Movies I’m looking forward to in 2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Being an old Transformers fan from the beginning, this is number 1 on my list. I liked the first movie for what it was and was pleasantly surprised by Michael Bay’s vision. I’ll admit the early reports had me worried, but I think everyone involved did a pretty good job of bringing the TF’s to life. I’ve seen every episode of the old cartoons and the animated movie multiple times. Thing is, I’ve seen them recently too and realized that the show wasn’t nearly as good as we all remember. The mythology written into it was second to none, but the plots themselves were nothing more than 22 minute commercials, with 5 minute breaks for ….more commercials. And the original animated movie was nothing more than a steaming bowl of turd with whipped cream on top (my apologies to Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, and Orson Welles). Let’s face it, Bay had nowhere to go but up.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
I’m curious to see if Fox can do the X-Men some justice with the Wolverine prequel. I don’t even want to talk about X3. See my comments above for more on steaming poo and whipped cream. The initial photos and trailer look promising, but so did the trailer for X3. Please flush twice, it’s a long way to Fox studios.
Watchmen
I really need to pick up a copy of the Watchmen and read that again. It’s the graphic novel that changed my outlook on comics. My best friend collected them for years and I always laughed them off as the folly of geeks. Not like my collection of Transformers. That was completely different. But I digress. If this is movie is half as good as what I remember from the book, we could have another Dark Knight on our hands. Or it could make Troll 2 look Oscar-worthy. Time will tell.
…to be continued. Please feel free to comment.
-CWD
Date: January 21, 2009
Categories: Film and Television
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