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Serenity is by far the movie I'm most looking forward to--my excitement over it pretty much elclipses my interest in all other upcoming movies. To a lesser degree I'm anticipating H2G2 and that Tim Burton animated piece based on Russian-Jewish folklore. The name of it escapes me at the moment. Ryuko, you were the person who linked to it weren't you? Do you remember what it's called?
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*wibble* Hard Scifi premise, Sean Bean AND Ewan McGregor (in multiple roles). Directed by Micheal Bay but without Bruckhiemer...
Might suck, but it looks good. My butt will be in the seat, even if I have to force my friend Kathy to go with me. (Ron generally refuses to see Ewan McGregor movies with me, for fear of seeing a penis. Kathy, on the other hand, dragged me to Troy last year because of her Thang for Orlando Bloom.)
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I'm with you, KarlEd, which is why I didn't list it initially even though I am a pretty big fan of the OT. I am more excited about the fact that I will be at Disney World that week, and apparently the whole month of May is Star Wars fun there.
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Yeah fiazko, I think that was what it was called. Looks like it'll be really good.
As for Revenge of the Sith--the first two Star Wars movies contributed to the mythological landscape of my childhood in a huge way (along with The Lord of the Rings, Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising, Marvel comics, and Greek and Norse myth), but the last three movies have all blown, to one degree or another, and I don't really expect anything else from the final one. I'll go to see it, not right away, but probably while it's still at the expensive theater. I'll probably go to a matinee showing of it to save a few bucks.
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I'm looking forward to Serenity, too, but I think it's been bumped to September. Getting out of EpIII's way, I think.
It's Whedon, so it will be good.
Christian Bale as Batman. Woot!
I'll probably get roped into seeing the Kingdom of Heaven by my friend with the Orlando fixation. It has Liam Neeson in yet another mentor-y role... I adore him, so it probably won't be too hard to get me there, though my personal interest in the Crusades ia not what it was when I was a practicing Christian.
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As long as it's prior to Sept 22 it still counts as before the end of Summer 2005.
But I did see a preview recently for something coming out in April, I don't think it's been mentioned here yet, and I can't for the life of me remember what it was.
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Nope, cannot be more specific as I don't remember a darn think about it, except thinking, "cool, we'll be back from our honeymoon in time to see that."
So it must have a release date after April 17.
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I'm looking forward to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The Traveling Pants book was awesome and I'm interested to see if they could also make a good movie out of it.
Christian Bale just might persuade me to see the Batman movie.
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Dana, are you sure it was April and not early May. The Interpreter comes out April 22nd. The only other wide release that day that looks remotely worth seeing (if you're an Ashton kutcher fan) is A Lot Like Love. The only Wide releases on the 29th are H2G2 and XXX: State of the Union.
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Traveling Pants has Amber Tamblyn. (I am a Joan fan.) I did not know it was based on a book. I'll have to check it out.
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Well, not thinking about any 2005 movies at the moment, but this weekend I'm getting together with friends to watch (home theatre) "Chariots of Fire", 1981 Best Picture winner. Believe it or not, I have never seen this movie! (although I played the theme song in band....)
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One of my earliest musical memories was of the theme song. I finally watched the movie a couple years ago. Not too shabby.
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It was originally supposed to come out May 6, but they moved it to April 29. Maybe that caused the confusion. Or not.
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Fiazko, I highly recommend the book. I've also read The Second Summer of the Traveling Pants. I've heard that a third book also came out, but I haven't read it yet. Each of the four main characters has a compelling story, and the whole book is funny and sad and heartwarming.
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I will add it to the list. I'm trying to read all the books associated with movies I want to see that are coming out this year, and there are a lot of them.
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I am slowly regaining my respect for Jennifer Lopez, and even through the whole Bennifer thing, I didn't mind her movie work. It's her music and her "personal" life I can do without. I am kinda intrigued by Jane Fonda, though. I bet she'll be great.
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Last I heard A Scanner Darkly was due out September 16. Does anybody know if that's still the case? This is one I really want to see.
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Hitchhiker Star Wars III maybe XXX: State of the Union
I don't usually pay attention to the "coming soon" stuff, and I haven't seen a movie in the theater since Shrek 2 first came out, so I'm pretty out of the loop beyond what I read here on the 'Rack.
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Wow! A Wallace and Gromit movie, and I didn't even know about it!
I must be getting a life, and it's interfereing with my entertainment!
I'm kind of bummed about Serenity getting bumped. It's bound to be betterthan Star Wars III, and now I have to wait for it, knowing it's in the can and ready for my $8.00.
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Serenity more than anything, but also a few of the others that have been mentioned in this thread -- Batman Begins, H2G2.
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I believe I've mentioned my fanatical zeal for Batman Begins. Anyone curious to see production stills can check them out here. These are unedited production stills, so the lighting is a bit bright and there's no CG (that only matters in ONE pic - but I'd rather not spoil it for you )
Sin City is my second and last favorite. Hoo boy, I am pumped up for that one. When I saw the latest trailer I was STUNNED by how close Rodriguez kept to the books. I always imagined some sort of departure. But he's created some sort've Ultra Noir Hardcore Graphic Dick Tracy. With WHORES. Whores with GUNS. How could I possibly turn that down, I ask you? The answer is, I couldn't.
My "meh" movie: Star Wars.
My movie that looks interesting but I know jack about it: War of the Worlds.
My movie that just seems to be Burton's One Trick Pony all over again: Corpse Bride.
(I mean seriously. Did he just sit up and say, "I think I need to make a movie about an alternate universe ultra gothic creepy world where Johnny Depp plays a depressing outcast surrounded by creepy backgrounds. Also, the backdrops would look creepy, and I think I should throw in a creepy score, and maybe some creepy titles as well. Then I'll literally dunk the film in a big bucket of creepy, and send it on in to production. I am TOTALLY breaking new ground.)
Also, does it look to anyone else that Fantastic Four is going to be quite bad?
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