Upcoming movie rundown
I am slammed with this whole business move and don’t have a lot of time to blog right now. Sunday night I was supposed to see Think Like a Man and in a surprising twist of fate it was sold out. I really didn’t expect to see that happen, but according to the interlink the movie is doing shockingly well. I will try to see it tonight and let you know if it looks at all better than the trailers (who all make it look like it is only slightly more appealing than a case of whooping cough).
However, there seems to be a bumper crop of movies I am into coming out, so I thought I would do a quick rundown on what we can see in the next month or so. Here we go:
The Pirates! Band of Misfits-I am a fan of Wallace and Gromit (I plan to name my first son Gromit (or Gromitina, if it’s a girl. Sometimes I wonder why I’m still single…) and am really looking forward to this one. Definitely kiddy, but the thing about this style of cartoon is it generally makes for entertaining adult fare as well.
The Pirates! Band of Misfits-I am a fan of Wallace and Gromit (I plan to name my first son Gromit (or Gromitina, if it’s a gir). Sometimes I wonder why I’m still single…) and am really looking forward to this one. Definitely kiddy, but the thing about this style of cartoon is it generally makes for entertaining adult fare as well.
The Five-Year Engagement-it rarely bodes well for a movie that I plan to review when I can think of a funny one liner for the subtitle before even seeing it. In this case if the movie sucks or is slow the subtitle would most likely be something like “The Five-Year Movie”. However, watching How I Met Your Mother has recently given me an appreciation for Jason Segel and I will give this rom com its day in court.
The Raven-of all the movies coming out in the next few weeks this one excites me third most. I am a huge John Kusak fan and the story of Edgar Allen Poe fascinates me. A movie based around his life done should be amazing. There is a chance of suck, but for the most part this should be good.
Safe-what can be said about this other than it’s a Jason Stratham action film? I predict decent action, intensity, and an aversion to razor blades.
The Avengers-this is my second most anticipated movie of the early summer. It looks like it could really rule. Unfortunately, the crowbarring in of a couple of the lesser Avengers (Hawkeye?) has all the hallmarks of “design by committee”, so the potential to run off the rails into the abyss of too much/too little remains. I have faith in Joss Whedon as a director. The problem is he is operating with a 300 pound anchor tied to his neck known as “PG-13”. I predict I will enjoy the hell out of it, but the movie will feel short and have too much human not enough action. Also I think the action will be very sanitized.
Looper-I’m really intrigued by the concept of this one. Also, in spite of all his efforts to make me hate him I still love Bruce Willis, and have of late also become a fan of Joseph Gordan-Ellis. We’ll see.
Dark Shadows-I am really enjoying the trailers for this one, which is usually a bad sign for the movie. However, Johnny Depp and Tim Burton is inevitably a winning combination, like chocolate and peanut butter. I expect to love it.
Abe Lincoln, Vampire Hunter-I am actually getting really annoyed at movie audiences laughing at the trailers for this one. If they don’t understand how freaking cool this movie is going to be they should all shut their lame, ignorant noises holes and stuff Reeces Pieces into their nostrils until they pass out, thus sparing us their stupidity. I think this movie is going to rock. Also, I think America needs to be reminded of the fact that vampires are not romantic dreamboats who sparkle in daylight but rather are evil monster who only want the blood in your veins. (Buffy Staked Edward image courtesy of the Funny T-Shirts category)
God Bless America-this one looks like two of my other favorite movies, Heathers and Natural Born Killers. Check out the trailer.
That’s all I’m really interested in right now. There will no doubt be a number of dross films that I either don’t care about or don’t want to see but have to, so you can look forward to those. However, with this lineup I am actually excited about the upcoming movie season, which is saying a lot as the last two year of seeing everything that comes out has more or less burned out my excitement gland and replaced it with a backup bitterness gland.
Thanks for reading. Look for that dating movie review tomorrow morning. Follow me on Twitter @NerdKungFu or email me at [email protected]. Feel free to post a comment here if you are curious about an upcoming movie and I can look into it and express my poorly informed opinion. Talk to you soon.
Dave
