Let's Talk Movies - Volume 18 (action...comedies...documentaries...it's all good)

[PeterG]

Trailers for the twelve poll options are below. There is no trailer yet for "Dark Shadows" so out of spite, I have left it out of the poll and in it's place was the most delightful trailer I have seen in a long time (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). Runner-up for Dark Shadows spot was "Chimpanzee" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb8AeSh1rGs) a Disney documentary that animal-lovers will love (as will anyone who has a heart that is still beating, I expect!!)

One additional note: "The Cabin In The Woods" trailer looks like a horror movie re-tread of a re-tread, but the trailer changes gears halfway through until I was thinking, "what the heck is this movie about???" (in a good way!) So I think it warrants it's place in this thread's poll. :)



March 9th - John Carter (Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure with Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Haden Church, Dominic West, James Purefoy and Bryan Cranston)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rf55GTEZ_E


March 23rd - The Hunger Games (Action, Sci-Fi with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Wes Bentley, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Toby Jones and Donald Sutherland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9a5V9ODuY


March 30th - Mirror Mirror (Comedy with Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham and Sean Bean)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpLVO396eHs


March 30th - Wrath of the Titans (Action, Adventure, Fantasy with Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, Danny Huston and Bill Nighy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs7fzOrUopc

April 4th - Titanic 3D (Adventure, Drama re-release)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaj1M5wDigg


April 6th - American Reunion (Comedy with Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy, Chris Klein, Mena Suvari, Jennifer Coolidge and Natasha Lyonne)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1akixU65dDY


April 13th - The Cabin in the Woods (Horror with Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Williams and Chris Hemsworth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Itzujv4JwU

May 4th - The Avengers (Action, Adventure with Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgård)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOrNdBpGMv8


May 4th - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Comedy, Drama with Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDY89LYxK0w


May 18th – Battleship (Action, Adventure with Alexander Skarsgård, Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna and Liam Neeson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDMXkPfxjOc


May 18th - What to Expect When You're Expecting (Comedy, Romance with Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Chace Crawford, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Joe Manganiello and Cheryl Cole)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wuIltIHQXY


May 25th - Men in Black 3 (Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi with Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Emma Thompson, Josh Brolin and Nicole Scherzinger)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyaFEBI_L24

[emason]

The only movie on the list that interests me is The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; I've seen the trailer before and I marked the movie down as one to see. Everything else you have listed - no interest whatsoever.

[cygnus]

The only movie on the list that interests me is The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; I've seen the trailer before and I marked the movie down as one to see. Everything else you have listed - no interest whatsoever.

I didn't vote for that one- but now that I have seen the trailer (should have looked first!) that's the one I most want to see!

[Buzz]

For my fellow Apple fanboys/girls John Carter will dedicated to Steve Jobs. The movies I will be watching for are; The Avengers, Cabin in the woods, John Carter, What to Expect When You Are Expecting, Battleship, The Hunger Games.

[PeterG]

I was going to have "Bully" in the poll as it looks to be a very important movie, but my brain got jumbled and I forgot to include it. I probably would have put it in the poll in place of the Titanic re-release.

I thought the trailer for 21 Jump Street was really good, but I've heard people talk negatively about this trailer, so I didn't include it in the poll. But I want to see this movie, it could be a lot of fun. Looking forward to seeing how Depp will be a part of the movie.

Another comedy that has lots of potential is Casa de mi Padre. This one might be brilliant, the trailer definitely does not give away too much.

Worst trailers for this month: Project X and Rachel Weisz' The Deep Blue Sea. And I had to use much restraint in not using quotation marks around the word comedy in reference to Eddie Murphy's new movie. :lol:

Trailers for other movies to be released in March:

March 2nd - Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (Animated Family with Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms and Betty White) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bHdzTUNw-4

March 2nd - Project X (Comedy with an unknown cast) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rl1TJG17Wk

March 2nd - Being Flynn (Comedy, Drama with Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor, Wes Studi, Julianne Moore) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHZfQDgkqiM

March 9th - A Thousand Words (Comedy with Eddie Murphy and Kerry Washington) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2MO_ID4ltA

March 9th - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (Comedy, Drama with Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E94xpxv1_7Q

March 9th - Silent House (Horror, Thriller with Elizabeth Olsen) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLD4km_d1I

March 16th - 21 Jump Street (Action, Comedy with Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube and Johnny Depp) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLoKtb4c4W0

March 16th - Jeff Who Lives at Home (Comedy with Jason Segel, Ed Helms and Susan Sarando)n http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34kCWAsddtA

March 16th - Casa de mi Padre (Action, Comedy with Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mrdYr_EwkA

March 23rd - October Baby (Drama with Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, Jasmine Guy and John Schneider) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oTLVevO5g

March 23rd - The Raid: Redemption (Action with Iko Uwais, Ray Sahetapy, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkULMOFpuCo

March 30th – Bully (Documentary by Lee Hirsch) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5114WHxofzU

March 30th - The Deep Blue Sea (Drama, Romance with Rachel Weisz) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmphOgeyk70

[Buzz]

Ick @ 21 Jumpstreet. I was a HUGE fan of the tv show and do not this trend of remaking old tv shows as comedies. At very least they should have actors who are believable as teenaged H.S. students. Johnny Depp was in that show.

[Cachoo]

I think EW said "John Carter" had to make 400 mil just to break even? I've never heard of a superhero called John Carter unlike say Batman, Superman etc...

[PeterG]

Ick @ 21 Jumpstreet. I was a HUGE fan of the tv show and do not this trend of remaking old tv shows as comedies. At very least they should have actors who are believable as teenaged H.S. students.

You haven't watched the trailer, have you? :rofl:


Johnny Depp was in that show.

Yes, and he is in this movie. I doubt he would have agreed to be in this movie if he didn't think it was good...

[Buzz]

Don't remember if I mentioned it but I saw Journey 2 and it was a wonderful little movie.

[PeterG]

oops - thought I had started a new thread.........

[agalisgv]

Saw Woman in Black, Safe House, and This Means War!

Woman in Black wasn't bad, and not terribly gory. But I thought it was most effective as a suspenseful movie, and it lost its suspense about 2/3 through by showing the woman in black too much, and not leaving much left to the imagination. I also like happy endings, and this didn't have that.

Safe House was rather graphic I think, but it was clear when those scenes were, so I just closed my eyes. I guessed some of the plot early on, but there were still enough twists to maintain interest throughout. Overall it was better than I expected. Reminiscent of Bourne in a way, but without the main protagonist being the trained expert. Washington played his character extremely well.

This Means War was better than I thought (though I had very low expectations going into it). My main problems was the graphic sexual language (mainly done by Witherspoon's bff in the movie). Just unnecessary and detracted from the movie. I saw some reviews saying Reese's character wasn't believable, but to me she did a good job with it. The subplot didn't add much, but it wasn't exactly a distraction either. Enjoyable fun overall.

[DarrellH]

Just got a preview pass to John Carter. It's a 3-D Imax version tonight!

[Cachoo]

Let us know---I like that you are seeing it with/in? IMAX.

[PeterG]

Just got a preview pass to John Carter. It's a 3-D Imax version tonight!

Interesting that they're giving free passes to this. I swear the advertising being spent on this movie is more than the other eleven movies in this poll combined! :lol:

[smurfy]

John Carter - that was Noah Wyle's character name on ER. (dating myself)

Can't wait for Dark Shadows - that show scared me as a kid. As an adult I saw some episodes that just cracked me up. Was bummed when the new series in the 90s did not last.