The 2010 summer movie season kind of sucked.
There were some good wide-release movies likeSpliceandPredators.
The only major films that cleared the high bar wereInceptionandScott Pilgrim vs. Then you’ll understand why it’s been a painful eight-year-wait for his new film.
Personally, I’ve been intrigued by the premise ever since the project was first announced.
Ryan Reynolds is one of those actors.
The Social internet(October 1st)
David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin.
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That combination is all it takes to sell me on a movie.
What I’m hoping we don’t get is a shock-horror film.
Hopefully, the lesson learned after seeing this movie won’t be “Always trust my pessimism.”
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Red(October 15th)
Helen Mirren unleashing waves of destruction through heavy weaponry?
The film looks like all kinds of fun and is reportedly getting positive responses at test screenings.
More intriguing is the pairing of Galifianakis and Downey.
Its biggest one is the physical limitations of the story.
The danger for a film like this is becoming too preachy or self-important.
And then I remember that there’s still got one more film to go and my brain explodes.
Black Swan(December 1st)
Did you see the trailer for this?
If not, watch it now.
If so, watch it again.
Aronofsky’s last two films,The FountainandThe Wrestler, were both beautifully bittersweet.Black Swanlooks beautifully horrifying.
Will mainstream America be able to handle that?
Answer: who gives a shit.
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The only thing I won’t be able to handle is if this film gets pushed back again.
The eight-minutes of footage I saw at Comic-Con impressed, but people went even more nuts for Jeff Bridges.
They care about Kevin Flynn and they want to see the next chapter in his story.
Based on everything I’ve seen so far, it looks like they have a tale worth telling.
Also, that tale has light-planes and disc wars so that helps.
It was stop-motion or 2D animation that ruled the year.
The Coens say that their adaptation will be more faithful to Portis novel than the 1969 John Wayne film.
However, while the adaptation may be more faithful to the narrative, there’s no expecting the Coens.
