For those who can't wait for this year's movies to get over, there's always 2008. On tap are the more traditional as well as super sequels: Rambo, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Incredible Hulk, Get Smart, The Mummy (3), James Bond movie 22, Harry Potter, Angels and Demons (Da Vinci Code sequel), and Star Trek

But for the more discerning there are a few movies to mark off on your advanced planning calenders:

01/25/08: The Air I Breathe (four overlapping stories based on a Chinese proverb). Rated 8/10.

02/15/08: Vantage Point (a high-octane political-action thriller). Rated 7/10.

03/07/08: Girls Rock (documentary about girls with a past using music to discover themselves).

03/21/08: Under the Same Moon (Spanish family movie about illegal immigrants).

03/28/08: Stop-Loss (Ryan Phillippe stars in this gripping anti-war movie). Rated 7/10.

04/04/08: Nim's Island (a young female family movie about the adventure). Rated 7/10.

04/11/08: Foodfight! (A animated feature about a grocery store coming to life after closing).

06/13/08: The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan next attempt at horror/thriller).

06/27/08: Valkyrie (The effort to assassinate Hitler starring Tom Cruise).

06/27/08: Wall*E (An animated feature about a lone robot left on earth). Rated 8/10.

07/18/08: Momma Mia! (based on the hit Broadway Musical). Rated 9/10.

09/19/08: Nothing But the Truth (female journalist goes to jail instead of reveal her source).

09/26/08: Nowhereland (Eddie Murphy is a fantasy land of his daughter).

10/03/08: Where the Wild Things Are (based on the children's book).

11/26/08: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Old man is born and lives to become a baby).

12/12/08: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Keanu Reeves stars in scifi remake).

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The Dark Knight, Indy 4, and Iron Man are the blockbusters I'm anticipating.

I'm looking forward to see Iron Man, Stop-Loss, The Dark Knight - starring Christian Bale and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince..

I saw the preview today for Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd." It's, arguably, my favorite musical, by Steven Sondheim, who is, clearly, my favorite composer for the stage. It's directed by Tim Burton, who is one of my two or three favorite directors. It has Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter, whom I like well enough.

Why, then, doesn't it look right? I think Depp and Carter are too young to play the characters. And it looks uncomfortably like the atrocity that was "Phantom of the Opera." So, although I am looking forward to the film, it is with just a bit of trepidation.

Edit: Oops. I missed that the thread is "in 2008." But, hell, this movie is around Christmas, and that's almost 2008!

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kendocubano
Jedi
Posted 22 October 2007 11:10 AM Hide Post
I saw the preview today for Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd." It's, arguably, my favorite musical, by Steven Sondheim, who is, clearly, my favorite composer for the stage. It's directed by Tim Burton, who is one of my two or three favorite directors. It has Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter, whom I like well enough.

Why, then, doesn't it look right? I think Depp and Carter are too young to play the characters. And it looks uncomfortably like the atrocity that was "Phantom of the Opera." So, although I am looking forward to the film, it is with just a bit of trepidation.

Edit: Oops. I missed that the thread is "in 2008." But, hell, this movie is around Christmas, and that's almost 2008!

My bad. I've been keeping a little bored and wanted to look forward to 2008 but I didn't where else to put this thread.

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Originally posted by tabuno:
My bad. I've been keeping a little bored and wanted to look forward to 2008 but I didn't where else to put this thread.

I'll let markf know, and he can make a section for 2008.

Don't sleep on the new Rambo!

Shit is going to blow up everywhere.

I hope there isn't any speaking other than screaming from pain

I honestly haven't a clue. Saw V?

Sweeney Todd and Indy 4

Off the top of my head...

Indy 4
Bond 22
Vantage Point

A lot of those movies on the list sound like Movies of the Week. We just shot a movie here in Toronto that is going to be one of the best in the theaters in 2008 - its called 'Flash of Genius' and its about the guy (a Canadian) who invented the intermittent windshield wiper - sound boring? it isnt.

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arob
Slacker
Posted 07 November 2007 07:34 PM Hide Post
A lot of those movies on the list sound like Movies of the Week. We just shot a movie here in Toronto that is going to be one of the best in the theaters in 2008 - its called 'Flash of Genius' and its about the guy (a Canadian) who invented the intermittent windshield wiper - sound boring? it isnt.

No Country for Old Men

I feel a little insulted, especially when there isn't any substance to which I can comment on here. But hey, it's your opinion, and you must like windshield wipers. Anyway, my attempt to redeem my integrity. Movies of the Week stuff? If you mean the quality of A&E's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE that in my mind was better than the recent movie version then I'd feel better. Anyhow... Hmm... Here it goes.

01/25/08: The Air I Breathe (four overlapping stories based on a Chinese proverb). Plot synopsis:

A businessman (Forest Whitaker) bets his life on a horse race, a gangster (Brendan Fraser) sees the future, a pop star (Sarah Michelle Gellar) falls prety to a crime boss (Andy Garcia) and a doctor (Kevin Bacon) must save the love of his life. Based on a Chinese proverb, these four overlapping stories dramatize the four emotional cornerstones of life: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love.

Sounds pretty far out there even for television. I don't think you'd get Brendan Fraser, Andy Garica, and Kevin Bacon all in the same television movie. O.K. maybe I included this movie because I like Sarah Michelle Gellar.

02/15/08: Vantage Point (a high-octane political-action thriller). O.K...you have me there - so let's see. Oh the release date is tentatively scheduled for 02/22/08. I've actually seen the trailers coming out in movies now and the caliber of actors and the special effects, production values are definitely beyond television standards. This movie is distinction different in a mainstream-way that it has that feel of blockbuster but with quality style. Probably one can just say this is the American updated high energy version of the Japanese original movie that's based on the different views people have of the same incident, but the stakes are much, much higher. This is sort of Japanese copying American movies, making them better but in reverse.

03/07/08: Girls Rock (documentary about girls with a past using music to discover themselves). Documentary - not movie - enough said.

03/21/08: Under the Same Moon (Spanish family movie about illegal immigrants). The content of this movie isn't really movie of the week stuff. It's too focused on the personal lives of ethnic minorities that revolves around illegal immigrants. Not very commercial. This is too serious for television as a movie.

03/28/08: Stop-Loss (Ryan Phillippe stars in this gripping anti-war movie). O.K. I agree that this could be a movie of the week. BUT and this is big BUT, this movie has big movie production values and with the National elections coming up the national parties beginning to select their Presidential nominees during this time, this movie is going to really hit the fan with some pretty vocal commentaries. No way, television and commercial advertisers are going to risk attempting this one.

04/04/08: Nim's Island (a young female family movie about the adventure). O.K. two for two. This definitely sounds like a movie of the week. So all I can offer is the plot summary which just has a feeling that's off the movie of the week script selection criteria, plus Jodie Foster gets act in it.

"Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover- the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now, they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island."

04/11/08: Foodfight! (A animated feature about a grocery store coming to life after closing). Now this sound more like the big-budget blockbuster animation movie that we all hear about, not even close to the budget available to television.

06/13/08: The Happening (M. Night Shyamalan next attempt at horror/thriller). I don't think Shyamalan has descended so far that he'd end up having to direct a movie of the week.

06/27/08: Valkyrie (The effort to assassinate Hitler starring Tom Cruise). Hey - what's there to say? Tom Cruise - trying to assassinate Hitler.

06/27/08: Wall*E (An animated feature about a lone robot left on earth). Yeah maybe. Without any big name stars to voice the characters. But again...there is the techno wiz industry behind this "Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo") and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios ("The Incredibles," "Cars," "Ratatouille") transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL•E."

07/18/08: Momma Mia! (based on the hit Broadway Musical). Nothing else I need say. This is an adaptation of a hit Broadway Musical which means movie industry standards.

09/19/08: Nothing But the Truth (female journalist goes to jail instead of reveal her source). O.K. three out of three here. However with the journalist outing a CIA agent and starring Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Alan Alda, David Schwimmer, Angela Bassett, and being close the elections, this movie could go either way...movie of the week or a serious, cinematic endeavor.

09/26/08: Nowhereland (Eddie Murphy is a fantasy land of his daughter). O.K. 3 and a half out of four. Based on the fact that the director directed OVER THE HEDGE and wrote the screenplay for HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, and Eddie Murphy, I suspect this movie could be somewhere in between like the title says Nowhereland.

10/03/08: Where the Wild Things Are (based on the children's book). OK...could be turned into a movie of the week, but who would want to.

11/26/08: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Old man is born and lives to become a baby). Sounds alittle too odd for movie of the week.

12/12/08: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Keanu Reeves stars in scifi remake). As a scifi fan, a movie of the week version of this classic would be a tragic insult and horror movie (and I'm not talking in a good way).

I can't wait for Sweeny Todd. I have seen the play twice and it is one dark, interesting comedy. To see how Depp plays the role and how the music fits the modern music scene will be very interesting. There is so much that can be done with this story on the screen that is impossible on stage. I look forward to seeing if it is up to the test.

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Rikard
Know-It-All
Posted 09 November 2007 08:47 AM Hide Post
I can't wait for Sweeny Todd. I have seen the play twice and it is one dark, interesting comedy. To see how Depp plays the role and how the music fits the modern music scene will be very interesting. There is so much that can be done with this story on the screen that is impossible on stage. I look forward to seeing if it is up to the test.

Oops, sorry. This is a 2007 coming soon money I think. I'm going to copy it over to that thread, if you don't mind, well, even if you do.

Oh hell no, they're making a Mamma Mia movie? Jesus H Piehole my girlfriend will drag me to that if she has to set me up in an eyelid apparatus Clockwork Orange style.

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adagio926
Slacker
Posted 16 November 2007 10:15 AM Hide Post
Oh hell no, they're making a Mamma Mia movie? Jesus H Piehole my girlfriend will drag me to that if she has to set me up in an eyelid apparatus Clockwork Orange style.

Your comment is one of the most enjoyable comments I've read in a long time!

So it turns out Cloverfield was the real name after all! Check out the full trailer for the new J.J. Abrams movie,
1-18-08. I'm excited about this one.

Iron Man/Indy 4/Incredible Hulk/Rambo/Dark Night

Cloverfield, Dark Knight, the new pixar movie,...that's it for now

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Riku_88
Participant
Posted 08 December 2007 08:34 PM Hide Post
Cloverfield, Dark Knight, the new pixar movie,...that's it for now

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Riku_88
Participant
Posted 08 December 2007 08:34 PM Hide Post
Cloverfield, Dark Knight, the new pixar movie,...that's it for now

I'm suspicious of CLOVERFIELD, based on the trailer it looks more like a ripoff of BLAIR WITCH PROJECT meets THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Whether this approach to alien/monster/mystery invasion will be effective I don't know. It seems too manipulative and cute to me.