For two times during a year ( well actually four times = 2x2 blog entries ) I'm trying to make a short movie preview for the next period (one reason is that I don't have time to see movies every week anymore and these two I'm definitely skipping that and focusing on other stuff). I will refer to the movies chronologically by month as these are scheduled for release. This however isn't guaranteed to be very precise ... One more thing to note is that I only announce with a short preview, not actually recommend, what is on these entries = many titles may fail disastrously :) ( or not ... :) ). That being said, let me just get into the subject ...
So ... I'll begin today with the winter period = more exactly what comes out in December. I'll start with "The Warrior's Way", a film which attempts to combine western with fantasy and martial arts. I'll try to give a "presumption of innocence" to the intention and hope that the director and screenwriter - the same person - for which this is the first production will not screw it up completely. Although, to be honest, it seems like the trailer gives a promise of a below 5 rating on IMDb ... Maybe I am wrong and besides the tons of effects and cliché lines we will still be able to find a .. subject ... and that might be interesting.
Probably it will be the highest grossing movie of the month and it's definitely one of the most anticipated - "TRON: Legacy", the sequel to the original from '82. What can I say ... I saw the original once, and I can not remember much besides the basic idea that a hacker/programmer/whatever was "caught" inside a computer literally. The film did not impress me very much at that time. Anyway, the new one looks promising, even for me who I'm not the biggest fan of 3D ..
I'll end with December skipping some titles like "The Tourist" with Depp and Angelina, or Narnia Part III (which honestly doesn't tempt me at all to lose about two hours with it after seeing the last one) and I'll stop to a co-production made in the Scandinavian area which is more in the "spirit" of the holidays :-p and seems to be at the least interesting, "Rare Exports:
I'll start the January series with "The Green Hornet." Basically is a spin-off from a series in the '60s in which Bruce Lee made his appearance at Hollywood. The movie can be placed apparently in the super-hero category. Honestly, I think at least half, although not listed by the IMDb, it's more towards comedy. And as I'm not really into this in the usual blog entries, I'll just make an exception at least here in the preview area :) ...
Although to be honest, even if the final surprise seems more than obvious from the trailer (no, I'm not gonna tell more ... maybe there is someone who won't get it :-p), after I've seen "Taken" with Liam Neeson as Jason Statham ( to say so ... :) ), I might give a chance to "Unknown":
I'm not the biggest fan of Peter Weir, but I'll end the January with his last directed movie - "The Way Back", mainly for the subject. A handful of fugitives from a Russian gulag in Siberia in the '40s trying to flee to ... India ... by feet ... 4000 miles ... If that's not enough, they say that the movie has some real basis:
I'll begin February with "I am Number Four". I think the trailer it's a bit stupid in the first part, the idea of a specific numbering 1, 2, 3 and after that 4 ... (like it's required to be 4 ... see it to get it) ... plus from the director DJ Caruso in my point of view the only really good film is "Disturbia", the rest being at most average ... but who knows ... The idea - a guy/alien/whatever with superpowers hunted by something/someone who we do not know (yet) ... sounds somewhat catchy ...
I could not go through what it is going to be released (although in this case I suspect a low rating ...) without a stop at one action movie by definition (well, with a small fantastic twist) = more action less subject. Summarized, in "Drive Angry", Nicolas Cage is struggling to save his grandson (his killed daughter's son to be more explicit) - project with a deadline. Interestingly, the film comes in 3D, which wasn't much applied until recently besides the SF/Horror/Animation genres.
I'll end February and also today's entry with "The Eagle", which revolves around the fate of the ninth Roman legion (about which even today it isn't known 100% clear how it disappeared), or rather builds a story that continues the story of the ninth legion ... Well ... complicated :) .. better watch the trailer:
That's pretty much all for the winter, I'll be back next week with the spring ;)
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