Jan 08
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The Movies of 2008

Last year had it’s ups and downs, some notable, and some immediately forgettable. Will 2008 be better, will the studios stop making crap, and will book-to-movie adaptations be less volatile in the coming year? I dunno, but I’m not throwing my money on it, and will probably be spending alot of time bracing for a spectacularly bad experience in alot of movies. Even though it’s acting like a pampered child to be upset about shitty movie-adaptations there are huge scars from last year that I won’t easily forget…

Enough moaning about last year, here’s what I’d like to see in 2008 that I’m currently conscious of:
(click the images for links to trailers or homepages if available)

Run, Fat Boy, Run Poster

Run, Fat Boy, Run is another movie starring Simon Pegg, the guy from the hilarious movie Hot Fuzz (highly recommended by the way), and will also be starring in the upcoming Star Trek movie as Scotty (”Beam me up”, that sort of stuff). Also, the movie’s british. British movies tend to be awesome, just look at Death at a Funeral for even more proof (non-stop laughing).

In Bruges

In Bruges starring Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes is a story about two hitmen laying low in the “still-medieval”-town of Bruges, and Colin plays the guy that hates being there so much there’s bound to be SHIT + FAN situations. From what I can tell it looks funny as hell, and that’s enough for me.

Teeth

Teeth looks to be a rather dubious movie movie with a somewhat interesting plot and an interesting twist. It’s not unlikely that I’m keen on watching this movie just because it’s weird. We’ll see.

Hancock Poster

Hancock’s a movie that came like a drop-kick out of nowhere. I had no idea there was anything remotely like this in the works until sometime this christmas, and we (me’n my brother) fell instantly in love with the concept. Will Smith playing an out of luck and bum-low “superhero” that’s about to get help from an “image-specialist” to work up a new image while swooning around his wife. It’s bound to be chock-full of bad american cheese, but that’s probably why I’ll love it.

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day doesn’t look remarkable beyond looking awfully cute. That’s it. It’s probably going to some sappy flick that I’ll deeply regret watching, but I’ll probably do so anyways - kind of like a moth to a flame.

Blank Space

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor continues the glorious story of the O’Connell’s and their continued struggle against undead wankers and their legions of ancient deceased. This time with Jet Li, who’s awesome, and it’s in China? *bounce* Cheesy? Hell yes. I can’t wait!

Jumper Trailer

Jumper is Jumper. People jumping all around the world like well-dressed rebellious teenage kangaroos in heat. With teleportation as the instrument, fun as the goal, and starring Samuel L. Jackson. What else do you need to know?

Iron Man Trailer

Iron Man! I’m a comic-fan, and in particular I’m a marvel-fan, and in particular I love hating the character called Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man. The guy that plays him, Robert Downey Jr., is also a person I find easy to love hating. That’s alot of cool in one. He’s got a mechanical armor and beats up people for fun in his spare time, and no matter how I twist and turn that, I think it’s cool. w00t I say!

I’ll list the Party Ducks tomorrow or something.

Of course I’ve missed some, so what about you, what’re you looking forward to?


Author: Morghus

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