Fall/Winter Film Frenzy

FirstShowing's 2007 Movie Guide (September thru end of the year).

My personal list of 'can't wait to see' flicks- not to say others on the list aren't intriguing, but with a tot can only fit so much movie-going in:

30 Days of Night. I love Vampyre movies, and this one looks a bit less silly (Vampire 2000, Underworld I and II, Van Helsing) than some of recent years.

Grace is Gone. I'll watch anything John Cusack does, even the Serendipity level blandness, so when he does a better caliber film (High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, Being John Malkovich) I am a happy camper.

Sweeney Todd. Another Tim Burton/J.Depp combo. So there. My high school theatre class actually put this on, and even that 16-17yr old rendered version was creepy- this should be over the top.

AVP: Requiem. Already mentioned previously here that I'm awash with anticipation, but bummed release date moved out to Christmas.

American Gangster. Ridley Scott directed, great cast- I'm in.

A comment on one of the movies touted for Fall- 310 to Yuma was...boring...slow-paced...ridden with sub-par dialogue (though will hand it to Crowe, was able to turn most of the lameness around, something Bale didn't fare as well at)...it kept me surfing the net on my phone until the end, where the last 5 minutes finally managed to eek some emotion out. Wait for video, unless you're just a western freak or really into the cast (good acting, bad writing).

Comments

[Bob]

New 3:10 to Yuma tries to do the right thing, but it just... sucked. Go rewatch Glen. Get some Rio Bravo on too :)

[tamsen]

Wings of Desire is one of my favorite films, so don't think the pacing is the problem; the incredibly terrible script might have more to do with it.

[Jeff]

3:10 to Yuma is a remake of a classic western with Glen Ford and Van Heflin. Haven't seen the new one, but the original would also have been "slow moving" to today's generation. It actually had dialogue and thought provoking concepts. Something lost on today's moviegoer it appears.