Thursday, March 5, 2009

My 2009 Movie Lineup

I haven't really looked forward to any movies for a while. Don't really watch TV much and don't go out of my way to read movie reviews. So today I went out of my way to see what was comming out this year and see which I want to see and why.

January
  • My Bloody Valentine 3D - (Theater) - Saw this on opening night. The writing was awful, but the acting was servicable and maybe a little above par for an exploitation horror movie. I think the writing just helped us enjoy this movie a little more as we all laughed at unintentional spots of the movie. The 3D was great and the movie didn't try to be more than it was... just a bloody, gory, 3D horror movie trying to entertain. I'll say they got decently creative for a killer who only uses a miners pic.
February
  • Coraline - (Theater) - Saw this one on the last day it was in 3D. It was a good childrens movie. Parts were lacking on plot and longer on visuals like they tried to stretch the story out into a longer format. The 3D was awesome and I'm not dissapointed for having seen it, but I wouldn't put this in my top 5 of 2009.
  • Fanboys - (Theater/Rental tossup) - Saw on DVD. It was funny, geeky but not a particularily good movie. Definitely won't remember this a few years from now.
  • Push - (Theater) - Saw the first 10 minutes of it. Apparently Friday night at the theater was "Take your tweens to a PG-13 movie and leave them there" night. Kids kept talking and we got a refund. I'll likely catch this later on DVD.
  • Friday the 13th - (Theater) - This was pretty sweet. Had some boob and lots of gore. It was just about what I had expected in terms of quality, maybe a little better. A little of non magical Jason, magical Jason and a mixture of the first half dozen movies all boiled down into 90 minutes.
  • Youth In Revolt - (Rental)
  • Assassination of a High School President - (Rental)
  • Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li - (Rental)
March
  • Watchmen - (IMAX) - Saw this one. great movie, I love the fact that they didn't edit out the Blue Junk! I can't wait to see the Directors Cut!
  • Miss March - (Theater/Rental tossup)
  • I Love You Man - (Theater) - Saw on Daves Birthday. Very funny movie. Paul Rudd is hilarious, but still can't seem to hold a lead on his own. Lucky he's teamed up with Jason Segel
  • Knowing - (Theater/Rental tossup)
  • Adventureland - (Rental)
  • Monsters vs Aliens - (Theater)
  • Big Man Japan - (Theater)
AprilMay
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine - (Theater)
  • Star Trek - (IMAX) - Excellent movie! Far exceeded my expectations and desires. It threw me a curve with the whole sequel, prequel, reboot deal and it was just perfect the way they did it exploiting Trek's love afair with time travel!
  • Terminator Salvation - (Theater) - This was okay. I saw it and it didn't hold up to my expectations... the script was pretty Swiss towards the end of the movie... just so many plot holes. Good action movie though.
  • Drag Me to Hell - (Rent) - Oh great movie! glad I saw in the theater, just great sound, great audience, great classic Sam Raimi!
JuneJulyAugustSeptember
October NovemberDecember

Okay, well, 28 movies I have marked for the theater. We'll see how that goes. At 20-30 a movie, I can see not making all of those. But I'll rent the others. I'm such a sucker for 3D. It'll make me want to see a movie I'd otherwise have no interest in seeing. Haven't seen a great movie in 3D, but I imagine it'll be all the more awesome for it.
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