Upcoming Movies

Happy Monkey · 09-11-2007, 01:42 PM

I looked around, and there didn't seem to be anything generic; just a bunch of short bursts about particular films.

Anyone looking forward to any movies?

I'm waiting for The Golden Compass, Prince Caspian, and especially Coraline.

And I just saw the preview for Iron Man. That looks like it may be pretty cool.

Sundae · 09-11-2007, 01:49 PM

I am dreading The Golden Compass and Coraline! But I'll go just so I can bitch about how they didn't match my imagination - of course.

I'm looking forward to Run Fatboy Run - it's out already but I have to wait for my housemate to agree I deserve the free part of the Buy One Get One Free voucher I have, or until Monday when I have some money. Assumption at present is that it will be Monday and probably on my own- having come off a 3 month tv show he is reluctant to be tied to anyone else's schedule for a while

Flint · 09-11-2007, 01:51 PM

Coraline, as in by Neil Gaiman? With the buttons-for-eyes and all that alternate universe bizarro-world stuff?

Sundae · 09-11-2007, 01:52 PM

Aye

Flint · 09-11-2007, 01:54 PM

Sweet. Can't wait to Netflix that.

Third Person · 09-11-2007, 02:16 PM

Third Person wonders about the Ender's Game movies. He wonders if they will ever make them...and if, perhaps it may be better that they don't.

Happy Monkey · 09-11-2007, 02:29 PM

It would be all but impossible to cast kids young enough to show the real horror of Ender's Game. They'd probably have o bump them up to late teens, which could still work, but it would be a very different feeling.

Cicero · 09-11-2007, 05:11 PM

Yeah- It takes a lot of imagination and lots of movie majic to make Robert Downey a super hero. I said what?!? Robert Downey really? I have to see that!
Poor thing.....Every time someone sees him they call the cops. Especially when he's trying to mask his identity.

Bullitt · 09-11-2007, 05:48 PM

I Am Legend

lumberjim · 09-11-2007, 05:55 PM

Does he, as he jumps to his death in bitter despair, hear a phone ringing at the end of the movie?

Happy Monkey · 09-11-2007, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cicero

Yeah- It takes a lot of imagination and lots of movie majic to make Robert Downey a super hero. I said what?!? Robert Downey really? I have to see that!

Well, I haven't read much Iron Man, but from what I've gleaned, he's a bit of an ass, but still pretty likable, and he has a substance abuse problem. I think it may be a match made in heaven.

Flint · 09-11-2007, 09:55 PM

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It takes a lot of imagination and lots of movie majic to make Robert Downey a super hero.

Robert Downey Jr. is almost a textbook Tony Stark, the impulsive, alcoholic playboy. He doesn't have to look a certain way, because Iron Man isn't about muscle, he is all technology. Anybody could be in that suit. Iron Man is, by default, operated by Tony Stark, but he is not quite the same thing as the man himself. The man in the suit is understood to be highly flawed, so Robert Downey Jr. is actually a brilliant choice. :::Nerd Alert:::

glatt · 09-12-2007, 07:56 AM

I'm hopeful that Indiana Jones 4 won't suck. I loved Raiders. I'm not too sure about the title though. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

I was thinking that with the time that had passed, there could be a story line about the beginnings of the cold war. Maybe something with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Indy's in Cuba sneaking around unknown Mayan ruins or something, and stumbles across a missile site. He goes all Rambo on the place and gets a signal to Washington so they can do the blockade.

Undertoad · 09-12-2007, 09:00 AM

Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones meets Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan. I would watch that movie.

dar512 · 09-12-2007, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

And I just saw the preview for Iron Man. That looks like it may be pretty cool.

I have wide range of CDs in my collection -- jazz, folk, rock, classical, world-music. Pretty much everything but opera. So what's the one album in my collection that my teens love and ask for? Black Sabbath's Paranoid and specifically "Iron Man". Sheesh.

Anyway, I thought it was cool that they used the B.S. tune in the trailer.

09-11-2007, 01:42 PM	#1
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Upcoming Movies I looked around, and there didn't seem to be anything generic; just a bunch of short bursts about particular films. Anyone looking forward to any movies? I'm waiting for The Golden Compass, Prince Caspian, and especially Coraline. And I just saw the preview for Iron Man. That looks like it may be pretty cool. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics] Last edited by Happy Monkey; 09-11-2007 at 02:00 PM.

09-11-2007, 01:51 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Coraline, as in by Neil Gaiman? With the buttons-for-eyes and all that alternate universe bizarro-world stuff? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-11-2007, 01:54 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Sweet. Can't wait to Netflix that. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-11-2007, 02:16 PM	#6
Third Person takes things literally Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: third person is from the internets Posts: 7	Third Person wonders about the Ender's Game movies. He wonders if they will ever make them...and if, perhaps it may be better that they don't. __________________ 1st and 2nd Person are busy just now. How can Third Person help you?

09-11-2007, 02:29 PM	#7
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It would be all but impossible to cast kids young enough to show the real horror of Ender's Game. They'd probably have o bump them up to late teens, which could still work, but it would be a very different feeling. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-11-2007, 01:49 PM	#2
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I am dreading The Golden Compass and Coraline! But I'll go just so I can bitch about how they didn't match my imagination - of course. I'm looking forward to Run Fatboy Run - it's out already but I have to wait for my housemate to agree I deserve the free part of the Buy One Get One Free voucher I have, or until Monday when I have some money. Assumption at present is that it will be Monday and probably on my own- having come off a 3 month tv show he is reluctant to be tied to anyone else's schedule for a while

09-11-2007, 01:52 PM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Aye

09-11-2007, 05:11 PM	#8
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Yeah- It takes a lot of imagination and lots of movie majic to make Robert Downey a super hero. I said what?!? Robert Downey really? I have to see that! Poor thing.....Every time someone sees him they call the cops. Especially when he's trying to mask his identity. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

09-11-2007, 05:48 PM	#9
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	I Am Legend __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

09-11-2007, 05:55 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Does he, as he jumps to his death in bitter despair, hear a phone ringing at the end of the movie? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-12-2007, 07:56 AM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm hopeful that Indiana Jones 4 won't suck. I loved Raiders. I'm not too sure about the title though. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I was thinking that with the time that had passed, there could be a story line about the beginnings of the cold war. Maybe something with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Indy's in Cuba sneaking around unknown Mayan ruins or something, and stumbles across a missile site. He goes all Rambo on the place and gets a signal to Washington so they can do the blockade.

09-12-2007, 09:00 AM	#14
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones meets Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan. I would watch that movie.

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