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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 03-14-2005, 10:00 PM:
 
I know in this business we see alot of movies...but what film or films really stick out in your mind and you can't wait for them to come in and screen.

For me it has to be...

Sin City, Batman Begins, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 03-14-2005, 10:59 PM:
 
"Sin City" is the one I want to see in the near term. I will be in Sin City (Las Vegas) on April 1 when it opens. Anyone have any recommendations for good movie theaters near the Vegas strip?

"Kingdom of Heaven" might be a pretty good epic (well, hopefully anyway).

"War of the Worlds" is certain to have some impressive visual effects eye candy. However, I'm being careful not to have expecations the Cruise/Spielberg collaboration will do any better than "Minority Report."

I'll see "Episode III," but I'm not wishing for its May 19 release date to hurry up and arrive.

"Batman Begins" may be pretty interesting -at least depending upon how Christoper Nolan handles it. At least he's shooting it in real anamorphic 'scope.

"Charlie and Chocolate Factory" could be a big hit, although I might consider it a sleeper hit if it does well. It could also wind up being boring as hell. We'll just see.
 

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Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 03-14-2005, 11:05 PM:
 
Three words:
Wallace and Gromit



[ 03-15-2005, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: Adam Wilbert ]
 

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Posted by Stephen Frazza (Member # 2320) on 03-14-2005, 11:58 PM:
 
Definately Sin City

I am a total comic book geek and I read all the issues back when they came out.This looks like a really good comic adaptation.Can't wait.
 

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Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 03-15-2005, 12:03 AM:
 
Sin City
Kingdom of Heaven

STAR WARS!!!!

(ok, shoot me now all you prequel haters).

AJG
 

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Posted by Dan Lyons (Member # 1454) on 03-15-2005, 12:34 AM:
 
RENT
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-15-2005, 12:37 AM:
 
I'm anticipating THE LONGEST YARD, but I'm also dreading it because the 1974 original is one of my favorite movies. I'm hoping the new one doesn't suck too bad.
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 03-15-2005, 02:15 AM:
 
Hands down, the ONLY movie I'm looking forward to ... Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. And it's been a long time since I've anticipated a movie.

It's very true, the hype and anticipation over any movie, after one has been in the business long enough, just starts to disappear. It was the summer "blockbusters" that were the first off the list for me. You see so many disappointments after a year of waiting for them, and then you just don't care anymore about these "event" movies.

I think the last movie I looked forward to for more than a few months that didn't disappoint me was The Truman Show. After that, it was A Mighty Wind. Other than that, I don't think I gave a darn about any releases, at least not ones I knew about long enough beforehand.

Oh, and now that I just saw Adam's post ... I simply am obligated to anticipate Wallace and Gromit! Tell me it's true! It better be better than Chicken Run.
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 03-15-2005, 02:45 AM:
 
Studio Ghibli nut that I am, looking forward to:

Howl's Moving Castle, Miyazaki's latest, wide release by Disney in June

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Miyazaki's first, small art-house release by Disney this summer
 

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Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 03-15-2005, 04:39 PM:
 
Brian. It most certainly is true. October is a long wait though...
Check out the featurette at apple's quicktime site
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 03-15-2005, 10:53 PM:
 
Pretty cool! Thanks. Okay, that's officially two movies I'm looking forward to ... H2G2 and W&G.
 

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Posted by David Favel (Member # 1125) on 03-15-2005, 11:55 PM:
 
Please don't let Aeon Flux suck!
Please don't let Aeon Flux suck!
Please don't let Aeon Flux suck!
Please don't let Aeon Flux suck!
Hitchhikers
Please don't let Aeon Flux suck!
Please don't let Aeon Flux suck!
Batman
Please don't let Aeon Flux suck!
 

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Posted by James Faber (Member # 2796) on 03-16-2005, 04:23 AM:
 
Sin City looks like it will be the best movie I've seen in a long while.

Kingdom of Heaven looks like it could be good, but I worry about historical inaccuracies that I can't handle I'm a big history nerd, ESPECIALLY about the Crusades.

Batman Begins could go either way, although I'm pretty sure Christian Bale will do a decent job.

Episode III - I don't want to, but I will.

Also, for all you gamers, did you know they're making a Metroid movie? Probably one of the worst ideas ever...
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 03-16-2005, 11:41 AM:
 
Guess I'll have to look into Sin City. Haven't seen any trailers for it yet.

Just caught a bit of Kung Fu Hustle at ShoWest last night. A buddy running the film side of the booth in the Paris Hotel 'Le Theatre des Arts' reports extremely good audience reactions to this one--lots of cheering and applause coming from the houses. This one looks like it may do well, despite being subtitled. A very fun film, probably a sleeper hit.
 

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Posted by Pravin Ratnam (Member # 1417) on 03-17-2005, 03:34 AM:
 
Sin City.

Oh Paul, you are barely recognizable in your new picture. So the other picture I am looking forward to is Paul Mayer's next one.
 

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Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 03-17-2005, 04:11 PM:
 
Sin City
Episode III
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
 

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Posted by John T. Hendrickson, Jr (Member # 849) on 03-17-2005, 04:24 PM:
 
Spielberg is way overdo. "War of the Worlds" may be the big hit of the summer. I'm looking forward to seing the trailer tomorrow.

The fact that there are no other releases presently scheduled for the 4th of July weekend indicates that nobody wants to go up against it.

But... I've been wrong before.
 

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Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 03-19-2005, 07:37 PM:
 
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (November 18).

Seriously. That's about it.

I'm HOPING for a few pleasant surprises, maybe Batman, maybe Bewitched, maybe Sin City. But in looking through the list of releases for this year, and based on what I've seen so far, I may see fewer movies this year than any year since 1998.

They're remaking "Fun with Dick and Jane"?!? SERIOUSLY. What's up with that.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-19-2005, 11:31 PM:
 
Bewitched is going to suck because Nicole Kidman's nose twitch is not real, it's annoying. And they'll probably have her twitching through the whole movie, where in the TV show Sam would only twitch a couple of times in an episode.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 03-20-2005, 01:37 AM:
 
Sin City looks interesting, but it could be quite the suckfest. I'll watch Episode III just so I can say I watched the entire series, but it will probably have way too much cgi to entertain me.

Sadly there really isn't ANYTHING that I've seen a trailer for that even gives the illusion of being good! And no way in hell will I be anywhere near a theater during June 22-23rd. Do you have any idea what is happening on those days? I'll give you three hints:

*Bewitched
*Dukes of Hazzard movie
*Herbie: Fully Loaded

I mean DAMN that week is going to be downright horrific!!!!
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 03-20-2005, 02:03 AM:
 
Lucas was saying on 60 minutes or some crap show like that... that it's a tear jerker. I think he's looking for some way to get the Academy to recognize his writing or some dumb poop like that. I'll wait for this one to come out on DVD... As I sit through ALL the episodes just to torture myself for no reason whatsoever.

Sin City looks sweet from the trailers. The whole B&W contrast with a touch of bright color is a cool effect.
 

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Posted by Timothy Ervin (Member # 733) on 03-20-2005, 02:04 AM:
 
Sin City
War of the Worlds
Rent
Running With Scissors
 

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Posted by Christian Volpi (Member # 2370) on 03-20-2005, 02:36 PM:
 
I think everything looks like crap. Cinderella Man looks good and so does Love Song for Bobby Long. I went to the screening for Stealth at ShoWest, friggin' horrible.
 

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Posted by Thomas Dieter (Member # 2507) on 03-21-2005, 02:22 PM:
 
I have to say that the movie that I am waiting for to come out is SWE3. I want to see the final installment in the theatre, just to say that I've seen them all, and that's it really. I already know what's going to happen, Anikin is going to get laid with someone, he's going to turn completely evil, and by the end of the movie, the dark side is going to rule the universe. It's the same thing, but in reverse of SWE6.

I have to say that I was waiting for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to come out, thinking that Johnny Depp was going to do an Excellent job, but from just watching one of the trailers, It's not going to match the original, and from that, anyone having seen the orginal is going to be very disappointed.
 

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Posted by Jarryd Beard (Member # 2543) on 03-22-2005, 10:57 AM:
 
Sin City
Hitchhiker's Guide
 

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Posted by Christian Volpi (Member # 2370) on 03-23-2005, 12:22 PM:
 
Wedding Crashers looks like it will be an Instant Volpi Classic. Has anybody seen it yet?
 

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Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 03-23-2005, 12:33 PM:
 
Sin City. Why?...Jessica Alba
Fantastic Four. Why?...see above.
Into The Blue. Why?...again see above.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 05-14-2005, 01:35 PM:
 
Nochnoy dozor (aka Night Watch)
 

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Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 05-14-2005, 03:37 PM:
 
^^^ I just saw a trailer for night watch yesterday. I"m not a horror fan, but damn. That film just jumped to the top of my anticipation list!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 05-15-2005, 03:02 PM:
 
Flightplan looks good. Normally this is the kind of movie I'd have doubts about, but Jodie Foster could save it.
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 05-15-2005, 03:14 PM:
 
"War Of The Worlds" for sure. It should do battle with Star Wars and I think it will definately win. "Rent"... definately not. I saw it live in Chicago... a big disappointment...what a POC!

Mark
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 08-13-2005, 11:26 PM:
 
Bump for autumn & holiday films ... I guess Harry Potter 4, Chronicles of Narnia & King Kong ... for the moment anyway.
 

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Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 08-14-2005, 05:10 PM:
 
I can't wait for Walk The Line in November. Narnia and Kong as well.
 

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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 08-14-2005, 07:26 PM:
 
This is simple: KING KONG
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-14-2005, 08:20 PM:
 
Narnia for me too.

This year sure has been disappointing. So many films on my "want to see" list turned out to be duds.
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 08-15-2005, 04:36 AM:
 
I think Wallace & Gromit is the only one at this point. But then, I really have almost no idea what else there is. Trailers? What are those?
 

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Posted by Robert Burtcher (Member # 3227) on 08-15-2005, 05:00 AM:
 
2 movies for me: Narnia and Waiting...
 

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Posted by Matt Fields (Member # 3211) on 08-15-2005, 09:35 AM:
 
KONG

Walk the Line

Wallace and Gromit
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 08-15-2005, 12:07 PM:
 
Kong and Harry Potter for me.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-15-2005, 01:17 PM:
 
We have a Narnia poster in the lobby and many, many people are really excited about it. Conversely, not one person has asked me when the next Harry Potter comes out. Hmmmmm.
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 03-26-2006, 06:22 AM:
 
I know Snakes on a Plane has been discussed on other threads, but I thought this might make some people look forward to it even more than before!!!

from IMDB's Movie/TV News W*E*N*N (whatever that stands for) from 24 March 2006

quote: IMDB

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Jackson's Snake Film Creates Huge Buzz

Samuel L. Jackson's new mile-high thriller Snakes On A Plane has created such a buzz among internet film fans, movie bosses have called for re-shoots - to give the film a tougher rating. The film, which stars Jackson as an FBI agent trying to keep a federal witness alive onboard a plane full of snakes, wrapped last September - but went back before the cameras earlier this month for five days of additional shooting. Film bosses at distributor New Line Cinema opted to add new scenes to the film to take the movie from PG-13 into R-rated territory, according to industry magazine The Hollywood Reporter. They claim the second round of filming became necessary after intense and growing fan interest in the film, which is scheduled to be released this summer. Among the reported additions to the film is a foul-mouthed rant from Jackson in which his agent character bellows, "I want these motherf**king snakes off the motherf**king plane!" The line is expected to take on cult status. The film-makers have reportedly added more gore, more deaths, more nudity and more snakes to the finished product.

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Posted by Jamie Glossop (Member # 2180) on 03-26-2006, 06:28 AM:
 
Lost In Translation
Azumi 1 & 2
Battle Royal 1 & 2
The Island
Star Wars 1 - 2 - 3
Matrix 1 - 2 - 3
Lord of the rings 1 - 2 - 3
Harry Potter 1 - 2 - 3 - 4, I thought 4 was great
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 03-26-2006, 07:21 AM:
 
hmm.... maybe the title of this thread should say "what movies are you looking forward to that have not yet been released theatrically".
 

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Posted by Jamie Glossop (Member # 2180) on 03-26-2006, 08:13 AM:
 
Film im looking forward to on the cinema is

Silent Hill
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 03-26-2006, 12:40 PM:
 
From one of the resident animation nuts:

Cars Ho hum. Proly another John Lasseter hit.

Ged's War Chronicles - Tales from Earthsea [Gedo Senki] The great Hayao Miyazaki has essentially retired to work on short films for his studio's museum theater in the outskirts of Tokyo. This picture marks the debut of his son Goro as an animator and director. The on-line trailer looks and sounds just like something the Senior would do. Guess we'll get to see how close or far the acorn has fallen from the tree.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 03-26-2006, 12:58 PM:
 
I have a feeling CARS will be really good. I hear the sound in it is fantastic.

I'm looking forward to Ice Age 2, Snakes on a Plane, Superman Returns, DaVinci Code, and Monster House.

Poseidon looks good. I'm in favor of any big special-efx-driven movie from the 70s getting remade, as long as they do a good job on it. Bring on "Towering Inferno!"

Pirates 2 from a "butts in the seats" perspective.

Click looks like it'll be funny for Sandler fans.

M:I:III should be OK if Tom Cruise hasn't sabotaged his career with his goofy antics over the last year.

Lady in the Water looks intriguing but I haven't really liked much M.Night stuff since "Sixth Sense."

Over the Hedge should be OK.

XMen 3, Fast & Furious 3, Garfield 2, Fantastic Four II, Basic Instict 2, Scary Movie 4 are the ones I don't give two shits about. All sequels, go figure.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 03-26-2006, 01:49 PM:
 
Movies I'm looking forward to see during Spring/Summer 2006:

Superman Returns
Bryan Singer gave up the X-Men franchise to do this one.

Cars
This is really the only 3D animated movie I absolutely intend to see. I might check out Ice Age II since it will be playing during a period where theaters are normally in the doldrums for content. I may only see other animated movies like Over the Hedge, The Wild or Monster House when they appear on DVD or cable.

X-Men III: The Last Stand
Sure, it's numbered like a sequel. But any comic book effort is more a series or saga. This one is supposed to be based on the Phoenix/Mutant Wars period of the X-Men comic book series -originally published back in the late 1970s. And that's when the X-Men comic book was at its best, both in terms of art quality and writing with guys like John Byrne and Chris Claremont working on it. If the movie is faithful to the comic series storyline the movie should be pretty cool. I'm just hoping Bryan Singer's departure doesn't torpedo the quality.

A Scanner Darkly
I'm not expecting this movie to be great (but hoping it will be pretty good at least). My main attraction to this movie is Richard Linklater's use of vector-based auto-tracing and "tweening" to create a unique real-but-not-real looking kind of a movie. Is it animation? Is it real? The effect is interesting enough that Charles Schwab is copying it in their commercials.

Mission: Impossible III
Maybe. If the reviews are good. MI:2 really sucked. If this new installment is more like the first, then great. I'm hoping for the "Con Air Effect" (Nick Cage wins an Oscar then has a cool action film come out). Hope the same occurs for Phillip Seymour Hoffman, recent Oscar winner and villain in this movie.

Oh, and there's that Pirates sequel thing. Maybe. The sophmore jinx looms. I think Disney caught "lightning in a bottle" with Pirates of the Carribean. Not sure they can repeat that success twice.

Some results from 2005: (for those who care to look back on previous predictions).

Batman Begins didn't turn out to be as big a pop-cultural powerhouse as Tim Burton's version, even though it really was a better movie. In fact, Rotten Tomatoes scored Batman Begins as the best reviewed action movie of 2005. Burton's own Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left me with a so so reaction.

Kingdom of Heaven was not a huge hit. For some reason it's still getting numerous DVD releases (a new 4-disc version is on the way). Hey, Ridley? When are you ever going get a respectable version of Bladerunner made for DVD?

Sin City was pretty cool.

The 40 Year Old Virgin was the best comedy of 2005. Wedding Crashers was another big comedy hit.

Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Ware Rabbit won an Oscar and was one of the top scorers at Rotten Tomatoes website too.

Rent sucked. Most people didn't get Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy so it came and went in a flash. Cinderella Man was very well reviewed, but looked really drab and depressing in its trailers, so audiences didn't show up for it.

Narnia played to me kind of like a "diet version" of Lord of the Rings. Good show, but not great. The latest Harry Potter installment was pretty good. But a bit dark. Still, the series of movies has been pretty consistent in delivering good quality.

King Kong was a decent movie with some really cool action set pieces. Too bad it spent so much time getting going in the beginning. It's funny some consider it a disappointment since it didn't gross $600 million like Titanic

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Please don't let Aeon Flux suck!

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quote: John T. Hendrickson, Jr

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Spielberg is way overdo. "War of the Worlds" may be the big hit of the summer.

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quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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War Of The Worlds" for sure. It should do battle with Star Wars and I think it will definately win.

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quote: Mike Blakesley

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Bewitched is going to suck because Nicole Kidman's nose twitch is not real, it's annoying.

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quote: Paul Mayer

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Gedo Senki

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is getting a US release?
 

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Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 08-14-2007, 05:04 AM:
 
It may have been said before, but hey, I am looking forward to Logan's Run NOT getting made... AGAIN!!!

The production offices have now been assumed by the Speed Racer movie, and the Logan's Run project has been shelved, again, indefinately.

I really had been hoping that someone could actually make the book into a movie, not like the movie that had the basic elements but strayed so far off that it wasn't even similar. If you have ever read the book and seen the movie from the seventies, you know what I am talking about.

Oh hollywood, they have no will or spine.

Ciao
 

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Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 01-06-2008, 07:51 PM:
 
Ok, I'll admit it:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 01-06-2008, 07:56 PM:
 
RAMBO!!
 

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Posted by Betsie Beadling (Member # 591) on 01-07-2008, 12:17 PM:
 
Here are the ones im excited about seeing!!!
Spiderwick, Wall-E, Speed Racer, Cloverfield
and Horton.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-07-2008, 08:03 PM:
 
No one really knows if a movie really sucks until it is released. For now, I'm at least interested in the following:

Near Term:
No Country For Old Men (if it plays in Lawton)
There Will Be Blood (if it plays in Lawton)
The Orphanage (if it plays in Lawton)
Cloverfield
Jumper
Pride and Glory

Summer Fare:
Wall•E
The Dark Knight IMAX version
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Get Smart
Iron Man
Speed Racer

Fall/Holiday:
Star Trek
James Bond 22
 

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Posted by Chad M Calpito (Member # 3736) on 01-07-2008, 10:11 PM:
 
The two films I am excited to see are Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull and Star Trek.
 

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Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 06-16-2009, 10:15 PM:
 

It has been 526 days since the last post.

 

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