2004 Films

[The Burgomaster]

THE GODSEND was a dull horror movie from the late 70s or early 80s.  It was basically a rip-off of THE OMEN.  The tagline was, "For God's sake, take it back."  I hope the 2004 movie is better.

[JohnL]

>CHILLER by Wes Craven. Made for tv

Yes, I believe that's the movie I was thinking of. I saw the last half of it on TV a few years ago.

[Susan]

>>Why does this sound like Jim Carrey doing drama? I guess the truman Show was okay, but still... It's an interesting idea that I am horribly afraid will be ruined by bad casting decisions...<<

Why do all comedians inevitably turn their back on comedy all in the name of an oscar?

>>I have high hopes for this. Shyamalan has put together all the elements he needs to to produce a success on par with the Sixth Sense. I hoe it works out. I like this guy's work.<<

Yep, I think however that some have learned the hard way that one has to appreciate the slow anticipation of a chiller to like his films. They don't deliver a bang and most of it is suspenseful..and thoughtful. I hope he doesn't change that style...we don't see much of it in films these days.

>>Depends on what they do with it. If they base it on the sequel to Ringu, then it will probably be as bad as its source material (which, from what the creators of Ringu2 said, means BAD). Hopefully they'll have the sense to take it in a different direction, and help to remove the stigma of baing an "Americanized Japanese" flick<<

yeah but the whole bad idea about *most* sequels is that they have the "been there - done that" factor...rehashing the same scares, the same jokes in hopes to recapture that success the first film delivered.

[raj]

When I saw that Sky Captain trailer, I was taken aback at first because the opening sequence looked like "The Shape of Things to Come."  I couldn't imagine them rereleasing a 1936 film version of an HG Wells story.  It looks like fun, hopefully it'll be better than Reign of Fire.

[Scott]

Yep, your right GrumpyGuy I think this ALAMO is going to go with the version that Davy Crockett and others were captured trying to escape and then executed like a recently discover Mexican journal from the time has stated.

[dean]

"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Jackie Chan, Schwartzanegger, Kathy Bates, owen wilson, john cleese...what the hell?!"

i suspect that this will be one hell of a wacky film.  That cast list is seriously asking for something crazy!

"Why do all comedians inevitably turn their back on comedy all in the name of an oscar?"

maybe they are just sick of playing the same roles over and over again, and yearn for something more?  Personally I think Carrey deserves an oscar at some point in his career, it's just that comedy never gets recognised, so he always gets shunned.

[I luv dolma]

and A SOUND OF THUNDER!

[Neon Noodle]

All right, I'll give it a go....

Susan wrote:

> So what do you think will be the hits and misses this year?
> Here's a few selected that might be of interest, overlooking
> the obvious hits like Spiderman and harry potter:
>
> DAWN OF THE DEAD (remake) First time director

Most likely not a box office hit but definitely a cult hit. Zombie flicks traditionally don't do well in theaters, at least methinks.
>
> ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Jim Carrey/Kate
> Winslet trying to save a failing relationship by having bad
> memories erased (kind of reminds me of a twilight zone episode
> where a guy sold his memories)

The long name could turn folks away. Sometimes futuristic movies can work on an intellectual level (this sounds like Gattaca) but most folks can't take Jim Carrey seriously. Comedians are funniest when they are broke.
>
> DONNIE DARKO - directors cut/limited Damn them! Just
> another ploy to sell another DVD version

You nailed it, another money grubbing ploy.

>
> HELLBOY Ron pearlman, lots of mutants. Director did
> "Blade 2" and "mimic"

Comic following may be sparse. Spiderman did well because everyone knows who he is. Hulk is lesser known, this movie did a little worse, and not as many people know daredevil, it was worse. The less the general public knows about a comic character, the worse the movie does (i.e.: Judge Dredd)
>
> THE ALAMO Ronnie howards baby, pushed from december to
> spring

With a delay, it could be the finishing touches. Ron Howard can really churn them out these days. Beautiful Mind really got to me.
>
> THE PUNISHER Based on a marvel comic, but travolta is in
> it also - sign of a flop? First time director

Could be, but Travolta has fun playing the villian (Face Off, Broken Arrow, and UGH... Battlefield Earth). I don't think it could be lower than the Dolph version, which I still own on bootleg.....
>
> THE VILLAGE Shyamalan thriller with Juaquin Phoenix,
> Sigourny weaver

I may get flamed for this, but I care not. I just don't get Shyamalan's popularity. I loved sixth sense but I HATED unbreakable and signs. People will see this movie because of the director. I just hope I will enjoy it.
>
> ALIEN VS PREDETOR nuff said

Could be a bomb, because it's been a while since either movie has been in the mainstream. If it's in space, it could be cool if done right, but if the fight is on Earth a whole bunch of "preserve life" crud will most likely be thrown in there and it would stink.
>
> DEATHLOK Can't find an actor list but it's about a guy
> who's part of an experiment where he's slowly being transformed
> into a cyborg. Director did "Mulholland falls",

Is that David Lynch for the director? His movies are pretty wierd, but the plot seems sound enough.

>
> GODSEND Greg Kinnear, Deniro, Rebecca Stamos - Couple's
> son is killed, they clone him..but he comes back "different" .
> Has this been done before in a 70's movie??

Sounds almost like Deadly Friend! This one could be a hoot....

>
> ANCANAR Story *inspired* by Tolkien set in middle earth.
> First time directors, no name actors ;-)

If it's not the Hobbit, I DON'T WANT TOLKIEN'S NAME SMEARED......
>
> VAN HELSING Hugh jackman is the vampire hunter

Any movie with Hugh Jackman without claws coming out of his hands is not a good movie. But fighting creatures with claws may be the expection!

>
> TROY The big brad pitt saga

I dunno about this one.....1492 conquest of paradise was supposed to be this great epic and I recall it didn't do too well. This one could go either way
>
> THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW The big disaster film of
> 2004..run for your lives the ice age is coming!

Disaster movies seem pretty weak lately. Volcano was a flash in the pan. They need to watch Twister and get a good band to do the soundtrack to guarantee success!
>
> CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK Character in Pitch Black with
> Diesel..who oddly I don't see much of in the trailer?

Yeah, he's in the background for most of it!
If this is anything like the Scorpion King, it'll only make people want to see the first movie and forget about this one.
>
> AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Jackie Chan,
> Schwartzanegger, Kathy Bates, owen wilson, john cleese...what
> the hell?!

Another "Rat Race" type film? God, will they never learn?!!?

>
> KING ARTHUR I really, really, really didn't like this
> trailer......really

Nor I...

>
> I, ROBOT This could be interesting. Director of "The
> Crow" and "Dark City", Will smith is a cop who investages a
> murder that could have been done by a robot

Alex Proyas - His ideas are good, but he needs to start filming something other than movies set in dark, rainy cities.
>
> THE BOURNE SUPREMACY Sequel to the first matt damon
> flick with the return of the german chick from 'run lola run'
> who I think has no onscreen chemistry with Damon

The first movie was enough.but the box office likes Matt Damon so it'll probably sell.
>
> THE AMITYVILLE HORROR Make these remakes of classics GO
> AWAY!

Original ideas are the best. Just goes to show Hollywood can't think of anything new anymore!
>
> MAN THING Marvel Comics series. Interesting
> title...Wonder how many will go thinking this is a porn?

They are starting to flog the dead horse with comic movies, this one is more known than hellboy but probably less than daredevil. May not last too long.
>
> THE RING 2 Because...we need another one..and another
> and another..

They just need to release RINGU and have done with it - The japanese flicks are scarier and I'll take the Pepsi challenge on that any day! But folks liked the first one so it'll probably do okay.
>
> STEPFORD WIVES True to the original? nicole kidman.
> Trailer looks like a commercial for a product

Yawn.
>
> What else? Porky's, Rock and Roll High School, The phantom of
> the opera, Halloween 9, Blade sequel, resident evil sequel,
> Mulan 2, baby geniuses 2, and several other sequels.

Porkys needs to come back (though it already did in American Pie)
Halloween shouldn't have gone past part 2, Blade better stick to vampires and not half-breed crud, Resident Evil needs to cast Freddie Prince Jr. as Chris Redfield so we can see zombies chomp on his brain, mulan will do well because Disney made a deal with the devil somehow and what the hell with baby geniuses? so strange.

Scooby Doo 2 will probably ge the kids.


>
> I think a big bomb will drop on mel gibsons Jesus epic. We like
> historical epics, but i think audiences don't like religion
> shoved down their throat. It worked with the 10 commandments,
> but I think making any film based on the bible  is anything but
> a huge risk

I remember folks protesting "Last Temptation of Christ". This one will probably undergo a similar event.

Personally, I am waiting for the butterfly effect. Asthon Kutcher doing a serious movie? and time-travel based at that? I have to see this one to believe it!

[Susan]

>>>Could be, but Travolta has fun playing the villian (Face Off, Broken Arrow, and UGH... Battlefield Earth<<

I think of travolta's career like a mountain peek..lots of inclines and steep declines. Your referring to movies pretty far back when he was on the cool bad guy kick. As of late it seems like it's been the yawnable general's daughter, swordfish, basic, lots of movies that shoulda gone straight to video

>>CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK Character in Pitch Black with
> Diesel..who oddly I don't see much of in the trailer?

Yeah, he's in the background for most of it!<<

probably embarassed he agreed to making the movie. He started big but seems like he's in a downward spiral of second-rate action films

>>I remember folks protesting "Last Temptation of Christ". This one will probably undergo a similar event.<<

Yeah but in this case I think catholics are supporting it, the pope liked it so that's an endorsement. Yet i heard it was very graphic, i can't imagine the pope in his condition these days with his age and all sitting through a long movie. I have heard alot of grumblings from jewish leaders thinking it'll create anti-semitism. No matter what, with a religious film you can never win..you're going to p**s of somebody and audiences are often turned off by the whole hype of it

[dean]

"> HELLBOY Ron pearlman, lots of mutants. Director did
> "Blade 2" and "mimic"

Comic following may be sparse. Spiderman did well because everyone knows who he is. Hulk is lesser known, this movie did a little worse, and not as many people know daredevil, it was worse. The less the general public knows about a comic character, the worse the movie does (i.e.: Judge Dredd)"

Judge Dredd was just bad. Period. [though fun can be had]

 I know nothing of Hellboy, but what I've seen, I like.  Nothing can be worse than Daredevil.

[trekgeezer]

 THE ALAMO Ronnie howards baby, pushed from december to
> spring

>With a delay, it could be the finishing touches. Ron Howard can really churn them out these days. Beautiful Mind really got to me.


Ron Howard did not direct this picture. He was attached before filming started and dropped out . I saw him on Charlie Rose and he was really ducking the questions about this movie.

[jmc]

I predict THE ALAMO will offend some group or another....either  Mexican-Americans or supporters of the traditional version of the story, depending on where they go with it.

The Gibson film is popular among religious and political conservatives, so if there's any outcry it won't be from them.  

I rewatched RINGU the other day, or at least the major scary parts, and....even though those parts are a little scarier than the remake, I think the remake is a better film.

[Susan]

>>Ron Howard did not direct this picture. He was attached before filming started and dropped out . I saw him on Charlie Rose and he was really ducking the questions about this movie.<<

guess he could smell a stinker. Plus maybe he's having flashbacks to the other period piece he did "Far and away" which bombed pretty big (tho i liked it) The director on this film is the guy who did "The rookie"...sounds like a winner

[JohnL]

>less the general public knows about a comic character, the worse the movie
>does (i.e.: Judge Dredd)

I thought it was because Stallone andt he rest of the judges looked like human-sized action figures and the basic plot was virtually the same as Demolition Man.

[Neon Noodle]

JohnL wrote:

> >less the general public knows about a comic character, the
> worse the movie
> >does (i.e.: Judge Dredd)
>
> I thought it was because Stallone andt he rest of the judges
> looked like human-sized action figures and the basic plot was
> virtually the same as Demolition Man.

hadn't considered that.....good point!