In the year two thoooouuusand...and seven, many a movie film came out and the people cheered with great fervor and delight. These films are real films. Films with balls. Now you might be saying to yourself, "Jason, are you going to only tell me about films that you're going to want to see?" The answer, of course, is yes. But only because whatever I think is amazing, you should as well. If you don't, there's a good chance you think Save The Last Dance is a good movie and regard the three months you played with a Tamagachi as one of the best times of your life. Hate to break it to ya bub, but that's lamer than Stephen Hawking on horse tranquilizers.
The following are a few of the films I'm looking forward to in 2007. And by "I'm" I mean "you're".
Smokin' Aces - Jeremy Piven plays a crappy magician and a crappier con that decides to turn over evidence of a big time mob boss to the FBI. The Feds decide to this is a fabulous idea and protect him in Lake Tahoe. Of course, news of this spreads and freelance and organized assassins come for Buddy "Aces" Israel and the massive bounty on his head.
This movie looks pretty awesome for a few reasons: quick inventive editing, Jeremy Piven being a dick, beautiful Lake Tahoe, and a slew of stars looking to blast their way toward paydirt. Plus it sparks the film debut for one Alicia Keys. Odds that she will fall in and/or out of love? 13:1.
300 - The creator and co-director of Sin City is back with the cinematic version of his graphic novel of the same name. This movie tells of the Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and 300 soldiers fought against Xerxes (What a badass name. I'm naming my first born that.) and his massive Persian army.
All you have to do is click on the link and view the trailer and you'll see why I'm, I mean you're, so pumped for this movie. Go ahead, I'll wait. Ok, you see those visuals? Are you kidding me? I'm pretty sure my senses will melt under the sheer brilliance of it all like Peyton Manning in the playoffs (Patriots 23 - Colts 19, by the way). This is simply a good old fashioned bloodfest that's a great tale of the people of Greece coming together to save their democracy despite a more than formidable opposition. (Bush vs. the American people? Nah, too easy. Plus we apparently are too lazy to fight.)
The Simpsons Movie - Do I even have to write anything here? We'll move on.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Again, do I even have to write anything here? Well, alright. The Ninjas are back happily in all CGI's glory but sadly without Vanilla Ice's "Ninja Rap." A pity for sure, but anyone between the ages of 18-30 remembers the original cartoon series in the 80's and the original movies (the third counts as much as Rocky V counted in that series). This promises to be a fun romp for the whole family and a, possibly pathetic, delight for the aforementioned legion of dorks...myself included.
Reno: 911 Miami - If you've seen the television show then you know what to expect. Except multiply the funny by about 15 and that's what you've got right here. Add Miami's awesomeness and the plethora of hotties and you've got yourself a BEP'er (Bring Extra Pants - I just made that up; you like it?). If you're anywhere remotely fans of complex plots, sincerely brilliant acting, and smooth editing this is certainly not the movie for you. Volver is down the hall.
Transformers - Anyone who applied to the TMNT preview applies here. It's a battle of the Autobots (the good guys) vs. the Decepticons (...obviously). In short, the Decepticons want to destroy earth and the Autobots have been sent here to help protect us. And to add fuel to the fire (no pun intended), it's being directed by Mr. Let's-Make-Everything-Explode Michael Bay and produced by Steven Speilberg. And for you ladies out there, "Las Vegas"'s Josh Duhamel is in the picture. Oh, and the original voice of Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, is being done by the original actor, Peter Cullen. If you don't know who Optimus Prime is, here's a picture of my friend Rick from Halloween 2000.
Live Free or Die Hard - Bruce Willis is back as John McClane. I could not be happier. The Die Trilogy was quite possibly my favorite trilogy of all time and now it gets another fantastic installment. On top of that, Justin Long (Accepted, Waiting, Mac commercials), friend of the site and neighbor back home in Connecticut, is the second lead or the Ernie to Willis's Bert. Ernie was such a pussy. With this flick debuting on July 4th just like Transformers, one can only assume the testosterone level in America will nearly double what with these two flicks and thousands upon thousands of explosives being set off to celebrate America's birthday. I can feel my scrotum filling as we speak. Tremendous.
Honorable Mentions go to Balls of Fury, Shrek the 3rd, and Spiderman 3. They're gonna be good but not anything I'm willing to pawn my future ex-wife's engagement ring for.
1.18.2007
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