What are everbody's TOP 3 MOST ANTICIPATED films right now?

[Lancemc]

They have to be confirmed films, not just rumors, but and the have to have a release within the next 5 years.

Here are mine:

3. The Dark Knight - Nolan - 2008

The sequel to the greatest Batman movie of all time. The return of the Joker. Nolan is one of my top directors right now. He's done nothing but blow me away with everything he's done thus far. I have little reason to believe that The Dark Knight could not be the single greatest "superhero" film of all time.

I believe in Harvey Dent!


2. Revolutionary Road - Mendes - 2008

Sam Mendes has proven himself to be one of, if not the greatest American director to emerge in the past 10 years. His first feature debut, American Beauty, won the Best Picture oscar, and won Kevin Spacey a Best Actor oscar...two awards that are probably more deserving than anything the Academy has given since.

While Medes has yet to surpass his debut masterpiece, and possibly never will, his last two films, 2002's Road to Perdition and 2005's Jarhead, have continued Mendes' set tradition of visually stunning and emotionaly wrenching motion pictures. Revolution Road is based on a Yates novel about a Connecticut family in the 50's. This film reunited TITANIC stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as the married couple as their family begins to fall apart. I'm expecting Leo and Kate to finally get the Oscar recognition they so greatly deserve.

My number 1, no surprise to those who know me well on here..

1. Avatar - Cameron - 2009

Avatar will mark James Cameron's triumphant return to full length motion pictures after a 12 year hiatus since his 1997 masterpiece Titanic. For the part 10 years, Cameron has been researching and developing new ways to create motion pictures. He's had a heavy hand in the advancement of digital photography and 3-D (or stereo) filming technique, as well as revolutionary performance capture technology. Avatar will also be Cameron's first foray into the sci-fi/action genre since he redefined it himself with 1992's Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

He promises to deliver photorealistic CGI which will help to create Cameron's vision of a completely fiction planet and ecosystem. The lead roles of the film are 8-foot tall, blue, cat-like creatures with human-levels of intelligence. The film's budget is nearly $200 million, and is almost sure to be as big a revolution in the motion picture industry as the very first color films were. Expect Avatar to hit your local Digital 3-D equiped theater around Memorial Day 2009.

If I think about this movie any more right now I might need a change of clothing.

 

[elevation2u]

 

[LMP]

1. The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan - July 2008

Christopher Nolan is proving himself to be one of the better writer-directors of his generation. Batman Begins, The Prestige, and Memento were all immensely enjoyable and just as interesting.

The cast is absolutely stellar:

Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Michael Caine (one of my favorites) as Alfred
Gary Oldman as Lt. Gordon
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent
Heath Ledger as the motherfucking Joker
and Maggie Gyllenhaal replacing the weak link Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes.

I cannot fucking wait until July '08.

2. Star Trek XI - J.J. Abrams - December 2008

Not only has J.J. Abrams created some of the most enjoyable (and frustrating) series of the past 10 years (Lost and Alias), but he revitalized a lame franchise and made a great action flick with Mission: Impossible III. Now he has the task of bringing the monstrosity of Star Trek back from the dead.

I definitely expect this to be good, in an age where a long-forgotten show from the '70s can be reborn into the greatest current drama on television (Battlestar Galactica), I have to believe the same can be done with Star Trek.

The casting rumors are insane too, and I have no idea who will be who, if I had to choose it would be:

Kirk - Ryan Gosling
Spock - Adrien Brody
McCoy - Gary Sinise

This almost leaves me as giddy as I am for The Dark Knight.

3. The Fourth Installment of the Indiana Jones Adventures - Steven Spielberg - May 2008

Steven Spielberg is my favorite director of all-time, Indiana Jones is probably my favorite film character of all-time, and George Lucas is the greatest visionary/fuck-up of all-time. That's just how it is. Needless to say, the thought of another Indy movie in my lifetime is utterly mindblowing.

As a huge fan of Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg, I really see this and their return to glory. Since Saving Private Ryan, I can really only name one Spielberg movie I'd give any thought to seeing again: Munich. And Harrison Ford hasn't been in a decent movie since Air Force One. This is their chance to make something special again, something timeless and spectacular for fans of the series and cinema alike.

So what if Indy's about 98 years old, so what if George Lucas is involved, so what if Shia Labeouf is playing Indy's son (I'm not sold on him yet) it's going to be a hell of a ride and I cannot wait to be a part of it.

 

[Lancemc]

"and George Lucas is the greatest visionary/fuck-up of all-time. That's just how it is."

Classic.

I totally agree though on all three picks.

Good call with Star Trek XI though. It's really important to me because I want JJ to proove that he can pull off an epic, likely CG-heavy film, since it looks like we're stuck with him for the hotly-debated The Dark Tower film adaptation. But I thought he did a great job with MI3, and Lost is my favorite TV show ever. So I have faith.

 

[Screwtape2]

3. The Dark Knight - Nolan - 2008

2. Revolutionary Road - Mendes - 2008

1. Avatar - Cameron - 2009

My list too. I've missed Cameron so much the last couple of years. With so many bad blockbusters in that time it's nice to know that Cameron won't disappoint.

The next Star Trek would be in my list but I'm not a fan of J.J. or prequels. Than again nothing can be as bad as Nemesis

 

[LMP]

I really believe Star Trek will end up like Star Trek/Lost the Movie. The story will go through parts of Kirk's life presumably in Lost-like flashbacks.

J.J. Abrams will make the transition to film writer-director smoothly and I think he has the chops to do this movie and the Dark Tower series.

 

[Lancemc]

J.J. Abrams will make the transition to film writer-director smoothly and I think he has the chops to do this movie and the Dark Tower series.

I really hope you're right. The only thing I'm worried about is his ability to handle real nitty-gritty drama, like what he'll be faced with in The Dark Tower.

 

[impy13]

3. The Simpsons Movie
2. The Dark Knight
1. Across The Universe

That's all I can really think of right now.

 

[elevation2u]

there's one I forgot about :Across The Universe
if it's half as good as the trailer, I'll be more than happy

also I can't remember the name, but there is some Cusack heart: ) movie, which for being in the suspense genre actually looked good, something about a Hotel.

the maybe file (because I haven't seen the trailers yet):
Rescue Dawn
The Invasion
Goya's Ghosts
The Ten
The Hottest State

 

[LMP]

1408 is the Cusack movie, which also stars SAM JACKSON! and is an adaptation of a Stephen King story.

 

[trevster2k]

Paprika
Ratatouille
Stardust

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

Ocean's 13 will be out in less than a month.

 

[Lancemc]

1408 is the Cusack movie, which also stars SAM JACKSON! and is an adaptation of a Stephen King story.

Well, I wouldn't really say it stars Sam Jackson, since he's really only in the film for something like 10 minutes.

 

[lmjhitman]

sin city 2: a dame to kill for (2008)

[/. fucking. thread.]

 

[U2girl]

Indiana Jones 4, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Harry Potter 5 (I'm curious to see what the new director does with the story).

Honourable mention His Dark Material and that new project/script Scorsese is working on with Robert De Niro.

 

[U2MaNaIcWeIdO]

1. Star Trek XI - I'm such a Star Trek nerd and I can't wait for this movie to come out!

2. The Dark Knight - Granted the pic piqued my interest even further and I don't mind hearing all the local news reports about them filming the movie in Chicago....but I'm mainly interested to see how good the characters are in this movie.

3. The Simpsons Movie - I've liked what I've seen from the trailers and I'm also kinda excited to see this one.

 

[fly so high!]

1. Shrek the third
2. Tranformers
3. Harry Potter

 

[UberBeaver]

Batman
Sin City 2
Transformers.


Also can't wait for the Song of Fire and Ice series that HBO picked up. George RR Martin's books, on which it's based, are brilliant.

 

[LJT]

Lance, Titanic a masterpiece?

I agree with your choices though, along with Transformers and Sin City 2.

 

[Slapnutz]

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=91mg2zgfI8M)
3. Rescue Dawn (Trailer: http://youtube.com/watch?v=IPhsNlnOjYE)

 

[Lancemc]

Lots of great picks so far. I'm also looking forward to The Assassination of Jesse James, The Golden Compass, and Across the Universe.



But yeah, Titanic is a masterpiece. It's far from being the best movie ever made, but it's both a technological marvel set behind a classic if not melodramatic love story. Love it or hate it the film was a milestone for cinema.

Though strangely, I almost always forget about it when I think about Cameron's work. I'll be like "Damn, you know, one of these days Cameron's going to get an Oscar for his work!" I think he deserved it though.

If nothing else, I like to think Titanic gave Cameron the complete and utter freedom to do WHATEVER he wants for the rest of his career...which he certainly has been doing. Heck, he's even single-handedly destroyed Christianity since then.

 

[Lancemc]

I also want to mention Paris Je T'aime, a films which I'm absolutely ACHING to see. Though it's been out in Europe since 2006 and select cities in the U.S.

 

[Slapnutz]

I also want to mention Paris Je T'aime, a films which I'm absolutely ACHING to see. Though it's been out in Europe since 2006 and select cities in the U.S.

It's very much style over substance. But since you're a James Cameron fan, you should have no problem with that.

j/k

 

[Lancemc]

Ouch.

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

I can't even think about 5 years, but off the top of my head I'd say A Mighty Heart, Oceans 13, and if they ever do a LOTR related movie again.

 

[LemonMelon]

3. The Dark Knight - Not a big Batman aficionado, but this movie looks really cool. Wow.

2. The Hobbit - One of my favorite books in movie form and, if the same staff who created the other LoTR movies is still there, it should be amazing. Due in 2009.

1. The Simpsons Movie - My favorite television series of all time is finally about to release their movie; ten years in the making! I'm not expecting a masterpiece or anything, but I'm expecting a really strong film from a show that I know can still be funny. 11 of the show's writers from the classic years are coming back to write for it, so that should help. 7.27.07, bitches.

 

[Lancemc]

I can't wait to see how hardcore The Simpsons movie is going to suck.

 

[LemonMelon]

I can't wait to see how hardcore The Simpsons movie is going to suck.

Nowhere near as hard as the Futurama movies will surely suck. They can't even write a single funny episode, let alone a whole movie.

Also, I've heard a full-length Family Guy movie is in the works. Can you imagine what that will be like? There will be a cut-away every 11 seconds and will slowly make you go blind. The movie will have no plot, just a string of an idea with more excuses for cut-aways and sex jokes. Mmm.

 

[Lancemc]

Family Guy is horrible, but I find Futurama to be much more enjoyable than its contemporary Simpsons seasons...even some of the older ones.

A film though from any series is likely to suck.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

The Simpsons movie is worrying me... It will either kick ass or suck ass, what I am hoping is that the recent crappiness of the show is directly caused by the extra effort being put into the movie and all the really funny gags are being saved for the movie ray:

My most anticipated are:

Indiana Jones 4 - I'm a sucker for Harrison Ford in the Fedora

Sin City 2 -

Army Of The Dead - Zack Snyder is doing a sequel of his Dawn Of The Dead remake using the technology he used for 300...

Burn After Reading - The Coen Brothers + George Clooney and Brad Pitt and John Malcovich...

There are probably more that I am forgetting as well...