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Author Topic: What movies will be hot for Christmas? James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 11-08-2007 10:06 PM                     Tonight I just saw the dreadful Bee Movie with my family. Watching the trailers for Enchanted, Golden Compass and The Water Horse does NOT give me hope for the holidays. In fact, I would hate to be a kid at the movies now. Mr Magorium looks weak, the animated Panda thing and...the Vegitales...EHHH. My money is on National Treasure...and adult fare with legs like American Gangster. (I know the Panda thing and Vegitales come out next year.)  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 11-08-2007 10:34 PM                     I think National Treasure: Book of Secrets will probably be the biggest hit of the holiday season. Beowulf will do well, but not the numbers of the National Treasure sequel. The Golden Compass looks interesting, but I'm not really sure about it. The Coen Brothers' No Country For Old Men will likely be a darling for the critics. Good word of mouth could turn it into a hit. I'm certainly wanting to check it out. I don't have a good feeling about I am Legend. Really, I hope it turns out to be a really good movie. But the marketing on this, right down to the title itself, just doesn't make any sense. I'm not familiar with the material. I don't know the "secret handshake" regarding this story. However, that may make my feelings over this film's marketing even more valid. No movie should require the viewer any prerequisite book/comic book reading, TV watching or video game playing. Overall, I do agree with Mike that this holiday season's movie offerings seem a bit on the weak side compared to the release slate from the previous several holiday seasons.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 11-09-2007 04:24 PM                     I forgot about No Country For Old Men. This one should be good. I've been a fan of the Coen Brothers for a long time, since Raising Arizona. (Blood Simple was good but hard to watch...strangely, Fargo wasn't so hard to watch...)  |  IP: Logged

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