New movies coming out...

[Ilikemuppets]

I guess I really am the only human on the face of the planet looking forward to Alvin and the Chipmunks

Yeah. I guess you really are.

 

[anytimepally]

Yeah. I guess you really are.

haha!

 

[Winslow Leach]

Apparently The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is already out, but I've heard absolutely nothing about its release. It's not playing in my local theater, which is a Regal, which is kinda weird. Even if the film is in limited release, Regal Cinemas usually have at least one print. I've been waiting over a year to see this movie. The novel is one of my favorites.

 

[Drtooth]

I guess I really am the only human on the face of the planet looking forward to Alvin and the Chipmunks

I am kinda wanting to see it and Hoping the Poop joke was a test shot that WILL NOT be in the movie. This could be good, or it could be like every other ceap attempt to get kids of the 80's to take their children to see something they used to watch.... though the Alvin show started in 1960's, and the group was created in the 50's.... the 80's cartoon series is what really stuck out the most, lasting as many seasons as it did.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

I sure hope the movie is better then the trailer for it. Judging by that alone, it just seems so unwatchable, you know?

 

[Beauregard]

I thought that Enchanted looked like it would be a fantastic movie...then showed it to one of my friends who just stared and said, "What?" Tell me what you think!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/enchanted/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/enchanted/featurettethevillains/

 

[Skye]

Enchanted sounds like it could be a really cute movie, Beau. Adorable plot, hehe. I actually hadn't heard of it before, but it sounds very interesting.

I'm looking forward to Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen. I think that movie looks terrific!

 

[karamazov80]

I sure hope the movie is better then the trailer for it. Judging by that alone, it just seems so unwatchable, you know?

Well, usually, don't trailers for these kinds of "comedies" typically show what producers think are the funniest parts of the movies? If that's the case. . .I don't know. . .

Personally, I'm looking forward to the Jesse James flick, too (I do love Westerns), but I can not wait for Diary of the Dead and No Country for Old Men! George Romero and the Coen Brothers are, along with David Cronenberg, my favorite living filmmakers. It is a good time to be a lover of movies.

On a couple of related notes, Eastern Promises (a Cronenberg picture) is absolutely brilliant stuff, and 3:10 to Yuma (western) is nearly as good as the original in my mind, which is a true classic. I highly recommend both of those, which are probably still playing at a theater near you!

 

[Winslow Leach]

Personally, I'm looking forward to the Jesse James flick, too (I do love Westerns), but I can not wait for Diary of the Dead and No Country for Old Men! George Romero and the Coen Brothers are, along with David Cronenberg, my favorite living filmmakers. It is a good time to be a lover of movies.

On a couple of related notes, Eastern Promises (a Cronenberg picture) is absolutely brilliant stuff, and 3:10 to Yuma (western) is nearly as good as the original in my mind, which is a true classic. I highly recommend both of those, which are probably still playing at a theater near you!

I read somewhere online that the Jesse James film is opening wide on the 19th, so hopefully I'll get a chance to see it on the big screen. I heard both Pitt and Casey Affleck are excellent. I just re-read the book, and it really is a great piece of literature. The most fascinating section for me is after the assassination, in which author Ron Hanson devotes a bulk of the novel (and it is categorized as a novel, although it can easily fit onto the non-fiction shelves). I don't know what happens (if anything) after the death of James in the movie, but in the book, Bob and Charley Ford went on tour, and re-created the assassination in front of audiences, in a sensational, highly-fictionalized melodrama (another link to the present, in which anything notorious that happens to a celebrity often leads to a cheesy made-for-TV movie). While Charley never liked the idea of peforming, Bob reveled in it, and enjoyed his fame. The book does a nice job of explaining what happened to the Fords, Frank James and the rest of the gang after Jesse's death.

"No Country..." was another excellent read, and I have no doubt the Coens will make it into a brilliant film, a throwback to their darker "Blood Simple" and "Miller's Crossing" (my own favorite Coen Bros. film) days. And another Romero zombie film! What's not to love? Although to be honest, I really wasn't a fan of "Land of the Dead." I actually preferred the remake/reimagining of "Dawn." And I'll have to catch "3:10." Love the original.

 

[karamazov80]

I read somewhere online that the Jesse James film is opening wide on the 19th, so hopefully I'll get a chance to see it on the big screen. I heard both Pitt and Casey Affleck are excellent. I just re-read the book, and it really is a great piece of literature. The most fascinating section for me is after the assassination, in which author Ron Hanson devotes a bulk of the novel (and it is categorized as a novel, although it can easily fit onto the non-fiction shelves). I don't know what happens (if anything) after the death of James in the movie, but in the book, Bob and Charley Ford went on tour, and re-created the assassination in front of audiences, in a sensational, highly-fictionalized melodrama (another link to the present, in which anything notorious that happens to a celebrity often leads to a cheesy made-for-TV movie). While Charley never liked the idea of peforming, Bob reveled in it, and enjoyed his fame. The book does a nice job of explaining what happened to the Fords, Frank James and the rest of the gang after Jesse's death.

"No Country..." was another excellent read, and I have no doubt the Coens will make it into a brilliant film, a throwback to their darker "Blood Simple" and "Miller's Crossing" (my own favorite Coen Bros. film) days. And another Romero zombie film! What's not to love? Although to be honest, I really wasn't a fan of "Land of the Dead." I actually preferred the remake/reimagining of "Dawn." And I'll have to catch "3:10." Love the original.

I really like the idea of focusing on the really interesting Robert Ford character, who Casey Afflect apparently plays as incredibly unlikeable in a subtle, realistic kind of way. In general, I really like the post-modern western a great deal, including the Leone stuff, the Peckinpah stuff, and even Nick Cave's Proposition last year. I don't know, something about that time period, the brutality, the struggle for survival, the style, everything just connects with me, and I think that modern filmmakers applying a modern take on these timeless themes is a good thing.

Regarding the Coens, Miller's Crossing is my favorite film of theirs, too (my parents actually worked on the set of that one in New Orleans), and the dark, less comical stuff of theirs holds a special place in my heart, too (though I suspect that there will be a few particularly "Coen-funny" moments in this one, as there always is). The 3:10 remake isn't a masterpiece or anything, but it is definitely worth a couple hours of your time, good, solid fun, and probably a career-best performance so far (in my opinion) from Russel Crowe. . .though he is no Glen Ford. Not on his best day And I personally loved Land, and only liked the Dawn remake, but I'm a Romero-zealot, so my opinion is far from objective.