You're probably wondering "why the hell are you posting a blog of the most anticipated movies of 2015 when we're already in March!?" Well, because with the Oscars gone... now we can focus on the movies we really want to go see ! : )
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| Coming in 2015 |
Don't get me wrong, I'm all about the awards season and everything, as you even saw in my previous blog on how the Oscars snubbed Requiem for a Dream -specifically Ellen Burstyn- a few years ago. This year the academy went back to the "Kirk Lazarus" format that was the subject of satire and parody by Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazarus in the great Hollywood satire film Tropic Thunder. Again don't get me wrong, I haven't even seen "Theory of everything", but after a few editions it starts to get really old that all the Oscars are awarded to actors playing challenged characters, in one or another level. I mean, some of the greatest acting performances have been on regular people:
1. Marlon Brando's Vito Corleone in The Godfather
2. F. Murray Abraham's Antonio Salieri in Amadeus
3. Al Pacino's Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon
4. Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream
5. Meryl Streep in that Meryl Streep movie... any Meryl Streep movie
yet the academy feels obligated to reward the "difficult" roles of playing characters with disadvantages.
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| 5-time Academy Award Winner Kirk Lazarus 3 of his 5 Oscars were won in 1994. |
Anyway, back to our main topic, I think we should brace ourselves for what should be one of the greatest years in box-office cinema. I'm talking about $$$, which not necessarily means quality. I don't expect anything close to 1994, which in my opinon is the best year I've seen in movies, both quality-wise and box-office-wise speaking:
- Pulp Fiction
- Natural Born Killers
- Shawshank redemption
- The Lion King
- Ace Ventura
- The Mask
- Dumb and Dumber (mmmm did Jim Carrey sold his soul in 1994 or what??)
- Four weddings and a funeral
- Interview with the vampire
- Ed Wood
- Farinelli
- Heavenly creatures
- Bullets over Broadway (yes, a Woody Allen movie that won awards AND even made a profit !!)
- Clerks
- Leon
- Speed
- When a man loves a woman
- Burnt by the Sun
- True lies
- Reality Bites
- Adventures of Priscilla (I know, but you have to give it to it...)
- Naked Gun 33 1/3
- Quiz show (a bit dramatized, but still good)
- Little women
- Strawberry and chocolate
- Forrest Gump (yes I know, I know.... but I had to mention it)
- Maverick
- The Crow (one of my all-time favorites)
unfortunately, it all goes to the toilet because 1994 was also the year when this piece of junk was realeased:
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| The worst movie that came out in 1994, and the worst movie of all time. |
Wow, just writting the names of the movies made me so nostalgic, I have to say it again: I've never seen such a great year for movies since 1994.
So, going to our present time, I did a little research to see what are the films that will be hitting theaters this year, from which I made a selection I'll make a quick comment on what should we expect from them. Of course and as you can imagine, I'm going to double-pass some of the most obvious choices, like you know...
- Rocky 8
- Die Hard 9
- Rambo 6
- Fast and furious 17
- Mission impossible #25
- and of course the new 2015 Sponge Bob movie.
... for obvious reasons. You pretty much get the idea...
Let the countdown begin !
The man from U.N.C.L.E.
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| Hasn't been the same without Madonna... |
I myself have low hopes on this one, as Ritchie reminds me of his fellow countryman Ridley Scott, who made Alien and Blade Runner, had a third star shot with Thelma and Louise, and kept us forever waiting for his next big thing. Since then, an endless line of pieces of junk have followed, Prometheus being the most recent.
Fast and Furious 17... I mean... 7
Well, I know I said I wasn't going to mention them. But, come on... How many sequels can this franchise produce ? Well, apparently the enough amount that doesn't make people realize they have been watching the same movie seven times.
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| On green... I'm going for it ! For the seventh time !! |
Anyway, with the unfortunate Paul Walker passing away incident, it's fair enough to release it as a tribute. One thing's for sure: by now Vin Diesel should be one step away from being able to pilot an F1 car with no helmet, a stick gear and a can of beer in his right hand.
Jurassic World
This is just wrong. "Jurassic Park" was a fantastic movie. It had all the Spieldberg ingredients of success. How did we get from there to "Jurassic World" is beyond me.
It seems to me that "Naked Gun 33 1/3" hit the nail on the head predicting it 20 years ago:
The cast incorporates Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Judy Greer (if you haven't heard from her, you're fine... I had to google her to find out she was The Bluth's Company Secretary from Arrested Development). The director however, Colin Trevorrow, well... let's just say I don't have any high hopes for a movie being directed by someone named Colin Trevorrow.
Fantastic Four
Most people (most normal people, and yes, that means non-Marvel comic fan people, and yes that includes me) haven't heard that apparently the Fantastic Four franchise is being killed by Marvel and Fox. Supposedly it's some rights issue which I haven't had the time to get into or understand (and I don't intend to either), that results in neither studio being able to use the characters in their films, which means there is zero hope of seeing the human torch in any Avengers film.
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| Are these guys the new American Idol contestants? Nope. They're the cast of FF4. Although I personally think they would have fared better in American Idol. |
It sucks because I was really looking forward of seeng Franklin Richards with the X-Men or The Avengers (I know I said I'm not a Marvel fan, which I'm not, it's just that Franklin is the only mutant I know from the Marvel Universe). Anyway, rumors circulate that the whole purpose of this film is to tank the franchise and kill the characters off. The cast is unheard of, and the director's name is Josh Trank, who I heard is only known by his family members.
Terminator Genisys
As we should ALL AGREE, the Terminator franchise should have ended with T2: Judgement Day. Anything after that is one the reasons why Skynet is considering erradicating the human race (including the TV series "The Sarah Connor Chronicles"); it may in fact be the only reason !
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| This poster sums up better than words´ my whole thougts |
What puzzles me even more, is that the cast will feature a T-800, a T-1000 and Kyle Reese! It's like they took all the Terminator movies and put them inside a blender! Also, the director Alan Taylor, has directed GOT episodes, Sex and the City episodes, Six feet under episodes, Mad Men episodes, and Thor 2, so talk about a blender !!!!!
I have no idea how will this end up !!!!!!!!!!
The Revenant
Alejandro Gonzalez is following his Birdman success with this film, but apparently its release date will be pushed to January, 2016
Mad Max: Fury Road
We spoke above about how unlikely it is that Arnold needs $$$ to buy a new gold WC for his service bathroom. That may not be the case for George Miller.
You're probably wondering "who the hell is George Miller?" Well, he's the director of the original Mad Max (ahhhh... yes MEL GIBSON !!), all three of them. He also made Witches of Eastwick, Lorenzo's Oil, Babe goes to the city and Happy feet. So yes, as I was saying, he's the original director of the original Mad Max thrilogy, meaning, we haven't heard from him since 1985.
Will it be as eclectic, unique and dark as the original one, with characters like Toecutter, Johnny the boy and Bubba Zanetti? I don't think so, but I don't think that means bad news. The good news is that Miller already stated that Fury Road is a reboot. Even better news is the cast that includes Tom Hardy as Max, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult and Zoe Kravitz.
I will say that, it's going to be tough to top this:
but if anyone can, that's George Miller
Straight outta Compton
I'm sorry.
I just had to mention that in 2015, there's a movie coming out called "Straight outta Compton".
Let's move on.
Ant-Man
I have to say it: I have high hopes for this movie.
Director Peyton Reed may direct corny, cheesy movies (The Break-up, Down with love, Yes man), but one thing he does is that he brings the best out of his actors/actresses, and you can't go wrong with Michael Douglas, Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Corey Stoll.
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| I have a feeling that this setup may actually work |
Poltergeist
How many times can you remake / reboot / redo / resequel "Portergeist" ?
Pan
Same question as above, but for "Peter Pan"
The Hateful Eight
Its tagline is "The 8th film from Quentin Tarantino"
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| As usual, not much is known on QT film before its release |
I like Quentin; too bad he hasn't been able to top Pulp Fiction. In an interesting approach, Quentin goes back to his roots of casting actors whose careers were on a slump or apparently dead, to pull together an interesting cast with new comers too: Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth and Samuel L. Jackson (finally, a non-Nick Fury role for Sam) combined with Channing Tatum.
I think this film should be good.
Some random Adam Sandler movie
(Insert your yearly Adam Sandler movie here)
Some random Will Ferrell movie
(Insert your yearly Will Ferrell movie here)
The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Joss Whedon and his whole crew are back to bring us a new episode of the avengers ensemble. Let's emphasize the fact that Joss has NEVER dissappointed anyone. We're talking about the mastermind behind Buffy, Firefly, Angel, Toy Story and... The Avengers itself which was a pretty ambitious project which some deemed impossible to achieve..
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| High hopes for this one. Perhaps the most anticipated movie along with Ep VII |
This one should be a no-brainer, and I'm quite sure it will be either the #1 or #2 at the box-office for 2015, depending on how Episode VII performs.
Regression
I have high hopes for this one. Alejandro Amenabar made "Thesis", "Mar adentro", "The others" and "Open your eyes."
I have high hopes for this one. Alejandro Amenabar made "Thesis", "Mar adentro", "The others" and "Open your eyes."
Entourage
After a long almost ten-year wait, the Entourage fans are finally getting a movie of Vince Chase and his crazy friends. Recommendation: watch the TV series first -at least the first two seasons- before watching the movie.
I don't know what it is, but I've always liked the Entourage's intro. I could play it for hours
Vacation
I almost jumped through my window when I found out that Clark W. Griswold's son, Rusty Griswold, is now "gearing up to take his family on a vacation".
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| Didn't Rusty learn his lesson? |
This is TERRIBLE. How can they reboot Vacation !?!?!?!?
This isn't something you do.
These are the kind of decisions that justified the catholic church for creating The Inquisition in the middle age.
Creed AKA Rocky 8 (or is it 7 ? or 9 ?... I lost count...)
Yes, I know I said I wasn't going to mention it, but man... I can't get over the fact that Rocky is going to train Apollo Creed's grandson to become a champion.
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| Eye of the Tiger, Rock! Remember to tell that to my grandson ! |
Why not mentor him to study and help him go to Harvard instead !?!?!?
Joy
I just wanted to bring to your attention that Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro are making another film together, which comes out in 2015.
Tomorrowland
Unfortunately, this is not a movie about the famous Belgian concert, but instead, your yearly George Clooney movie.
Little Red Riding Hood
Didn't we just have a Little Red Riding Hood film last year ?
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| As a matter of fact, we did ! |
Steve Jobs
Same question as Red Riding Hood.
What is this ? A "how many Steve Jobs + Red Riding Hood movies can we make in less than a decade" contest ?
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| Great book. Great read for every manager and businessman. |
The good thing is that the cast is superb (Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet), it's directed by Danny Boyle and it's based on Walter Isaacson's book.
This movie will likely be a nice bio-epic, with heavly dramatized events.
Snowden
Another typical Oliver Stone political film.
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| Good film. Too bad 90 % of it is made up. |
I don't know how people continue to produce films for this guy, when half of his political films are lies and the other half are a bunch of made up stories.
Pass !!
Macbeth
I don't know what to make out of this, but it stars Michael Fassbender (mmmmmmm, too many biopics / remakes) and Marion Cotillard.
Normally, Shakespeare plays made into film don't always transicion well.
Kickboxer: Vengeance
I just wanted to point out that there's a movie coming out in 2015 called Kickboxer: Vengeance, and yes, it stars "Muscles from Brussels" Jean-Claude "Wham Damn!" Van Damme
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| This, but like... well, who know what make-up can do for him |
Experimenter
This looks like a very interesting movie about the experiments conducted on humans' willingness to obey authority. It stars Taryn Manning and Peter Sarsgaard and Noni !
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| Ahhhh Noni... the woman I've been in love with since I was 8. |
The Lobster
I don't know much about this film, but it got my attention because it's probably the craziest plot I have EVER SEEN:
"A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods"
It does star Lea Seydoux...
Random John Travolta movie-where-John Travolta-overpowers everyone on-and-off-screen-even-the-movie-theater-ticket-sales-person
(insert your yearly John Travolta-film-for-which-he-charged-$20 million-for-a-movie-no-one-will-go-see-and-is-as-bad-as-its-93-John Travolta-predecessor-films-after-Pulp Fiction)
900.
That is, the third part of 300.
... just kidding...
Scouts vs Zombies
I kid you not when I tell you this:
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| This the closest and most anticipated match-up I've seen since Ali vs Frazier III |
Four years ago, I had this friend, and one day we got together and she and I did this same exercise of listing the upcoming movies for that year. We fell off our chairs when we read there was a movie coming out called "Cowboys vs Aliens", and we said:
well, I guess it's just a matter of time until a movie comes out called "Men vs Zombies", or "Good guys vs Bad guys", or "Cowboys vs Dinosaurs".
How close we got with Scouts vs Zombies !
Cowboys vs Dinousaurs
I can't believe it ! We actually nailed it !
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| This the closest and most anticipated match-up I've seen since Scouts vs Zombies !!! |
We actually predicted a movie coming out called Cowboys vs Dinosaurs, and here we go !!!
2:22
Your typical yearly digit titled non-sense movie.
Some 2015 Woody Allen movie
(insert your typical yearly Woody Allen film)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Something I would want someone to answer me someday, is what is the deal with trllogies in Hollywood?
Why can't they call it Hunger Games Part 4 ? What is the deal of calling it a trilogy, and having the third film split in two halves?
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| Getting ready to take on Capitol City |
Anyway, it's time for Katniss to put an end to Capitol City and also to redeem herself from that unfortunate internet incident.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Finally, last but not least, the film you have been waiting for to be mentioned.
As you can imagine, I'm going to take my time to talk about this one.
Let's start at the beginning:
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| A fan made poster |
Well... you know what? I'll post my thoughts on this one in my next entry ; )
Stay tuned !!!
