BONUS: This Year's Blockbuster Season SUCKS.
This week sees the release of another big movie - Inception - one of a shocking low number of movies this summer that I'd even quite like to see. I haven't been to the cinema since Ponyo, the Saturday before Kiss, and before that, it was April, and Iron Man 2. What the hell is going on?
Last year, we had: Monsters vs Aliens; X-Men Origins: Wolverine; Star Trek; Terminator Salvation; Transformers Revenge of The Fallen; Potter 6; G.I. Joe, District 9...
...and whenever something halfway interesting comes our way, my local cinema, which I try SO HARD to support, insists on sticking the movie in question on one of the smaller screens, which are okay, but DAMMIT, when I go to the movies, I demand the BIG screen experience. Guess what's happening with Inception this week...?
Okay, I understand that Twilight and Shrek are bringing in the big bucks, and this particular week, there are a whole heap of visitors in town, some dragging children to town 'cause Dad's watching the golf. Thankfully, there were no conflicts during the World Cup - on previous occasions, it's been all "chick flicks" to entertain the wives and girlfriends while the entire male population are enslaved by "the beautiful game", meaning there's nothing to see for the non-soccer-addicted portion of the male population...
I've just been told by the local cinema, on Twitter, that if I want to see Predators - hell yeah, I do - I may have to go to Dundee to do so. That just about doubles the cost of the whole experience, and if I get the chance when I'm on the way home from Perth, I might just do that, as my route passes through the city.
About the only other film I'll get to see in my preferred format will probably be Toy Story 3 - and that will probably be on when CLAN are in town, and their "Young Adults" will probably talk all the way through the movie, just to chip the points off my rack...
Whenever it came out...:
Kick Ass - Did we ever get this?
April:
Clash Of The Titans - Only on main screen for ONE WEEK, evening showings only. Passed.
Iron Man 2 - Plenty of main screen showings; afternoon and evenings. SCORE. Loved it.
May:
Prince of Persia - Passed on this due to lack of interest. Think it got some big-screen showings; maybe collided with Sex And The City 2.
June:
Dead. NOTHING.
July:
Predators - Absent. Missing presumed ditched for "Sparkly Vampire Meets Emo-Girl III".
Inception - Currently not on main screen. A "sleeper" I now WANT to see.
(Coming Shortly/Soon/Eventually... (courtesy of LaunchingFilms.com)
July:
Toy Story 3 - If anything is guaranteed main screen 3D, it's this. I'd like to see it - definitely inspires a LOT more confidence than Shrek 4.
The A-Team - Sorry, not interested.
August:
The Expendables - Hmmm. Has something of a "straight to video" feel to it. Because of Dolph Lundgren, perhaps? Not overly enthusiastic.
Scott Pilgrim vs The World - I don't know the source material, but this seems like fun. I may just give this the support I'd had in reserve for Kick Ass...
Avatar - Special Edition - I am totally there, dude.
September:
Jonah Hex - Not particularly thrilled by the idea.
Resident Evil: Afterlife (3D) - That's the... fourth one, right? 3D? Yeah, okay. I'll pencil that in.
October:
Despicable Me (3D) - Getting a bit of buzz surrounding this. European CG? Could be worth the effort.
November:
Potter 7.1 - *sighs* Nealy boycotted Potter 6 'cause JK donated a million to New Liebour. Ended up wishing I had.
December:
Narnia - Dawn Treader - Caspian was like a bunch of outtakes from TLTW&TW. Radically different story this time. Count me in.
TRON Legacy - YES. Emphatically, YES.
Gulliver's Travels - Jack Black? Jack sodding Black???? The new Jim Carrey... except when he did King Kong. Anyone else - even Carrey - and I might not be shuddering at the thought.
...and relax. In bed. Imminently.
/ rant
Last year, we had: Monsters vs Aliens; X-Men Origins: Wolverine; Star Trek; Terminator Salvation; Transformers Revenge of The Fallen; Potter 6; G.I. Joe, District 9...
...and whenever something halfway interesting comes our way, my local cinema, which I try SO HARD to support, insists on sticking the movie in question on one of the smaller screens, which are okay, but DAMMIT, when I go to the movies, I demand the BIG screen experience. Guess what's happening with Inception this week...?
Okay, I understand that Twilight and Shrek are bringing in the big bucks, and this particular week, there are a whole heap of visitors in town, some dragging children to town 'cause Dad's watching the golf. Thankfully, there were no conflicts during the World Cup - on previous occasions, it's been all "chick flicks" to entertain the wives and girlfriends while the entire male population are enslaved by "the beautiful game", meaning there's nothing to see for the non-soccer-addicted portion of the male population...
I've just been told by the local cinema, on Twitter, that if I want to see Predators - hell yeah, I do - I may have to go to Dundee to do so. That just about doubles the cost of the whole experience, and if I get the chance when I'm on the way home from Perth, I might just do that, as my route passes through the city.
About the only other film I'll get to see in my preferred format will probably be Toy Story 3 - and that will probably be on when CLAN are in town, and their "Young Adults" will probably talk all the way through the movie, just to chip the points off my rack...
Whenever it came out...:
Kick Ass - Did we ever get this?
April:
Clash Of The Titans - Only on main screen for ONE WEEK, evening showings only. Passed.
Iron Man 2 - Plenty of main screen showings; afternoon and evenings. SCORE. Loved it.
May:
Prince of Persia - Passed on this due to lack of interest. Think it got some big-screen showings; maybe collided with Sex And The City 2.
June:
Dead. NOTHING.
July:
Predators - Absent. Missing presumed ditched for "Sparkly Vampire Meets Emo-Girl III".
Inception - Currently not on main screen. A "sleeper" I now WANT to see.
(Coming Shortly/Soon/Eventually... (courtesy of LaunchingFilms.com)
July:
Toy Story 3 - If anything is guaranteed main screen 3D, it's this. I'd like to see it - definitely inspires a LOT more confidence than Shrek 4.
The A-Team - Sorry, not interested.
August:
The Expendables - Hmmm. Has something of a "straight to video" feel to it. Because of Dolph Lundgren, perhaps? Not overly enthusiastic.
Scott Pilgrim vs The World - I don't know the source material, but this seems like fun. I may just give this the support I'd had in reserve for Kick Ass...
Avatar - Special Edition - I am totally there, dude.
September:
Jonah Hex - Not particularly thrilled by the idea.
Resident Evil: Afterlife (3D) - That's the... fourth one, right? 3D? Yeah, okay. I'll pencil that in.
October:
Despicable Me (3D) - Getting a bit of buzz surrounding this. European CG? Could be worth the effort.
November:
Potter 7.1 - *sighs* Nealy boycotted Potter 6 'cause JK donated a million to New Liebour. Ended up wishing I had.
December:
Narnia - Dawn Treader - Caspian was like a bunch of outtakes from TLTW&TW. Radically different story this time. Count me in.
TRON Legacy - YES. Emphatically, YES.
Gulliver's Travels - Jack Black? Jack sodding Black???? The new Jim Carrey... except when he did King Kong. Anyone else - even Carrey - and I might not be shuddering at the thought.
...and relax. In bed. Imminently.
/ rant