I haven’t been to the flicks for a while on account of having only a bicycle for transport and now, not even that. As much as I’m sure the public transport service in Nottingham is quite proficient, I have an aversion to buses that’s as irrational as a fear of spiders.
But given that it’s silly season in cinema-land, I’m planning a fair few nights out over the next couple of weeks to catch a few brain numbing movies. I’m sure I could find some intelligent art house affair like The Edge of Love or Female Agents (it’s French so must be arty) but no, I’m going to stick with mainstream popcorn flicks. So what am I planning to see?
This week I’m thinking of:
Indy IV. I don’t care what the reviews say – it’s Indiana Jones. I enjoyed them all, no matter how silly they got. What I don’t get of late is the animosity towards Temple of Doom which I always loved but then it is the first one I saw at the cinema. (I didn’t see Raiders because I chose to go and see Clash of the Titans instead. Come on – I was an 8 year old kid who was obssessed with Greek mythology. Raiders didn’t look that interesting at the time compared to Greek myths. In retrospect, I missed out.)
The Incredible Hulk Wasn’t too keen on this until the last lot of TV spots and the general consensus that it’s just fun. So hey, why not?
Wanted I liked Timur Bekmambetov’s directorial outings with both Night Watch and Day Watch. I’m not so keen on Angelina Jolie but hey, Morgan Freeman, outlandish stunts and most people seem to enjoy it for it’s mindlessness and who am I to go against popular opinion?
The week after we start gearing up for the big summer events with a film that was released in the states eight (8), yes, 8 fucking months ago in the US. And that’s
The Mist Another Frank Darabont adaptation of a Stephen King novel. I have a professional interest in this film (well, after a fashion) and wouldn’t mind seeing it despite the alleged presence of arachnidos giganticos in the feature. That’s Giant Spiders to you – a fucking heart attack in the offing for me.
Hancock Coincedentally, another film that I have more than a passing interest in. Will Smith playing a wino dropout superhero. Unfortunatley already being touted as a so-so movie but I’m interested enough to go and see it anyway.
Kung Fu Panda To be honest, I’m padding out now. I’ll probably wait for this on DVD because people are saying it’s as good as Shrek and that’s not really a way to sell it to me because Shrek was alright but I didn’t see what the fuss was about. On the other hand, Jack Black, Kung Fu and pandas.
Week 3 of July will see me considering taking in the following:
The Forbidden Kingdom Jackie Chan. Jet Li. ‘Nuff said.
Journey to the Center of the Earth Brendan Fraser in the first of two films this summer in which he plays an Indiana-Jones-a-like derring-do adventurer. Unfortunately it sounds like this is going to be a theme park film that concentrates more on 3D thrills and spills rather than being entertaining. It depends on how I feel. (The other film is The Mummy 3 which also has Yetis, Dragons and Jet Li so count me in for that)
Wall-E So okay, I haven’t been really caught by in the build up for this film but a) it’s Pixar and b) it’s apparently really, really, really fucking good then I just might have to go ahead and see it. As it’s U rated, I might also consider this as the first film I take my son to see on the big screen. Incidentally, the voice of the cute robot at the centre of the story, the eponymous Wall-E is provided by none other than Ben Burtt – sound effects genius who is responsible for, let’s see, every sound in the Star Wars films and other stuff.
The week after that sees the release of The Dark Knight. I don’t need to say anymore.
01/07/2008 at 1:44 pm Permalink
From your list I have seen Indy and Wanted.
Indy was Indy. There’s a million ways to criticize it or say this or that was crap or wrong, but it was still, very much, Indiana Jones.
Wanted was completely brainless, over-the-top, nonsensical action hogwash. I loved it. If you switch your brain and your disbelief firmly to the “off” position, you’ll most likely love it too. And Angelina seems to be there mainly to brood and look sultry, and to repeatedly punch James McAvoy in the face.
Wall-E is getting some too-good-to-be-true reviews at the moment. I’m tending towards believing them, as Finding Nemo is my favourite Pixar film, and Andrew Stanton directed that too. It’s currently at #6 in the all-time IMDB ratings with nearly 9,000 votes too.