Theater or Renter: July includes seven SF movies The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Last Airbender, Despicable Me, Predators, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Inception, and Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Will we watch? Will we rent? or do we even care?
Rules of the Game: Watch the trailers. Rate the Trailer. Then share with us your comments: does the movie, it’s trailer and buzz make you want to watch it in the theater, rent it, or not interested at all, and why?
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Release Date: June 30
Listed as: romantic-vampire
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: David Slade
Produced by: Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt
Written by: Melissa Rosenberg
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Billy Burke, Xavier Samuel, Dakota Fanning
The Plot / Story: As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Produced by: M. Night Shyamalan, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer, scott Aversano
Written by: M. Night Shyamalan,
Stars: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Dev Patel, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub, Aasif Mandvi, Cliff Curtis
The Plot / Story: Based on the first season of the show The Book of Water Avatar The Last Airbender. Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara a waterbender, and her brother, Sokka, to restore balance to their war-torn world. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Theater: I love the series that this movie is based on. The movie trailers looks great. Other then the race bending possible issues I'm really looking forward to watching this movie.
Despicable Me:
Release Date: JULY 9
Listed as: Animated, fantasy
Studio: Universal Studios
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Co-Director: Sergio Pablos
Produced by: John Cohen, Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri
Written by: Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul
Stars: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Ken Jeong, Jemaine Clement, Julie Andrews, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher, Dave Foley, Philip Bolden
The Plot / Story: In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. The protagonist, Gru, is the #2 villain who wants to accomplish an unthinkable task with the help of his large army of minions and various gadgets. He attempts this while trying to outsmart his arch-rival, #1 super villain, Vector. He thinks he's found the perfect scheme when he decides to do the impossible: steal the moon itself. However, he meets three super small orphan girls who want him to become their dad. The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Renter: At first I was excited about this Despicable Me but the trailers got old fast. There are also several yellow flags with this project that make me cautious about watching this film. Steve Carell is funny I really like him in the office but I have not cared for his other projects, universal studios animation project which tend to be ok and the incessant need to use 3d as a gimmick to force me into watching it in the theater and I can wait.
Predators:
Release Date: JULY 9
Listed as: science fiction, action, horror
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Nimród Antal
Produced by: Robert Rodriguez, John Davis, Elizabeth Avellan
Written by: Michael Finch, Alex Litvak
Stars: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali,
The Plot / Story: Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey. With the exception of a disgraced physician, they are all cold-blooded killers mercenaries, Yakuza, convicts, death squad members human “predators” that are now being systemically hunted and eliminated by a new breed of alien Predators. (Wikipedia) (official site)
Theater: I'm an old school fan of the Predator movies not so much of a fan of all the recent attempts at reboots. That said this one looks descent they kept the jungle feel.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice:
Release Date: July 16
Listed as: Sorcery, Fantasy, Adventure , Comedy film
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by: Screenplay: Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard, Matt Lopez Screen story: Matt Lopez, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal Poem: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina
The Plot / Story: A live-action re-imagining of the Mickey Mouse Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment in Disney’s Fantasia. An average college student is reluctantly recruited to work for a sorcerer, who gives him a crash course in magic to prepare him for a battle against the forces of darkness in modern Manhattan. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Not Interested: This project spits on the memory of Walt Disney. He loved Fantasia, cherished it as his greatest achievement of merging music and visuals. To turn part of it into a simple movie with cheep tricks and borrowed plot line from other contemporary movies is a horrible thing and I want no part of it.
Inception:
Release Date: JULY 16th
Listed as: sci-fi, action, thriller
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Christopher Nolan
Produced by: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
Written by: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine
The Plot / Story: Dom Cobb is a skilled thief in the art of "extraction," stealing secrets from deep within the unconscious mind during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him valuable in corporate espionage. In one last job, he must cause an "inception" – instead of stealing an idea, he must plant one. Christopher Nolan, the director of the movie, was quoted as saying "We don't do magic. Everything in Inception has a basis in reality, except for the technology". (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Not Interested: Premise is weak, the trailer boring and worst yet Christopher Nolan is all over this project. He is a big red flag in any project.
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore:
Release Date: JULY 30
Listed as: Family, Fantasy
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Brad Peyton
Produced by: Polly Cohen, Andrew Lazar, Greg Michael, Brent O'Connor
Written by: Ron J. Friedman, Steve Bencich, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Stars: Chris O’Donnell, Jack McBrayer, Fred Armisen, Paul Rodriguez, Christina Applegate, Michael Clarke Duncan, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes, James Marsden, Bette Midler, Nick Nolte, Joe Pantoliano, Katt Williams
The Plot / Story: Kitty Galore, a hairless Sphynx cat, grows tired of dogs and her own cat friends. So, she decides to take over the world. Diggs, a police dog, and his mentor, Butch, are selected by the Dogs HQ spy force to stop her. The cats join forces with with the dogs and get additional support from the birds to block Galore's scheme. Galore, meanwhile, has the help of the mice and hires the devious cat and antagonist from the first film, Mr. Tinkles. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Theater / Renter: this is probably a renter for me but as previously confessed in My Dirty Secret Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore I'm a sucker for this movie. The first in the series was really entertaining and funny. Based on the trailers and promotional materials it looks like the second one has not lost that flavor.
This is an amazing incite full video exploring how Twilight works. Thanks very much for Epipheo Studios who wrote and produced the video. watch the video above.
The breakdown is quite simple and follows this formula: Lego + Super Guy = infatuation
Bella is the Lego, an every girl designed to be generic and perfectly identifiable by many.
Edward is the Super Guy given great detail and represents what every woman wants in a guy times 10,000.
I finally rented Twilight. It is a horrible move. It can be summed up as awkward, boring, and the worst portrayal of vampires I have ever watched.
If only the project didn't take it's self seriously then Twilight might have made a mildly entertaining vampire spoof movie but unfortunately that was not the intent.
Sadly, seeing Twilight was NOT the thrill of a lifetime. In fact, if I didn’t love the books so much, I doubt if I would have stayed.
The screen writing, or the way the high school students were directed (I can’t tell which) was very Disney sit-com style. I can’t blame the whole cast for this, I just think the styling and direction were lacking somehow. It was almost like they focused only on Bella and Edward and the rest of the cast was an afterthought. Even the scenes where Bella wasn’t with Edward seemed phoned in.
Overall, this flick will be a must see for all teen girls in love with Edward. It finally gives them a face to fall in love with. As for fans not in love with Robert Pattinson, we’ll have to hope the wolves help pull the second film out of the High School Musical demographic.
Twilight will hit theaters Friday November 21, 2008 and unlike many out there I’m not eager to see it.
I started out with mixed emotions over this movie the initial trailer was not that exciting. After watching the Twilight Final Trailer I got a little more excited about this project but mainly because of the vampire element in it. After all I'm a sucker for vampires. The official site looks nice and loads quickly for a movie site.
Then I learned about all of the emo mentality that infused the characters and their perspective and was totally turned off. Sparkeling vampires in the light... wtf.
Twilight is based on the book Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1). I tried to read the book and could not even make it past the beginning part it was horrible. Not very promising for the movie.
This is not even a renter for me.
Let me know what you think. Will you go to see Twilight in the theater or rent it? If you have seen it in the theater should I go see it and why?
Destination Truth: Season 1: This show is awesome, Josh Gates does a wonderful job taking us on an adventure all over the world. IN season one we go hunting for a mermaid like sea creature, the Chupacabra, has an amazing Bigfoot sighting, the Tokoloshe, werewolves, and visits a haunted village.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon: Even though I don't care to watch this movie like the first one I have added both to the rental que. That said I'm actually more interested in the the second Twilight movie just because Christopher Heyerdahl is in it. Even the studios don't think so high of the movie. They have released it at the marked down price of $16.99 rather then the $20 range that is typical of the double disc releases.
Theater or Renter: November includes eight SF movies 1/2 of them are books adapted into movies: A Christmas Carol, The Fourth Kind, 2012, Planet 51, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Ninja Assassin, The Road. Will we watch? Will we rent? or do we even care?
Rules of the Game: Watch the trailers. Rate the Trailer. Then share with us your comments: does the movie, it’s trailer and buzz make you want to watch it in the theater, rent it, or not interested at all, and why?
A Christmas Carol:
Release Date: NOVEMBER 6th
Listed as: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Produced by: Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis
Written by: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Cary Elwes, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Molly C. Quinn
The Plot / Story: An animated retelling of the Victorian morality tale A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge an old and bitter miser undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
The Fourth Kind:
Release Date: NOVEMBER 6th
Listed as: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Produced by: Paul Brooks, Joe Carnahan
Written by: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Stars: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton
The Plot / Story: The Fourth Kind is a reenactment of alien abduction events that are claimed to have actually happened. An investigator is dispatched to Nome, Alaska to puzzle out a 40-year-long mystery involving an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances in the town. Her videotaped evidence looks to present the most convincing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
2012:
Release Date: NOVEMBER 13th
Listed as: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Director: Roland Emmerich
Produced by: Roland Emmerich, Mark Gordon, Harald Kloser, Larry J. Franco, Ute Emmerich
Written by: Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich
Stars: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson
The Plot / Story: The film explores the idea of a global doomsday event coinciding with the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012. In Guatemala reports start coming in of mass suicides in the Mayan jungles of people attempting to avoid the impending apocalypse. A secret organization that realizes the world is ending and is constructing of vast arks beneath the Himalayan mountains to save both the Human race and significant animal species when doomsday finally happens. The disaster strikes all over with super volcano and mega earthquakes from dramatic shifting in the earths crust. A group of survivors, including Jackson Curtis and his family fight their way to China before they can board the great arks and save themselves from the gigantic tidal waves sweeping across the Earth. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Planet 51:
Release Date: NOVEMBER 20th
Listed as: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Studio: TriStar Pictures
Director: Jorge Blanco
Produced by: Ignacio Perez Dolset, Guy Colins
Written by: Joe Stillman
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese
The Plot / Story: The film follows a human astronaut, Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker who lands on Planet 51 thinking he's the first to set foot on it. However, he discovers it's inhabited by little green people who live in a white picket-fenced world reminiscent of 1950s America. The inhabitants of planet 51 are struck with alien fear and Captain Baker struggles to survive and get off the planet before they capture him. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
The Plot / Story: Based on the book The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Fantastic Mr. Fox:
Release Date: NOVEMBER 20th
Listed as: Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Studio: Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Allison Abbate, Steven Rales
Director: Wes Anderson
Produced by: Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Allison Abbate, Steven Rales
Written by: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach
Stars: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Jarvis Cocker, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Helen McCrory
The Plot / Story: Animated kids film based on Roald Dahl's book Fantastic Mr. Fox. Mr. Fantastic lives next to the three meanest farmers who push too far. Now it is time to strike back at them. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
Studio: Legendary Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment, Silver Pictures
Director: James McTeigue
Produced by: Joel Silver, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Grant Hill
Written by: Story: Matthew Sand Screenplay: Matthew Sand, J. Michael Straczynski
Stars: Rain, Naomie Harris
The Plot / Story: Raizo, kidnapped as a child and raised by the Ozunu Clan, is one of the world’s deadliest assassins. When Raizo’s friend is executed by the clan, he flees into hiding. Meanwhile, Mika Coretti, a Europol agent, retrieves secret agency files on The Clan. Finding out about the investigation, The Clan attempts to assassinate her, but she is rescued by Raizo. Reemerging, seeking revenge he must find a way to take down the Ozunu Clan. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
The Road:
Release Date: NOVEMBER 25th
Listed as: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Studio: 2929 Productions
Director: John Hillcoat
Produced by: Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz
Written by: Joe Penhall
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron
The Plot / Story: Based on the book The Road. A father and his young son struggle to survive after an unspecified apocalypse and make their way toward the coast for possible food, shelter, safety, or to potentially find other survivors of the cataclysmic events. Along the way, they encounter grave struggles and hardships across the barren landscapes, with scarce shelter and resources available to them, and having to avoid bands of cannibals and other desperate gangs looking to pillage valuables and food. (Wikipedia) (The Official Site)
A writer plans to sue Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, accusing her of plagiarizing her by lifting passages from an obscure book she wrote called The Nocturne and using them in her vampire romance Breaking Dawn (SCI FI Wire)
I don't know if there is any truth to the allegations, but my biggest question is WHY?
It is no secret that I am not a fan of Stephenie Meyer. I don't like her style, and could not finish Twilight because of it. I know a lot of readers that feel the same way as I do. Why would you want to associate your name with Stephenie Meyer except to try to get the attention of Twilight reader? There are 2 big PR problems with this.
Twilight fans are rabid and will attack The Nocturne and author Jordan Scott
Non-Twilight fans will categorize Jordan Scott with an author they don't like
The only hope Scott has is that she will win her case and get some money out of it, otherwise she has simply hurt her career.
It's no secret that I am not a fan of Twilight and that I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so when you can imagine the glee I felt when I saw this video of Buffy slaying Edward. Well edited and funny, this is a great fan edit!
Sword Masters: The Duel of the Century: a Shaw Brothers film. Liu Yung and Sun Chien team to investigate the martial-art murders of a supposedly mortally wounded swordsman, only to find deception, death, double-dealings, imposters and one deadly duel after another. I’m very curious about this film it makes me think of The Duel which rocked, plus it’s a Shaw Brothers film which any wuxia fan can appreciate.
Ghost Hunters: Season 4, Pt. 2: they travel from a sanitarium which has placed 911 calls to the police -- but there is no phone in the building! -- to the most haunted ship in the U.S. Navy. Then go to a tavern in a TAPS member's own hometown where customers are heard enjoying a game of pool but the hall is closed and empty, and a home where a small child hears voices and has unexplainable scratches on his body. TAPS even goes to the plantation seen in "Interview with a Vampire" where 35 tourists all witnessed the same paranormal activity at the same instant!
Twilight: I will probably rent this one I love vampire movies but i’m concerned about this one. Read the full review here Twilight - The Movie.
Punisher: War Zone: I doubt that I will see this movie. I like Punisher and would love to see a good Punisher movie but I have little hope that this will be one. Read the full review here Punisher: War Zone Review.
The Spectacular Spider-Man, Vol. 2: these are not the show from the 90’s its a 90 minute single disc featuring the rise of the super-villains.
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