So every year, I go online and take a look at sites like RottenTomatoes, IMDB, and IMPAwards to see what's coming up next year so I know what I'm supposed to be geeking out about and when. It's every geek's conscientious duty to follow notables in their specific fandom and plan their days off to coincide with the various activities involving said subjects. Ticket line camp outs, midnight showings, crowded conventions, the occasional 72 hour gaming marathon, etc.
2014 looks like it's going to be a great year for cinema fans (especially for science fiction addicts), with some promising new titles, franchise reboots, and studio tent poles spread out through the seasons. Here are some of the ones I'm looking forward to, in order of announced release date.
Thor: The Dark World is the sequel to 2011's Thor. It was directed by Alan Taylor and stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Eccleston, and Natalie Portman. I'm not the best at reviewing movies since normally my take on these things is purely based on my enjoyment and I rarely take into consideration things cinephiles normally would - things like camera angles and cinematography. So this is the uneducated movie-goer review, I guess.
And while I'm going to try to keep this relatively spoiler-free, there will be a couple bits here and there that might spoil you. Anything really spoilery will be hidden behind spoiler tags, so don't worry too much.
I'm just going to do it like a list - things I liked and things I didn't like. It won't be in any particular order, because I write horribly and my brain's a mess.
So last weekend the Metro Manila Film Festival finally ended and Philippine cinemas were finally free to replace the local garbage habitually exhibited during the holidays with garbage from foreign countries. This time we had a choice between two Hollywood films that have gotten abysmal reviews from critics and movie goers alike. As of this writing, The Legend of Hercules has a 4% score on rottentomatoes.com so that was out. I like a few of Renny Harlin's movies (Cliffhanger and Deep Blue Sea were both awesome, folks), but he's had so many misses since the 90's that I felt that this one didn't warrant the p220 ticket.
At an aggregate score of 11%, 47 Ronin isn't that much better, but it's got samurai in it. I'm pretty sure that it was Sun Tzu who said, "everything is better with samurai, dude". And besides, every now and then, I enjoy watching a 'bad' movie. At worst, I can write about it from experience, and at best, the reviews desensitize me so well that I end up enjoy it sans any expectations.
I'm glad to say that 47 Ronin was in that latter category.
It's finally out! Hot on the heels of Captain America's trailer is the first official trailer for Bryan Singer's X-men: Days of Future Past. A few of days ago, xmenmovies posted a very short video teaser for X-men: Days of Future Past, promising a full trailer debut a few days after. And here it finally is!
The description on it's Youtube page says " The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from "X-Men: First Class," in an epic battle that must change the past -- to save our future."
I can't wait to see the movie! The Days of Future Past has been regarded as one of the best story lines in the X-men universe, so I'm excited to see how Bryan Singer's team's interpretation of the material turns out. What do you guys think of the trailer? Share with us your thoughts in the comments below.
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