Unless something pops up thaty was flying under my radar, there are only three films currently on my "Must See" list.
1, The new Batman film.
2, The new Spiderman film.
3, The Hobbit
Movies You Are Really Looking Forward To
Started by Strom, Jul 10 2006 12:21 AM
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 03:02 PM
"I vanquished Law once, I'll conquer yet again--
And force upon Mankind the Freedom he fears--
And dead gods I will again defy?"
And force upon Mankind the Freedom he fears--
And dead gods I will again defy?"
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Posted 23 May 2012 - 01:52 AM
I'm also looking forward to
Snow White and the Huntsman,
Brave
Prometheus
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.
Not that I'm sure they'll all be good. I want to see some of them for laughs, some for curiosity.
Snow White and the Huntsman,
Brave
Prometheus
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.
Not that I'm sure they'll all be good. I want to see some of them for laughs, some for curiosity.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
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"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 06:00 PM
Trailer for Taken 2 (aka, Liam Neeson kills some more people):
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 10:25 PM
Trailer for Taken 2 (aka, Liam Neeson kills some more people):
Liam is a bad-a$$. Been a fan for 30yrs. Glad to see he's getting some action hero props now.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 12:35 AM
I gotta wonder about the bad guys in this one. If they're the family of the guys he killed in the first movie, they must have a death wish. Neeson's character waged a one-man war against them and won, and they're antagonizing him again? Are they crazy?
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 01:52 AM
That's called "Suicide by Neeson". A syndrome similar to "Suicide by Eastwood" or "Suicide by Norris".I gotta wonder about the bad guys in this one. If they're the family of the guys he killed in the first movie, they must have a death wish. Neeson's character waged a one-man war against them and won, and they're antagonizing him again? Are they crazy?
This sort of suicide usually turns out to be more exciting and more expensive than the "do it yourself" version.
Edited by Ironhand, 25 June 2012 - 02:03 AM.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
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"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 02:01 AM
Two things I REALLY liked about that trailer:
The thrown ax that actually tumbles, because it's both cool and authentic,
The guy yelling who morphs into the roaring dragon logo, because it's cool.
You don't need exploding cars to be cool.
The thrown ax that actually tumbles, because it's both cool and authentic,
The guy yelling who morphs into the roaring dragon logo, because it's cool.
You don't need exploding cars to be cool.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 01:37 AM
Can't say I'm exactly looking forward to this:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56734
Someone decided to trust M. Night Shyamalan with a big budget science-fiction movie. This, after the debacle of The Last Airbender.
WHY???
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56734
Someone decided to trust M. Night Shyamalan with a big budget science-fiction movie. This, after the debacle of The Last Airbender.
WHY???
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 08:03 AM
The Smiths are both good actors. Can they save this movie?Can't say I'm exactly looking forward to this:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/56734
Someone decided to trust M. Night Shyamalan with a big budget science-fiction movie. This, after the debacle of The Last Airbender.
WHY???
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 01:13 AM
Looking forward to Total Recall and The Hobbit, will make my year if both are good.
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 04:22 PM
Looking forward to Total Recall and The Hobbit, will make my year if both are good.
Yeah, definitely The Hobbit! Gandalf and Bilbo are on the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, and there are several new photos and a big article inside. I'm psyched!
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 05:27 PM
Seeing Savages this weekend.
It's based on a novel by Don Winslow, my favorite crime writer. His book "The Power of the Dog" is one of the most propulsive books I've ever read. A roman a clef on the origins of the modern drug trade in Mexico and California. Savages is a slimmer, smaller story dealing with the contemporary developments from that trade. Experimental in style, morally ambiguous, carnal and violent. It's one of those your-mileage-may-vary deals — people either love it or hate it. Guess which camp I'm in...
It should make a great movie.
Sort of bingeing (again) on tales set in Mexico. Reading James Carlos Blake's "Country of the Bad Wolfes". guess it's time to watch The Wild Bunch again...
It's based on a novel by Don Winslow, my favorite crime writer. His book "The Power of the Dog" is one of the most propulsive books I've ever read. A roman a clef on the origins of the modern drug trade in Mexico and California. Savages is a slimmer, smaller story dealing with the contemporary developments from that trade. Experimental in style, morally ambiguous, carnal and violent. It's one of those your-mileage-may-vary deals — people either love it or hate it. Guess which camp I'm in...
It should make a great movie.
Sort of bingeing (again) on tales set in Mexico. Reading James Carlos Blake's "Country of the Bad Wolfes". guess it's time to watch The Wild Bunch again...
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 07:36 PM
Looking forward to Total Recall and The Hobbit, will make my year if both are good.
Yeah, definitely The Hobbit! Gandalf and Bilbo are on the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, and there are several new photos and a big article inside. I'm psyched!
Speaking of, principal photography wrapped today. PJ just posted a picture of himself and the clapboard on his FB page and it's all over the net today. I wonder if they have time set aside for reshoots or pick-ups for the second movie as they go through the footage and realize they need something (or something better).
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Posted 06 July 2012 - 10:01 PM
Been watching Peter Jacksons diaries on line and it looks awsome, I think it will hold its own against the LOTR's. some fear that it will be crap in comparison, my belief being that The Hobbit was my fav story out of all his books should do well. Seen the fight scene being filmed in the diary with the wargs in the old forest....stoked indeed.
Looking forward to Total Recall and The Hobbit, will make my year if both are good.
Yeah, definitely The Hobbit! Gandalf and Bilbo are on the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, and there are several new photos and a big article inside. I'm psyched!
Speaking of, principal photography wrapped today. PJ just posted a picture of himself and the clapboard on his FB page and it's all over the net today. I wonder if they have time set aside for reshoots or pick-ups for the second movie as they go through the footage and realize they need something (or something better).
?I do not accept as matter of belief certain things in this history, or rather fiction; for some things are diabolical superstitions, some are poetical inventions, some have the semblance of truth, some have not; and some are meant for the entertainment of fools.? Book of Leinster ? 12th century
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Posted 11 July 2012 - 07:10 PM
This could be fun. Peter Dinklage, and Summer Glau, they know their fan favorites.
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 03:02 PM
This could be fun. Peter Dinklage, and Summer Glau, they know their fan favorites.
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 01:53 AM
Hopefully we can look forward to this:
A new Oz film by Sam Raimi. Yes, the same Raimi who produces Spartacus. Since I was a big Oz fan when I was a young'un (Hey, I hadn't discovered Howard and Burroughs yet!) I hope this is good. I wonder how much they've taken from the books (as opposed to the MGM movie). I do recognize one thing from the original book that wasn't in the movie.
A new Oz film by Sam Raimi. Yes, the same Raimi who produces Spartacus. Since I was a big Oz fan when I was a young'un (Hey, I hadn't discovered Howard and Burroughs yet!) I hope this is good. I wonder how much they've taken from the books (as opposed to the MGM movie). I do recognize one thing from the original book that wasn't in the movie.
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 16 July 2012 - 12:12 AM
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes has multiple stories and ALL TRUE except Sherlock Holmes. The author David Grann is the same author of The Lost City of Z. These are two of the finest non REH books I've ever read right up there with True Haunting by Ed Becker!! The story Chameleon was unbelievable! There's true crime, passion, and even a sea story about a man's passion on finding the largest squid. I read this book in two days just like the Lost City of Z. The story about Chris who perfected the perfect crime and wrote about it is superb! There's also a true story of the greatest baseball stealer ever and one you'll never forget!
By Keith Staskiewicz & Owen Gleiberman; Pertaining to The Cameleon in The Devil and Sherlock Holmes there's a documentary out called A Story So Weird It Must Be True: The Imposter. In 1994, a 13 year old boy in Texas name Nicholas Barclay went missing.
SPOILER ALERT ---- DON'T READ ANYMORE PLEASE.
Three years later, Frederic Bourdin, a then 23 year old French Algerian claimed to be Barclay, despite the fact that the two looked nothing alike. Astonishingly, everyone bought it. Bourdin was given a US passport, and he flew to the States and lived with the Barclay's family for nearly five months, until a private investigator revealed Bourdin, a.k.a. the Chameleon to be a fraud, and a Texas judge sentenced him to six years in jail.
In The Imposter as Nicholas, he claimed to have been kidnapped by a sinister cadre of military men who turned boys into sex slaves. The cast of characters is as creepy as Blood Simple from a private detective eager to dig up a body to Nicholas' frog-voice mother, who's like a backwoods Mason Reese.
Edited by Richard, 16 July 2012 - 12:26 AM.
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Posted 24 July 2012 - 06:55 AM
I don't care for the Lord of The Rings movies. I'm curious to give The Hobbit a shot as it's one of my favorite books, but I'll probably end up renting it.
I thought Oz The Great And Powerful looked pretty good too - the porcelain people from the book always freaked me out in the book and I see them in the trailer. I like James Franco.
I think the new Man of Steel movie looks cool by the trailer, but don't entirely trust Zack Snyder to pull it off.
I thought Oz The Great And Powerful looked pretty good too - the porcelain people from the book always freaked me out in the book and I see them in the trailer. I like James Franco.
I think the new Man of Steel movie looks cool by the trailer, but don't entirely trust Zack Snyder to pull it off.
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