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8 Films To See In May (what are you watching?)

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ryutaro's mama

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Veidt said:
Nothing for me. Until Inception and The Last Airbender. And that's probably it for this year for me (up until TRON Legacy).
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Expendables is the only theater movie I have to see this year.

Everything else is a pass.
 
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Veidt

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ryutaro's mama said:
Expendables is the only theater movie I have to see this year.

Everything else is a pass.
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Totally forgot about that. Manliest film in years. :lol
 
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Expendable.

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for those people saying that Inception, etc. is the last movie they will see in theaters do they realize the best films of the year usually come between Sept.-Dec.?

edit: we still have all of these extremely promising films:

The Eagle of the Ninth (Kevin Macdonald, Fall)
The American (Anton Corbijn, Sept. 1st)
The Town (Ben Affleck, Sept. 10th)
The Social Network (David Fincher, Oct. 15th)
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Nov.)
Due Date (Todd Phillips, Nov. 5th)
Love And Other Drugs (Edward Zwick, Nov. 24th)
The Fighter (David O. Russell, Nov. 26th)
Tron Legacy (Joseph Kosinski, Dec. 17th)
Hereafter (Clint Eastwood, Dec.)
True Grit (Coen Brothers, Dec. 25th)
Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, Fall TBD)
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, Summer/Fall TBD)
The Ward (John Carpenter, TBD)
Columbus Circle (George Gallo, TBD)
London Boulevard (William Monahan, TBD)
Somewhere (Sofia Coppolla, Late 2010)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Woody Allen, TBD)
The Rum Diary (Bruce Robinson, TBD)
Buried (Rodrigo Cortés, TBD)
Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu, TBD)
The Adjustment Bureau (George Nolfi, Sept)
Knockout (Steven Soderbergh, Fall 2010)
The Conspirator (Robert Redford, TBD)
Never Let Me Go (Mark Romanek, TBD)
Miral (Julian Schabel, TBD)
How Did You Know (James L. Brooks, TBD)
The Tempest (Julie Taymour, TBD)
The Way Back (Peter Weir, TBD)
The Descendants (Alexander Payne, TBD)
127 Hours (Danny Boyle, Late 2010)
 
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shintoki

sparkle this bitch
DanielPlainview said:
for those people saying that Inception, etc. is the last movie they will see in theaters do they realize the best films of the year usually come between Sept.-Dec.?
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So, which ones come out then? :lol

Unless something looks incredible. I'll probably only end up seeing movies with the free Toy Story tickets, and Expendables.
 
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Expendable.

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shintoki said:
So, which ones come out then? :lol

Unless something looks incredible. I'll probably only end up seeing movies with the free Toy Story tickets, and Expendables.
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posted above. my personally strong contenders for film of the year (bolded = strongest of the strong)

The Eagle of the Ninth (Kevin Macdonald, Fall)
The American (Anton Corbijn, Sept. 1st)
The Town (Ben Affleck, Sept. 10th)
The Social Network (David Fincher, Oct. 15th)
It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Nov.)
The Fighter (David O. Russell, Nov. 26th)
True Grit (Coen Brothers, Dec. 25th)
Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, Fall TBD)
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick, Nov 2010)
Somewhere (Sofia Coppolla, Late 2010)
Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu, TBD)
Knockout (Steven Soderbergh, Fall 2010)
Never Let Me Go (Mark Romanek, TBD)
Miral (Julian Schabel, TBD)
The Way Back (Peter Weir, TBD)
The Descendants (Alexander Payne, TBD)
127 Hours (Danny Boyle, Late 2010)

All look fucking excellent.
 
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ryutaro's mama

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Veidt said:
Totally forgot about that. Manliest film in years. :lol
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It's the movie version of Super Smash Brothers of my childhood.

Finally, everyone is in.

Except those assholes Van Damme and Seagal...and Speakman
 
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bjork

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DanielPlainview said:
for those people saying that Inception, etc. is the last movie they will see in theaters do they realize the best films of the year usually come between Sept.-Dec.?
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I didn't really start going to movies til May of last year, so I am still oblivious to scheduling and things. I usually just base what I'm gonna go see off of trailers I see at other movies, and then I look for these threads to pick up on anything I missed. And I'm in no way a movie snob or whatever, I can enjoy a bad movie. But I saw a couple movies this week, and nothing in the set of trailers made me go "ooh", I just went "pass. pass. pass. Pirates of the Carribean in the desert, pass." etc.

I still need to go back and catch some stuff from last year. I never got to see Bright Star, and I really wanted to, looks pretty.

But July 16, you say. I'm there.
 
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VGChampion

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Whoa, Iron Man 2 is out May 7th? I haven't even seen a trailer for it and I'm usually up-to-date with movies.

I think I'll just go in without knowing anything now instead of looking up what the plot is or anything. Really enjoyed the first one.
 
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Expendable.

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bjork said:
I didn't really start going to movies til May of last year, so I am still oblivious to scheduling and things.
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For the most part his is how it looks:

Jan-Feb = Dumping groud for failed movies, wide release of previously limited Oscar contenders, strong foreign films from previous year.
March-April = 1 or 2 early blockbusters (see Watchmen, 300, Clash of the Titans) mixed with a decent amount of crap
May-August = blockbuster season, solid limited releases sprinkled throughout
Sept-Oct = early Oscar contenders, start of award film festival run
Nov-Dec = a few blockbusters among a sea of strong Oscar contenders
 
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cory

Banned
DanielPlainview said:
For the most part his is how it looks:

Jan-Feb = Dumping groud for failed movies, wide release of previously limited Oscar contenders, strong foreign films from previous year.
March-April = 1 or 2 early blockbusters (see Watchmen, 300, Clash of the Titans) mixed with a decent amount of crap
May-August = blockbuster season, solid limited releases sprinkled throughout
Sept-Oct = early Oscar contenders, start of award film festival run
Nov-Dec = a few blockbusters among a sea of strong Oscar contenders
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The schedule's been filling out more and more each year, IM2 was originally scheduled for yesterday.
 
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CassSept

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Most people are exaggerating when saying they won't see anything after Inception.

I completely forgot about Toy Story 3, but overall this blockbuster season is shaping up to be... well, pretty weak. All of the really interesting movies (True Grit, Black Swan, 127 hours etc) won't come until november-december.
 
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Discotheque

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Perrier's Bounty, Looking for Eric and Micmacs are the ones I'm most excited to see.

With Iron Man 2 just behind. Not going to watch MacGruber or Prince of Persia in theatres at least.
 
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Xater

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Only gonna see Iron Man 2 out of those. Man this is a terrible May for movies. Normally I would be into Survival of the Dead but I lost all faith in Romero a long time ago.
 
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beelzebozo

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i will see MACGRUBER because i think ryan phillippe kicks ass and needs to work more.

WAY OF THE GUN 2 please.
 
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Lambtron

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DanielPlainview said:
is no one excited for Toy Story 3? Everyone only mentions Inception.
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Can't wait for Toy Story 3, couldn't give a shit about Inception here. Nolan is ridiculously overrated.
 
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WickedAngel

Banned
Romero needs to just stop making movies. I'd say he's been going downhill since Day of the Dead but there isn't a hill on this planet that falls sharply enough to describe where we are now.

Diary of the Dead was one of the worst things I've ever seen. I honestly can't believe that the same person who gave us Night/Dawn turned around to give us Day/Land/Diary.

Pass the torch already.
 
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xbhaskarx

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Just Micmacs, despite its anti-gun message, because I have been willing to watch anything Jeunet makes ever since Delicatessen.
 
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Cosmic Bus

pristine morning snow
DanielPlainview said:
What? :lol

Although about Agora, I do want to see that.
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*shrug* Gay dude wants to see SatC movie, news at eleven. I liked the show, so why not?

The Seattle International Film Festival is in May, too, so maybe there'll be some interesting stuff there to check out.
 
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Decado

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I desperately want The Eagle of the Ninth and Centurion to be awesome. Really need some historical epic-style successes.
 
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G-Fex

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ethic said:
God, it's sad how unfunny, unoriginal, and uncreative Saturday Night Live has become.
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i really can't believe this movie is coming out before a proper MacGuyver movie.

Maybe cause I haven't watched SNL in years.
 
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Grimmy

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In May, I'll be seeing:

FILM SOCIALISME (Jean-Luc Godard)
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALLS HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
POETRY (Lee Chang-Dong)
MY JOY (Sergei Loznitsa)
CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami)
HEARTBEATS (Xavier Dolan)
I WISH I KNEW (Jia Zhangke)
AURORA (Cristi Puiu)
THE TIGER FACTORY (Woo Ming Jin)

and many others. Hope the films in Cannes this year are better than last years'....
 
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Expendable.

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Grimmy said:
In May, I'll be seeing:

FILM SOCIALISME (Jean-Luc Godard)
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALLS HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
POETRY (Lee Chang-Dong)
MY JOY (Sergei Loznitsa)
CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami)
HEARTBEATS (Xavier Dolan)
I WISH I KNEW (Jia Zhangke)
AURORA (Cristi Puiu)
THE TIGER FACTORY (Woo Ming Jin)

and many others. Hope the films in Cannes this year are better than last years'....
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You are one lucky bastard, better let us know what is good.
 
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el jacko

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Grimmy said:
In May, I'll be seeing:

FILM SOCIALISME (Jean-Luc Godard)
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALLS HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
POETRY (Lee Chang-Dong)
MY JOY (Sergei Loznitsa)
CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami)
HEARTBEATS (Xavier Dolan)
I WISH I KNEW (Jia Zhangke)
AURORA (Cristi Puiu)
THE TIGER FACTORY (Woo Ming Jin)

and many others. Hope the films in Cannes this year are better than last years'....
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Make sure to see The Housemaid (Im Sang-soo) since I hear good things about it (and the director is really good)
 
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Snuggles

erotic butter maelstrom
I'll probably see MacGruber.
Robin Hood could be OK but it kind of looks like a super generic Scott epic, needs more personality.
I'll wait for BD to see Iron Man, the first one was fun and competent but I don't get all of the love for it.
 
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Wes

venison crêpe
DanielPlainview said:
You lucky bastard, can't wait to see those.
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Odd time for them to open really with all the blockbusters coming out. In a less obvious week they could've come out on top.
 
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Alphahawk

Member
I saw a comercial for the new Shrek film, but it was titled "Shrek:The Final Chapter" Anyone know what that's about?
 
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Guzim

Member
Why isn't the new Inception trailer on the list yet Iron Man 2, which comes free with the trailer, is on the list?
 
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Grimmy

Banned
el jacko said:
Make sure to see The Housemaid (Im Sang-soo) since I hear good things about it (and the director is really good)
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Not a priority. I know Im Sang-soo and he's a nice guy but frankly I've never been crazy about his films.

DanielPlainview said:
You are one lucky bastard, better let us know what is good.
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If it was anything like last year, there wouldn't be very much to tell!
 
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FoneBone

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DanielPlainview said:
The Eagle of the Ninth (Kevin Macdonald, Sept. 24th
Turied (Rodrigo Cortés, October 8th)
The Adjustment Bureau (George Nolfi, Sept. 30th)
How Did You Know (James L. Brooks, December 17)
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Where are you getting your lists from? The Adjustment Bureau was just moved, and I'm not sure about the other two, but Eagle of the Ninth has been dated for over two months.
 
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wind_steaker

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Zutroy

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I saw The Disappearance Of Alice Creed last night. It was good, lots of action and twists. I'd recommend seeing it
 
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