Awesome, Awesomer, Awesomest
Thanks to Yahoo's Most Anticipated Movies of 2009, I am pretty stoked for the following flicks:
(My commentary in italics)
10/2 - Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio for the fourth time in a thriller about U.S. Marshalls pursuing a female escaped convict.
Scorsese + Dicaprio = I am guaranteed to LOVE IT!!
10/16 - Where the Wild Things Are
Director Spike Jones brings to life Maurice Sendak's classic children's book about a boy transported to a world of monsters.
Ignore that Yahoo misspelled Spike Jonze, and cross your fingers that after the re-writing and re-shooting it still turns out as awesome as its preliminary footage made it look...
11/6 - The Fantastic Mr. Fox
An animated telling of Roald Dahl's beloved novel from director Wes Anderson ("Rushmore" and "The Royal Tennenbaums").
Animated? Alright! Roald Dahl? Alright! Wes Anderson? Hell yeah!!
12/25 - The Princess and the Frog
Disney presents its first traditional hand-drawn animated film in five years with a fairy tale set in New Orleans during the Jazz Age.
I'm wary of anything Disney puts out these days but this looks pretty cool. Obviously, I'll give traditional animation a chance--computer animation is the bane of my existence. Let's see if I feel the same way a year from now....
The bad thing is I'll have to wait until October to see anything on this list! :(
(My commentary in italics)
10/2 - Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio for the fourth time in a thriller about U.S. Marshalls pursuing a female escaped convict.
Scorsese + Dicaprio = I am guaranteed to LOVE IT!!
10/16 - Where the Wild Things Are
Director Spike Jones brings to life Maurice Sendak's classic children's book about a boy transported to a world of monsters.
Ignore that Yahoo misspelled Spike Jonze, and cross your fingers that after the re-writing and re-shooting it still turns out as awesome as its preliminary footage made it look...
11/6 - The Fantastic Mr. Fox
An animated telling of Roald Dahl's beloved novel from director Wes Anderson ("Rushmore" and "The Royal Tennenbaums").
Animated? Alright! Roald Dahl? Alright! Wes Anderson? Hell yeah!!
12/25 - The Princess and the Frog
Disney presents its first traditional hand-drawn animated film in five years with a fairy tale set in New Orleans during the Jazz Age.
I'm wary of anything Disney puts out these days but this looks pretty cool. Obviously, I'll give traditional animation a chance--computer animation is the bane of my existence. Let's see if I feel the same way a year from now....
The bad thing is I'll have to wait until October to see anything on this list! :(