Movie List for 2010
CMM January 28th, 2010
So, much has been going on for the past few days, but in my late night writings I’ll stick to the really important stuff… what movies I’m looking forward to this year.
Clash of the Titans–Yes, I know it’s a remake, but the original was a favorite growing up as a boy. I remember watching it on TNT when spending the night at my Granny’s house. I recently asked/forced my wife to watch it and she made it through the whole movie, which is an accomplishment for her. I’m really hopeful that the remake is going to do it justice, and I think the special effects technology has reached the point of really giving us some cool scenes.
The Rum Diary–Hunter S. Thompson is someone that I’m fascinated with. His writing, his political views, his musical taste… all of it. Jonny Depp playing Hunter is even better (he played him in the film version of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” also). This is one of Thompson earlier books, before he got REALLY into the psychedelic drugs. It’s actually enjoyable without making excuses for the incredible talent hidden in sloppy jargon and syntax.
Jonah Hex--Two beautiful ideas meshed into a glorious product–comic book and western–in this post-confederate graphic novel. To boot, Megan Fox plays the gunslinging harlett and John Malovich plays the bad guy. Take your wife to this movie and you’ll probably lose move picking rights for a month… but it would be worth it.
The Wolfman–Also made my list in 2009, but release of the movie was delayed. This may be the movie I’m most excited about for 2010. It’s another remake, but it looks fantastic. And the casting is incredible–Anthony Hopkins and Benetio Del Toro.
Tron Legacy-Combined with Clash of the Titans, 2010 is the year of movies from my childhood. If only Cloak and Dagger would make a return, but alas… The trailer looks awesome and the casting is true to the original. Also, the story sounds like a good way to explain the 30 years between the first and second movie. My only question, why make us wait so long?
Shutter Island–It’s hard for me to admit this, because I think DiCaprio is over rated, but this movie looks phenomenal. And after The Departed, I’m willing to accept that I may be wrong about DiCaprio. Murder, mystery, and Scorsese sounds too good to be true.
Robin Hood–I loved the original one, even with it’s cheesy Bryan Adams theme song, but this remake looks equally amazing. The casting is fantastic with Russell Crowe as the lead and Siene Miller as Maid Marrian (with a lot less emphasis on the maid portion than we’re used to). I get the feeling this will be a blockbuster budget action movie that will blur over some of the finer political points of the Robin Hood story… but I expect it will be so good that I’ll maybe forgive it. Did I mention Ridley Scott directs?
Honorable Mention: Alice in Wonderland looks like it will be beautiful in that Tim Burton kind of way; Iron Man 2 because RDJ was awesome in the first one and its hard to screw up a super hero movie with that solid of a lead; Toy Story 3 because they are that good, even for a kids movie; Harry Potter Part I of the Last Book and, yes, I’m glad they broke it into two movies.
