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1) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - David Yates proved to be an very talented director with the last Harry Potter film, which frankly is the only HP film to ever emotionally move me. I don’t care what anyone says, this is a fantastic series.
2) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Loved the last one! Sure, it wasn’t the smartest film ever to grace the screen and it was really more style over substance…but sometimes we need a little dumb escapism.
3) Up - Wall-E was amazing as are all of Pixar’s films, and I have no doubt that this one will end up on my top ten list of 2009 by the end.
4) Sherlock Holmes - Honestly, Robert Downey Jr. starring this film is basically why I’m looking forward to it. I’ve never read or seen anything to do with Sherlock Holmes before, but I think this has a lot of potential and I think it’ll end up being great.
5) The Lovely Bones - Peter Jackson can do no wrong in my eyes. I think it’ll be interesting to see him doing something other than a big sprawling epic. The only thing that ticks me off is that this is smaller than both of his most recent films and yet it’s taking him longer to get it into theaters than either of them!
6) Star Trek - Wasn’t a fan of the television show at all. In fact, if I’m being really honest with you I utterly loathed watching that sh ow. However, the footage I’ve seen from this looks great.
7) The Princess and the Frog - Until Toy Story came along, my childhood movie memories were made up of Aladdin and The Lion King. Since then, there hasn’t really been a 2D film that has captured my imagination like those. Hopefully this return of hand animated films will live up to my expectations.
Watchmen - The trailer for this looks interesting. I’ve never read the graphic novel, but I did see 300, and even though I found that to be a little boring, I can’t help but want to see this.
9) G. I. Joe - I think this’ll be interesting. I’m still a little unsure about whether or not it’ll be any good based on the man directing it and some of the early photos that have been released. Hopefully we’ll see a trailer soon.
10) Inkheart - What can I say? I’m a fantasy nerd, and other than Harry Potter 6, this is the only other live action fantasy film that really looks like something that I’ll dig. It being released in January has me worried, but I guess we’ll know if those worries become realities in the next couple of weeks when I review it.
BOTTOM 10:
1) Dragonball Evolution - I always knew a live action Dragonball film would have drawbacks, and to be honest, I’m not some hardcore fan of the show. I don’t care if a certain actor plays a certain character or whatever. But this just20looks absolutely terrible. From the lame addition of “Evolution” to the title, to the straight-to-DVD action scenes. Also, I hate how they set this film in present time. Argg…I’m angry just thinking about this film.,
2) Hotel for Dogs - Usually I can tolerate this type of film. I’ve enjoyed films like “The Game Plan” in the past, but this just looked terrible. Not to mention the kids they cast in this film are some of the most annoying looking children I’ve ever seen on screen. I have anger management problems, so I’ll probably stay clear of this or I’ll end up wanting to punch one of them in the head.
3) Final Destination: Death Trip 3D - Hated the other FD films, and “Death Trip 3D” doesn’t exactly spark confidence in me.
4) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - Looks like utter crap that belongs on the Sci-Fi channel.
5) Friday the 13th - There are films that need to be remade. Peter Jackson’s King Kong is a perfect example of a film that can be effectively reintroduced to a new generation. But these stupid horror remakes just make tick me off. They’re so lame, and from the footage I’ve seen from this, I’m not exactly encouraged to change my opinion.
6) Hannah Montana: The Movie - Some might think this belongs at the top of this list, but the way I look at it is this never had any potential of me liking it. It is what it is. Just like High School Musical. The only reason I put this up here is because I personally have a strong distaste for Miley Cyrus.
7) The Pink Panther 2 - I hated the first one and generally just hate this style of comedy. Very lame.
Race to Witch Mountain - I was interested in this film, but after seeing the trailer, I’d rather it be unmade.
9) X-Men Origins: Wolverine - A lot of people are going to be extremely mad about this (specifically Mac himself) but the trailer for this film left a bad taste in my mouth and I’m just not looking forward to it. I wasn’t ever a fan of the X-Men film and actually found all of them to be very boring. This doesn’t look any different.
10) 2012 - Secretly I’m actually looking forward to this film. The trailer for it was amazing. However, based on the fact that Roland Emmerich’s last film that I was looking forward to (10,000 B.C.) was a complete let down, I know getting excited about this will just bring disappointment. So I figure if I don’t look forward to it, I’ll end up being surprised by how good it is!
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