original STAR WARS (before it was re-named 'Episode IV') I'm hoping like hell that, if this really is THE LAST STAR WARS MOVIE, that George hits this one way out of the park.
As for BATMAN BEGINS, after BATMAN FOREVER and BATMAN AND ROBIN, although I don't detest these two films as much as it seemed most people do, I certainly don't want to see another film in that vein. Let's hope Warner Bros learned something from that experience and comes out with a killer Batman movie.
And didn't someone already make a FANTASTIC FOUR movie that was so bad it never was even released?
Also coming up is RING 2, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, SUPERMAN........
More later....
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
I read the books years ago and loved the dry, strangely logical silliness of Douglas Adams. I love the silly, card-boardy TV show, and now that it's out on DVD I don't have to be afraid that my VHS copy will cry out 'Enough already!' and snap in two. I recently bought the original BBC radio show audio CDs and I loved those too. Each one was slightly different in its own way. The sad thing is Adams passed away before production on the movie started. He did write the script, so there is hope. If they can infuse his spirit and love and passion into this movie, it might be magic. Please make this movie as much fun as ANY of the other permutations and I will be happy!
WAR OF THE WORLDS
This is one of those movies you might ask, why remake it? George Pal's original WAR OF THE WORLDS is one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. But with Spielberg behind the remake, it just might kick some ass. And Tom Cruise has proved to me that he respects genre films. Look at 'Minority Report' and 'Interview with a Vampire.' I'm ready for the invasion!
Tim Burton's CORPSE BRIDE
Here's what I read about this one: 'Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Although life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love.'
Stop-motion, animated feature! Tim Burton! Johnny Depp! Christopher Lee! Albert Finney! Helena Bonham Carter! Need I say more?!
LAND OF THE DEAD
Finally! George A Romero returns to the genre he invented with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (creepyest movie ever made!) and still reigns supreme. I saw DAY OF THE DEAD on opening day, October 31 (Halloween!) 1985, dressed as a zombie! I arrived early and I sat with my eyes closed, all alone in the theater. When others started to arrive, as they got near me and started whispering, I slowly opened my eyes and sat up. Freaked them all out! I was also the last to leave; I threw the theater doors open with a bang, and slowly shuffled out, past a silent crowd! To think that there will be a new George Romero zombie movie this year make me shiver with delight!
Also coming up is STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH, BATMAN BEGINS, and FANTASTIC FOUR, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much with these three films. Episodes I and II were okay, but they didn't come near to giving me that excited feeling I got when I first saw the original STAR WARS (before it was re-named 'Episode IV') I'm hoping like hell that, if this really is THE LAST STAR WARS MOVIE, that George hits this one way out of the park.
As for BATMAN BEGINS, after BATMAN FOREVER and BATMAN AND ROBIN, although I don't detest these two films as much as it seemed most people do, I certainly don't want to see another film in that vein. Let's hope Warner Bros learned something from that experience and comes out with a killer Batman movie.
And didn't someone already make a FANTASTIC FOUR movie that was so bad it never was even released?
Also coming up is RING 2, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, SUPERMAN........
More later....
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