I am having so much fun doing this movie series! There are some seriously kick butt things coming out in theaters in the next year. I am very happy to see the recent trend of bringing books to life and very happy that most movies are doing these books justice (with the exception of Eragon. We.will.not.even.mention.that.horrid.movie.)
So, without further ado, Here's today's movie list:
Based on the book Stardust by Neil Gaiman. In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm
This movie is based on an Old English heroic epic poem from the late middle ages. Yep, you read me right!
Although no trailer yet seems to exist for this move, the cast includes such legends as Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins and John Malkovich. The screenplay was co-written by Neil Gaiman, the author of Stardust (mentioned above).
The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
This sounds like a potentially amazing movie, but I admit lack of trailer and screen shots does cause me some worry. Of course, the author (whoever that may be), is probably just pleased that it's hitting theaters at all!
I know, this doesn't fit my book themed movie day, but this movie has childhood memories for me, and it's my blog, so I'm adding it! My childhood friend and I watched the original Hairspray whenever I spent the night at her house, and we would then spend the rest of the evening singing the songs. Ahhh. I can almost smell *cough*gag*hack*cough* the aquanet. The new update does look fun and spunky. Oh. And it has John Travolta dressed as a girl. That's right folks, a whole movie with John Travolta in drag. Who'd wanna miss that???
We love to go to the moves and occasionally even the old style drive-in theater in the nearby town . One of the hardest things for me is that I will see a movie that looks so amazing and good and then completely forget about it until I find out it's been released.
I originally began this post planning on sharing with you all the movies I thought noteworthy. The problem? Turns out there's a lot of 'em out there that I didn't even know about!
So instead of making this post boring as all hades to long and slow I decided to do my first series. The rest of this week I will be giving you info and a trailer for 3-5 movies daily. These will be movies coming out this year..or movies coming out in the next few years that look good enough to actually mention now! I've even added a few that have already been released just because I wish I had seen them sooner!
So grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the trailers. Then let me know what you think and what you plan on going to see!
I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter series. This is the 5th (and supposedly last) in the movie series. Be warned each one has become progressively more intense and violent. Liberty is only allowed to watch the 3rd on with me and Alex is only allowed to watch the 4th one with me, and Liberty is not allowed to watch it at all. I am guessing this will also be one I wouldn't let either of them watch. But Mommy can't wait!
I loved the first movie. The graphics, the history, the puzzle and the total family friendliness. I am very very excited to find out there is a sequel and it looks just as fun.
I am a total sucker for this kind of cool effects movie. For others (like Prince Charming) it's all about a (hopefully) good remake of a childhood classic. Either way I am really looking forward to this pre-destined blockbuster.
This is the type of movie that you want your daughter to watch. The kind where a girl overcomes all the nay-sayers and all the doubt and learns to be what and who she truly is in life. It's the girl-power follow your dreams feel good kinda movie :-) Look for it on dvd soon as it's already been released.
