Movies Move Me

[trinityofone]

Interesting article about the upcoming Narnia movie: Keep Your Foul Paws Off Aslan. Basically sums up my nervous anticipation/apprehension. Except for this line:

...the big Hollywood movie adaptation of the first chapter (well, technically the second) of the "Chronicles of Narnia"...

::grumbles about revised book order and spits bile everywhere::

Saw War of the Worlds yesterday. Very intense, cool beginning...after which it sort of fell apart. Still, it's worth seeing...just don't take your younger siblings or anything. There was a long line of summer camp kids waiting to go in as we left, and I could just see the tear-and-snot filled extravaganza that was going to be. This is definitely not a movie for kids.

Now that I'm in L.A., I officially need to see at least one movie a week. I think Dark Water'll be my next one. I can't believe it's directed by Walter Salles, a.k.a., I Directed The Motorcycle Diaries and Now I'm Doing a Ring Knock-Off Why? But I'm easy. I'll see it.

I'm also looking forward to...

Wedding Crashers - The Owen. The Vince. The Christopher. I'm there.

The Bad News Bears - Bad Santa made me think Billy Bob Thornton might be kinda hot. Shut up, I'm weird.

The Island - I didn't just say that. You can't prove anything.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin - Steve Carell!

The Skeleton Key - This will suck. But it has Peter Sarsgaard in it, so who cares.

I am so, so shallow.

What are y'all looking forward to?

Comments

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

I am desperate for Serenity, but I'm going to be out of the country when it comes out! ::sob:: (I will leave alone the idea that you haven't watched Firefly yet--how is this possible?) I saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith and it was fun but highly stupid. Neither The Fantastic Four nor The Pink Panther look promising to me, despite my love of comics and Steve Martin (has he made a good movie since Bowfinger? I can't think what it would be). Sky High had one of those trailers that basically tells the entire movie, yet I understand your urge to see it, because I am a dork. As for King Kong...that's something I'm highly dubious to see remade, yet I know I will be queuing up on opening night so, yeah. I am a bit excited about that. ;-)

That was probably way more of a response than you wanted, so shutting up now. *eg*

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Nor have I had friends who have invited me over to watch it

I wanted to! My dad made me leave Berkeley five days early! ::weeps::

hey, that's Fred!

Actually, it's not. Fred was played by Amy Acker; Serenity (and Firefly) stars Summer Glau as River "I can kill you with my brain" Tam. They do look alike, though.

I'd be more excited about PP & KK (okay, not PP--it just looks bad) if I weren't so painfully sick of remakes.