Let's Talk Movies v.20! (Period Dramas, Skating Movies, Underrated Films...& More!)

[PeterG]

Here are the previews for the twelve films that made it into the poll. I might have omitted two more obvious choices for two movies that had trailers which I LOOOOOVED!!! (They appear below, pretty in pink! )

Sep. 14th - Resident Evil: Retribution (Sci-Fi adventure with Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoyMT-7wEqs

Sep. 21st - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Drama with Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Nina Dobrev, Johnny Simmons, Dylan McDermott, Paul Rudd and Kate Walsh)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5rh7O4IDc0

Sep. 28th – Looper (Sci-Fi action with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels and Piper Perabo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iQuhsmtfHw

Sep. 28th - Won't Back Down (Drama with Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Ving Rhames and Rosie Perez)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvYPxZpstkE

Oct. 5th - Pitch Perfect (Musical comedy with Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson and Brittany Snow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siEHekc-1oE

Oct. 5th - Butter (Comedy with Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone, Ty Burrell, Ashley Greene and Olivia Wilde)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chf0ze80F3w

Oct. 26th - Cloud Atlas (Sci-Fi mystery with Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess and Keith David)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G2wVGrQWbM

Nov. 2nd - Flight (Drama with Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Bruce Greenwood, John Goodman and Melissa Leo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ53JCLG9I0

Nov. 9th - Skyfall (Adventure with Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem and Albert Finney)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgr2syY_OU4

Nov. 16th The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Maggie Grace and Lee Pace)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xOSoONDpY4

Nov. 21st - Life of Pi (Adventure drama with Tobey Maguire and Gérard Depardieu)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZEZ35Fhvuc

Nov. 21st - Red Dawn (Action with Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson and Jeffrey Dean Morgan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoqlBHSePw0

[PeterG]

Previews for other movies coming out in September, October & November:

Sep. 7th - The Words (Romantic drama with Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Irons, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid, Olivia Wilde and Ben Barnes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjmrDDD9o_k

Sep. 7th - Raiders of the Lost Ark: The IMAX Experience (Adventure with Harrison Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen, Alfred Molina and Denholm Elliott) – “one week only”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRXgT7_vLDk

Sep. 7th - The Cold Light of Day (Action with Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYWzd1melMU

Sep. 7th - The Inbetweeners Movie (Comedy with new cast)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pe0FFjSl2U

Sep. 14th - Finding Nemo 3D (Family with Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Barry Humphries, Eric Bana, Allison Janney, Elizabeth Perkins, Geoffrey Rush and Brad Garrett)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPHfeNgogVs

Sep. 14th - The Master (Drama with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1O1vb9AUU

Sep. 14th - Stolen (Action with Nicolas Cage, Malin Akerman, Josh Lucas and Danny Huston)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpMxOjUjweA

Sep. 21st - Dredd 3D (Sci-Fi adventure with Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby and Lena Headey)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqqgrUna28w

Sep. 21st - End of Watch (Action drama with Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick, Frank Grillo and America Ferrera)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2K9GzgiF0

Sep. 21st - House at the End of the Street (Thriller with Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Shue, Max Thieriot and Gil Bellows)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xd2ceHDd-g

Sep. 21st - Trouble with the Curve (Sports drama with Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Matthew Lillard, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman and Robert Patrick)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHZd0FTX8lk

Sep. 28th - Hotel Transylvania (Animated family comedy with Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samberg, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, Jon Lovitz and Cee Lo Green)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYgzizpCTKU

Oct. 5th - Frankenweenie (Animated with Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara and Conchata Ferrell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBfcGLBJ2Uc

Oct. 5th - Sinister (Horror with Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio and Fred Dalton Thompson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgYxydrVlDk

Oct. 5th - Taken 2 (Action with Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpaT8NzkLgE

Oct. 5th - The Oranges (Comedy drama with Hugh Laurie, Leighton Meester, Catherine Keener, Adam Brody, Oliver Platt and Allison Janney)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk83dEZi29E

Oct. 5th - The Paperboy (Drama with Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman and John Cusack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2GMwWaDSr0

Oct. 5th - Wuthering Heights (Drama with new cast)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkHX7G4mUPY

Oct. 12th - Argo (Drama with Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall and Victor Garber)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW3WfSFgrVY

Oct. 12th - Here Comes the Boom (Action comedy with Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler and Joe Rogan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsdnACcG6_w

Oct. 12th - Seven Psychopaths (Dark comedy with Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits and Gabourey Sidibe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOsd5d8IVoA

Oct. 12th - 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom (Comedy with Charlie Hunnam, Nora Dunn, Whitney Cummings, Ron Perlman and Chris Noth)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNBu7zzmnyc

Oct. 12th - Nobody Walks (Comedy drama with John Krasinski and Rosemarie DeWitt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zu8lX8BA2w

Oct. 12th - Smashed (Comedy drama with Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer and Megan Mullally)
…no trailer as of Aug.28th 2012…

Oct. 19th - Alex Cross (Crime drama with Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns and Jean Reno)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVfoEegEuw

Oct. 19th - Killing Them Softly (Crime drama with Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Sam Rockwell, Richard Jenkins and Ray Liotta)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDyaNnrgdp4

Oct. 19th - Paranormal Activity 4 (Supernatural Horror, new cast)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxfTnACwvXs

Oct. 26th - The Big Wedding (Romantic comedy with Amanda Seyfried, Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Robin Williams, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes and Diane Keaton)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9iqJA6RZM

Oct. 26th - Chasing Mavericks (Sports drama with Gerard Butler and Elisabeth Shue)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YYc3jRoua8

Oct. 26th - Fun Size (Teen comedy with new cast and featuring Chelsea Handler, Johnny Knoxville, Ana Gasteyer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPaYkQc1Ylw

Oct. 26th - Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Horror with Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWrZmD0AN4

Nov. 2nd - The Man with the Iron Fists (Action with Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu and Pam Grier)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOXnTZsaMq0

Nov. 2nd - Wreck-It Ralph (Animated comedy with John C. Reilly, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman, Alan Tudyk, Ed O'Neill, Mindy Kaling, Adam Carolla and Edie McClurg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btB8tb8fLYM

Nov. 2nd - This Must Be the Place (Drama with Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch and Harry Dean Stanton)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0ryRwKkKI4

Nov. 9th - Lincoln (Drama with Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Hal Holbrook, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Gloria Reuben, David Strathairn, Lee Pace and Jackie Earle Haley)
…no trailer as of Aug.28th 2012…

Nov. 16th - Anna Karenina (Drama with Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Olivia Williams and Emily Watson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPGLRO3fZnQ

Nov. 21st - Rise of the Guardians (Animated adventure with Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin and Jude Law)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd71LWhCO4s

Nov. 21st - Silver Linings Playbook (Comedy with Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Chris Tucker and Julia Stiles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj5_FhLaaQQ

Nov. 21st - Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (Family comedy with David Tennant)
…no trailer as of Aug.28th 2012…

[galaxygirl]

Of the twelve in the poll, I want to see:

* Resident Evil: so bad it's good
* Looper: time travel!!!
* Cloud Atlas: easier than reading the book.
* Flight: Denzel!!!
* Life of Pi: liked the book
* Red Dawn: loved the original when I was a kid.

I'll check out the movies in your second post later, but right now I need to pretend I'm a responsible adult and go to bed.

[Nell411]

I really want to see Looper, Pitch Perfect and Butter. Butter I'll probably have to wait for the DVD, Looper I'll see with my brother. I have been desperately trying to find someone to go to Pitch Perfect with since I saw the first trailer. It looks awesome! I love the trailers and the clip I've seen from it.

[Buzz]

Skyfall and maybe Red Dawn. But I haven't watched all the trailers yet so I could still be adding on to that list.

[PeterG]

I really want to see Looper, Pitch Perfect and Butter.

* Red Dawn: loved the original when I was a kid.

I never did see the original. And I begrudgingly added this update to the poll as I thought it would be popular. But it looks like a total warmonger movie!

[aftershocks]

Thanks for posting (interested in some upcoming films more than others). Often I wait till the DVDs become available -- going to the movies has become a rarity for me these days. Of those in the poll, I'm most interested per clips and actors in Won't Back Down, Cloud Atlas, Skyfall, Flight, and inevitably the final last bite of Twilight saga (for me the first was the better film comparatively -- the second was particularly bad, and the third was so-so).

Love the quote from Cloud Atlas clip: "... we retrace our tracks like figure skaters."

[Evilynn]

Thanks for compiling this huge list! Provided Looper goes up on Swedish cinemas at all, I expect to see it. Cloud Atlas as well, although I'd sort of want to read the book too, so maybe I should do that first...

[galaxygirl]

I never did see the original. And I begrudgingly added this update to the poll as I thought it would be popular. But it looks like a total warmonger movie!

Hmm... I haven't actually watched the trailer for this yet and it's been ages since I saw the original. I may change my mind about watching it.

[Rex]

I for one, am really tired of Paul Rudd. He plays the same part in every film he is in. He's the male Jennifer Aniston.

[Artemis@BC]

... Life of Pi: liked the book

I actually hated the book. Well, loved the first 90%, then was so angered and disgusted by the ending that it made me hate the whole thing. (Ditto for Beatrice & Virgil -- to the point where I was tempted to go to the writers festival just to beat Martel about the head with a copy of the book.) BUT ... I'm thinking the movie might fix the issues I had with the book ... so I'm looking forward to seeing it. Plus I loves me some tigers.

[orbitz]

I for one, am really tired of Paul Rudd. He plays the same part in every film he is in. He's the male Jennifer Aniston.

But he's SOooooooooo CUTE and arguably a more versatile actor than Jenn.

[Artemis@BC]

Oct. 5th - Butter (Comedy with Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone, Ty Burrell, Ashley Greene and Olivia Wilde)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chf0ze80F3w

OMG that one looks completely brilliant! Definitely on my list now.

Although ... as perfect as I think Garner will be in that kind of part ... anyone else wish it had been Alison Janney?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxboVaSGRM0

"A cow made out of butter? That's how I like my irony, my friend."

[galaxygirl]

I actually hated the book. Well, loved the first 90%, then was so angered and disgusted by the ending that it made me hate the whole thing.

I don't really remember the ending so I guess I must not have had a strong reaction to it.

Plus I loves me some tigers.

Me too

[Rex]

But he's SOooooooooo CUTE and arguably a more versatile actor than Jenn.

It really doesn't take much work to be cuter than Jennifer Aniston .

[PeterG]

Thanks for posting (interested in some upcoming films more than others). Often I wait till the DVDs become available -- going to the movies has become a rarity for me these days.

You're welcome! I also rarely go to see movies in the theatre. Luckily my library system gets almost every new release and there's no charge for holds and one can have 60 holds on their card at one time. I should be getting The Hunger Games any day now. I only see movies in the theatre when it's a social outing with friends. My Mom offered me use of her air miles that she never uses and I got six two-for-one movie passes. They expire in a year and I wonder if I'll have to scramble to see a bunch of movies next summer so as to do something with some unused movie tickets!

Of those in the poll, I'm most interested per clips and actors in Won't Back Down, Cloud Atlas, Skyfall, Flight, and inevitably the final last bite of Twilight saga...

This is true for me for three of the movies for which I watched trailers. I thought these trailers were not very good, but what a cast:

Oct. 5th - The Paperboy (Drama with Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman and John Cusack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2GMwWaDSr0

Oct. 12th - Seven Psychopaths (Dark comedy with Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits and Gabourey Sidibe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOsd5d8IVoA

Oct. 26th - Cloud Atlas (Sci-Fi mystery with Tom Hanks, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess and Keith David)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G2wVGrQWbM

Plus The Life of Pi did not have the best trailer I've ever seen. But it's directed by Ang Lee and I will literally see any movie he makes. The Paperboy trailer was a bit of a mess, not sure about Kidman's work in this one, but it'll be a treat to see how far out on a limb she climbs with this portrayal!!

When I saw that Seven Psychopaths was a dark comedy with Colin Farrell....well, after seeing him in Horrible Bosses, I couldn't wait to see the trailer. But like The Paperboy, the trailer for this one is kind of all over the place.

And the link for Cloud Atlas is not an official trailer, but a "preview" (one prepared by a TV show I'm guessing, and not the film's studio). It's also a bit of mess. What the heck is this movie about??? But with that cast, I'm in (regardless). (And it's nice to see Halle Barry finally in a movie that more than a handful of people will see in the theatre... ) When an official trailer comes out, hopefully the theme/story of the movie will be more clear.

[Buzz]

Watching Battleship on PPV and I'm 10 minutes in and want my money back. LOL

[Artemis@BC]

Watching Battleship on PPV and I'm 10 minutes in and want my money back. LOL

I'm sorry, but anyone who willingly pays more than $0.35 for a movie based on a board game for hank's sake deserves to be fleeced!

[Buzz]

I'm sorry, but anyone who willingly pays more than $0.35 for a movie based on a board game for hank's sake deserves to be fleeced!

hehehe. In my own defense I am sleep deprived.

[peibeck]

I really want to see "Lincoln." The combination of Daniel Day Lewis and a screenplay by Tony Kushner gives me high hopes.

(I'll try to ignore the fact that Spielberg's last few films have been rather pedestrian.)