Sadly, there aren't that many movies hitting the screen that I'm excited about anymore. I'm not sure if it's the state of Hollywood or the fact that I'm not 21 anymore (though just barely past that, of course). But I've been to a couple recently, and that means I've seen trailers. And most of the trailers don't have me bouncing in my seat ready to hand over my money.
The Hunger Games, a book I loved, left me cold as a film.
I enjoyed Mirror, Mirror for what it was (a movie I could take both my kids to see) but thought it paled in comparison to kids movies of past years or other takes on fairy tales (like Ever After).
Saw the trailer for a movie that teams up Santa, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and the Easter Bunny to save the world. OMG. This did not look good, and I wasn't the only one who thought so…Catherine (age 10) leaned over and told me in no uncertain terms that it looked "dumb" and that neither she nor her little sister would want to see it. (Big sigh of relief).
This Means War with Reese Witherspoon (who I really like) looks wretched. Reese, Reese, what happened? You're too talented for that?
As for Battleship, the Avengers (oh, gag me) and Dark Shadows…can I just say Oh My God and be done with it?
About the only movies that come to mind that I'm truly interested in are the new Spiderman movie (because I'm curious and the trailer looks reasonable) and Prometheus (because if it's anywhere near as good as the Alien movies then I'll be a happy girl). Here's hoping.
There must be others coming that look fun, and I'm sure some quality movies will come out closer to the holidays, but until then, I'm just underwhelmed.
Okay, I take it back: I can't just say Oh My God and be done with Dark Shadows. Seriously, people (and by People I mean Johnny Depp), What. Are. You. Thinking?? Supposedly Depp is a huge fan of the show, has always wanted to play Barnabus, and was the driving force behind getting the movie made. This is a cult tv show with a huge following. This period in time in entertainment history is big on vampires. So what happens? The show becomes Burton-ized and instead of doing an actual Dark Shadows movie we get the big screen Brady Bunch treatment. Camp times seven. What is up with that? More important, who do they think is going to go see it? Not fans of the show (my husband and daughters love the show and beg to watch episodes every night — the kids, not the husband). They've seen the trailer and are truly baffled and think it looks "stupid." My husband uses stronger critical language. Nor is it for folks like me who know the show exists, haven't watched it regularly, but would be happy to see a well done vampire gothic. But campy vampires that look like something more wretched than Love At First Bite? Oh, Johnny, Johnny…what were you thinking? Barnabus is spinning in his coffin, I'm sure. (**okay, I just went to Rotten Tomatoes and saw that the film was written by Dan Curtis, who did the series. Now I'm not just annoyed at Depp, I'm annoyed at Dan. Heck, maybe it will be brilliant. But I'm not convinced. Not convinced at all….)
So what movies are you looking forward to seeing? Or, for that matter, are you planning to avoid?
