Movie News, Reviews, & Reactions 2011

[Mister Andersen]

55 Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies to Watch Out For in 2011

[ThunderMonkey]

55 Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies to Watch Out For in 2011

I'm going to go broke this year...

[Crafty_Pat]

Captain America releases during Comic-Con? Somehow I'd managed to overlook that fact until just now.

::shakes head::

The really intriguing thing is that if our luck holds, it won't be the only new flick we see that weekend (Steve and I have insane luck with sneak previews). With so many flicks due out through the rest of the year... Who knows what we'll catch ahead of the cinema!

Also, I'd never heard of Now before. That sounds awesome, and it's Andrew Niccol so it must be doubleplusgood!

[Crafty_Pat]

This blog post about one of the Green Lantern action figures is hands down my favorite bit of movie journalism in a long while. It's scathing, witty, hilarious, and true - as (most) internet punditry should be.

Could Frodo be in one of the Hobbit movies? Looks like... maybe. (The relevant bit is buried in the first paragraph, and is not surprisingly lighting every nerd rage fuse from here to Land's End.)

Looks like Stephen Sommers is off G.I. Joe 2. Hm... Wonder which sucker they're gonna rope into it? So long as it's not Brett Ratner. He'd look at the last fifteen minutes of the first one and tell the studio he could save them money by running all of it as the prologue of an 85-minute movie entirely about Shipwreck serenading Quick Kick - and he'd bill it as racial diverse and sensitive to boot.

Ricky Gervais added to the voice cast of WETA's Wind in the Willows: Yes... This could work. I approve.

Look! A new horror movie from John "Batshit-Crazy-Half-the-Time" Carpenter, and it's got Lane in it! Sadly, it doesn't have a U.S. distributor yet, but it's got Lynsey Fonseca (Kick-Ass, Nikita), Amber Heard (Zombieland, Pineapple Express), Danielle Panabaker (Sky High and about a billion TV guest shots), and the aforementioned Jared Harris (Mad Men, Fringe, The Riches, and on, and on), so it might stand a chance of a theatrical release at some point, if only a short one.

Finally, here are some early set shots from the Spider-Man reboot: Oi. 

[Mister Andersen]

Eh, I can see a valid case for Elijah getting a cameo in the 2nd film, most like as Drogo "it's amazing how much like his dead father young Frodo will look like" Baggins.

Gervais, I would have expected to be Ratty (with Simon Pegg as Mole, Michael Gambon as Badger and Sir David Jason as Toad)

[Crafty_Pat]

Eh, I can see a valid case for Elijah getting a cameo in the 2nd film, most like as Drogo "it's amazing how much like his dead father young Frodo will look like" Baggins.

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Early reports/speculation cite that the whole movie's framed with Frodo reading from Bilbo's book, making everything in The Hobbit (at least the first one) technically a flashback.

Gervais, I would have expected to be Ratty (with Simon Pegg as Mole, Michael Gambon as Badger and Sir David Jason as Toad)

That's what everyone's saying and it could certainly have worked, but I think he'll make a fine Mole.

[Wolverine]

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Early reports/speculation cite that the whole movie's framed with Frodo reading from Bilbo's book, making everything in The Hobbit (at least the first one) technically a flashback.

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That's what I was thinking, too. The only problem with that is working in things like The White Council that Bilbo may not have been made aware of. Also, there's the whole matter of Bilbo missing the entirity of the Battle of Five Armies.

Ricky Gervais added to the voice cast of WETA's Wind in the Willows: Yes... This could work. I approve.

Sounds good. I'm so hopeful that this movie turns out well.

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Season of the Witch: Could be good, more likely to not. Might wait for the DVD.
The Green Hornet: Looking forward to it!
Evangelion 2.0: Meh. Haven't seen the series or the first movie, so not caring about this at all.
The Rite: Anthony Hopkins? Sold.
I Am Number Four: Looks good, though will wait for DVD. Missus will probably want to see it for Mr Oliphant.
Drive Angry: Oh. Gods. No.
The Adjustment Bureau: I loves me some Philip K. Dick.
Apollo 18: Sounds interesting, but I would like to see more first.
Battle for LA: Another one that sounds good.
Mars Needs Moms: Amusing concept, but I'm in no hurry to see it.
Red Riding Hood: Another wait for DVD.
Suing the Devil: McDowell as Satan? Sold. Twice.
Beastly: Meh.
Limitless: Great cast, interesting plot.
Paul: Another big yes!
Sucker Punch: An intriguing premise, though I suspect there will be a surprising lack of CG awesomeness in the final movie.
Source Code: Meh, maybe on DVD.
Super: Nathan Fillion as a superhero? Sold. Can also double as a date night movie.
Hop: Meh.
Your Highness: Another that looks good, but I don't know if I can sit through that much Danny McBride.
Thor: By Asgard, I will see this film at least twice in cinemas!
Priest: Looks kooky cool, kinda Judge Dredd with 'vampires'.
PotC4: Of course.
The Tree of Life: I still feel a little burned by the last Malick movie I watched (The New World) so I'll pass.
X-Men First Class: I know I'll see this, no matter how horrible I'm told it is. I'm a sucker that way.
Super 8: If this is another Cloverfield, I'm travelling to LA and punching J.J. in the face.
Green Lantern: Gotta support the Kiwis.
Rise of the Apes: It can't be worse than the Wahlberg film, can it?
Transformers 3: I'll try and resist, but I'm sure the advertising will suck me in, again.
Harry Potter 7, Pt 2: Still need to see Pt 1.
Sinbad: Sounds fun, though we likely won't get it here.
Captain America: There with bells on. (Silenced so I don't annoy others)
Cowboys and Aliens: Another good looking movie.
The Smurfs: Try as I might, I'll probably watch this one, too.
The Change-Up: Bateman + Reynolds = fun, but probably on DVD.
The Darkest Hour: A new(ish) take on an old story, but would like to see more.
Conan: This movie will do double duty, both as an action flick and a chick flick (mostly due to topless Momoa).
Fright Night: Tennant may be enough to get me to watch this.
Spy Kids 4: Haven't seen any of these movies... but Jessica Alba in a catsuit. So conflicted.
Final Destination 5: Oy vey! Just kill the bloody kids, already.
Piranha 3DD: *facepalm* (I did see the first one and it was amusing, though)
The Apparition: Meh, but the Potter factor might be interesting.
Now: Mmm... dystopian. Sounds fun.
Real Steel: Still on the fence with this one.
The Thing: Sounds promising, but it won't be the same without Kurt.
Contagion: Meh.
PA 2: Couldn't care less.
Dibbuk Box: 'Loosely' based on a true story? Gah.
Immortals: Another one we likely won't get down here.
The Twilight-: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No.
Arthur Christmas: A Christmas movie released a month before Christmas? Bah.
Hugo Caberet: Want to see more first, but the plot sounds fun.
M:I Ghost Protocol: Still too early to tell.
Tintin: Yes.

[Mister Andersen]

Elijah Woods confirmed for The Hobbit

[Desertpuma]

55 Science Fiction/Fantasy Movies to Watch Out For in 2011

I intend to see a large chunk of these.

[glimmerrat]

Elijah Woods confirmed for The Hobbit

Wow. Plot alterations already.

[Nepenthe]

Elijah Woods confirmed for The Hobbit

Wow. Plot alterations already.

Wasn't the original idea to have (at least part of) the second movie they are shooting dealing with stuff that happens between the hobbit and fellowship of the ring? I haven't seen this mentioned in a while, and the nerd rage seems to signal that a) everybody else has forgotten or b) it's been scrapped.

[Eärendle]

Elijah Woods confirmed for The Hobbit

Is there any chance the world might end a week or two early and these movies just not happen?

[Mister Andersen]

Please, this is a Peter Jackson project, the chances that he's going to fuck up the Hobbit are remote. I'd say Pat's got the right of it

[Eärendle]

I'm from America so I realise your English isn't the same as my English but if your reply only means to say that Jackson's Hobbit won't be more fucked up than Jackson's Towers and King, I'll be skipping these.

[Crafty_Pat]

I'm from America so I realise your English isn't the same as my English but if your reply only means to say that Jackson's Hobbit won't be more fucked up than Jackson's Towers and King, I'll be skipping these.

I'm one of the very few gamers out there who couldn't endure Two Towers or Return of the King in written form (in fact, despite loving both The Hobbit and Fellowship I gave up halfway through Towers - twice - and never went back). I recall thinking at the time that they would make much better movies, as all the stuff I felt was weighing the narrative down would have to be toned down or removed, and so I was mostly satisfied with Jackson's version. I still think the Towers suffers from little to nothing of value to the present situation, and that King had far, far too many endings, but at least I got through them at the cinema.