Thursday
01Jan2009
Fifteen Movies Worth the Wait in 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 3:06PM
Tomorrow morning, I'll recap 2008 in movies and look ahead to 2009 on our local Fox
affiliate here in Phoenix. It's at 9:45am Mountain Time if you're
interested. But I was asked to pick the five best and worst movies of the year, which we've already talked
about (the
best)/(the worst). But the five movies I'm looking
forward to the most in 2009? Well, I hadn't given that too much thought.
Monsters vs. Aliens (3.29)
Wolverine (5.1)
Star Trek (5.8)
Terminator Salvation (5.22)
Transformers (6.26)
Public Enemies (7.1)
Harry Potter (7.17)
Inglourious Basterds (8.21)
The Informant (9.18)
Where the Wild Things Are (10.16)
Wolf Man (11.6)
Sherlock Holmes (11.20)
The Lovely Bones (12.11)
Avatar (12.18)
What does your list look like, and what do you think I left out?
Monsters vs. Aliens (3.29)
Wolverine (5.1)
Star Trek (5.8)
Terminator Salvation (5.22)
Transformers (6.26)
Public Enemies (7.1)
Harry Potter (7.17)
Inglourious Basterds (8.21)
The Informant (9.18)
Where the Wild Things Are (10.16)
Wolf Man (11.6)
Sherlock Holmes (11.20)
The Lovely Bones (12.11)
Avatar (12.18)
What does your list look like, and what do you think I left out?
Reader Comments (12)
Of what's on your fanboy-heavy list I'm only really anticipating Where the Wild Things Are. I'd also add Bruno and Shutter Island as 2 I'm really looking forward to.
I had Shutter Island on the list when it ballooned to about 20.
Let's show Paul Rudd some love with I Love You Man
Alejandro-Gonzalez Inarritu's has a new film with Javier Bardem coming out in December and it is going to be great he is one of the best filmmakers working. Q.T.'s film is going to be interesting, but I'm not sold on it. Cormac McCarthy's pulitzer prize winning novel The Road, love that book, with Viggo Mortensen could be great. Coppola has a film coming out, but the main two that were left off this list are THE HUMAN FACTOR & SHUTTER ISLAND. Eastwood directing a film about Nelson Mandela with Morgan Freeman playing Mandella and Matt Damon is in it as well. THE HUMAN FACTOR will be a classic. SHUTTER ISLAND directed by Scorsese with Leo, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortemer, Ben Kingsley, Max Von Sydow, Mark Ruffalo, and a few more great actors which I forgot, that film will be great as well.
A few things: We don't know exactly when The Road is on the way, though that was my stupid oversight for just going through the release calendar. Yes, that's definitely one to look out for. Thanks.
Shutter Island just missed the cut, and maybe I'm overstating a couple of mine that I've already seen stills or trailers for and letting that get in the way of Scorsese.
I wouldn't trust Francis Coppola to make a worthwhile film now as far as I could throw him. What's it been, 30 years since his last great movie? The Eastwood thing is supposed to come out next December, but I'm not as eager about that, for some reason.
Finally, the only caution I'll give on the Inarritu film is that his working relationship with writer Guillermo Arriaga ended bitterly, and Inarritu has never written any of his films, and he's giving it a go here, with about three other writers. Could be great, but it's kind of a McCartney without Lennon scenario, or the other way around.
But thanks, Zack, for all the feedback. I appreciate it.
There are a lot of movies to get excited about every year, much like everyone's team is going to the Super Bowl(TM) in June. Okay, maybe not the Lions.
Anyway, I am most eager to see what happens with Avatar. Will it have the same sudden impact and lingering importance to pop culture history as T2 and Titanic? That is the question I am most looking forward to having answered this year, even more so than "Who watches the Watchmen?"
Yeah, I love the all three of the Inarritu+Arri aga films. Amores Peros is one of my favorite films of all time, but I think he is moving on from the trio of non-linear stories and is going to become a great all around filmmaker. I don't think he has to do the non-linear work. And, if Bardem passed off Pablo Escobar for this role, I have to figure it's a preety juicy role.
Also, Ang lee's Woodstock could be very good. Love Ang Lee
I agree with you about Coppala. He made four great films and then lost his indentity to make the greatest, or at least one of the greatest, war films ever made.
Oh burned, I'm sure you noticed, they said you where getthebigpicture.com not .net =\
They also had it typed that way when the camera was on you "Colin Boyd, Movie Critic, Getthebigpicture.com"
sadness.
Hey colin, what's the scoop on Pacino playing Salvador Dali, any good buz on that?
I don't believe they've started filming that yet. It had a 2009 release date once upon a time, and maybe that will still hold up, but I can't say for sure.
I'll definitely be checking out Public Enemies and Watchmen.