Which 2009/2010 movies are you most looking forward to?

magicalturkey · 23 Jun 09 :: 20:57

If it ends like the book did, it'll make you bawl out of complete shock, joy and heartbreak all at once. And that's all I'm sayin'

TheCentralScrutinizer · 23 Jun 09 :: 21:02

It better be faithful to the book, as much as possible. Big Nick's already taken a lot of hits over it on IMDb, apparently. He once asked me to come to that MB and defend him. He said he was getting killed on there. I was trying to remain relatively unspoiled so I stayed away. Hopefully, I'll have lots to say after Saturday. And for Nick's sake, I hope it's all good.

Warbee · 24 Jun 09 :: 02:15

Thats always going to happen though when you make a movie based on a book that has such a large following. Jodi Picoult just wrote this so beautifully and heart wrenching its hard to imagine that an adaptation would do it justice. But I do try to never pre-judge. Aussies will probably have to wait to see all these movies though. Its getting better but we are still behind with release dates and such.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 24 Jun 09 :: 08:16

The Box looks like an interesting Cameron Diaz movie.
My Sister's Keeper is one of my favorite books ever and Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors. I can't wait to see the movie!

justme · 24 Jun 09 :: 17:04

I don't know if he plans to keep to the ending or not. I loved the book, but it wouldn't kill me if he changed the ending. I hate that they're losing a great subplot involving Alec Baldwin's character. I'm not the world's biggest Cameron Diaz fan, but if anyone can get a great performance out of her, he can. Can't wait to see this one!

TheCentralScrutinizer · 24 Jun 09 :: 17:09

I don't having any feelings about Cameron Diaz one way or another. But I adore the idea of Big Nick directing his childhood friend, Jason Patric in a movie. And of course I love Sofia Vassilieva from her work on Medium. Hey, Jeremy Leven co-wrote the script with Big Nick, awesome. Love that guy. He wrote two movies that I absolutely adore, Creator & Don Juan DeMarco.

Man, I am getting my geek on for this one!

justme · 24 Jun 09 :: 17:20

Relax, it's only a few more days. I just found out that Jason Patric was Jackie Gleason's grandson. He's been around forever and I just heard that. It's great that he's in the movie.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 28 Jun 09 :: 00:37

Just got home from seeing My Sister's Keeper and despite some stupid bullshit going wrong today kinda screwing up my mood, it's a great movie. It's stark and unsentimental --- there are very few music cues --- but amazingly emotionally impactful. I'm kinda blown away right now. All the main actors were fantastic. Jason Patric, WELCOME BACK! Man, I forgot how gorgeous and talented this guy is. And Alpha Dog fans are gonna see a ton of familiar faces in the movie...

Heather Wahlquist plays Camerion Diaz's sister; she was Ben Foster's girlfriend in AD.
Matt Barry, casting director/producer of AD and MSK has a small role as an uncle to the girls.
Chris Kinkade, who played JT's party-boy dad in AD is a doctor in this one.
David Thornton, who was Anton's dad in AD was the main doctor in this one.

There were probably more, but those are the ones I saw right away.

I also saw my Facebook friend, Lin Shaye in there as a nurse.

And I noticed that the hospital waiting room they shot in looks just like the one in JoA - Out Of Sight.

I love that they played a great Jeff Buckley song over the end credits.

Hell, I just loved the whole thing. This won't be the only time I see the film.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 28 Jun 09 :: 20:20

I don't often do this. Maybe only 2-3 times a year will I get obsessed with reading reviews of a movie I just saw and loved. The last time was Knowing. But I've been reading some reviews of My Sisters Keeper. This one comes closest to how I feel about the movie...

My Sister's Keeper
Starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin and Sofia Vassilieva. Directed by Nick Cassavetes. 109 minutes. At the Cumberland. PG
The Fitzgeralds are a family on the edge.
From the day older sister Kate was born, her parents have struggled to keep her alive. Mom has given up her law practice to provide full-time care for her daughter, who has leukemia, and youngest daughter, Anna, has been brought into the world for the purpose of providing a genetically compatible and ready supply of life-saving stem cells and bone marrow for her sister.
But the family has come to a crossroads.
Kate will die without a kidney transplant but, at 11, Anna (played by Abigail Breslin) balks at the idea of providing one of her own, citing the impact it would have on her own future. Despite her intense love for her sister, Anna hires a lawyer to seek medical emancipation from her parents.
But Mom (played by Cameron Diaz) is like a grizzly bear protecting her cub. Nothing will stand in her way, including her younger daughter's inexplicable intransigence.
My Sister's Keeper doesn't just tug, it tears at the heartstrings. It's a roller coaster of love and pain and bravery and desperation.
While many films would temper the emotional peaks and valleys along the way in preparation for a wrenching finale, this film has a multitude of heart-rending arcs throughout.
Don't try to be brave. Unless you're made of stone, you're not going to make it to the end without shedding a few tears.
Director Nick Cassavetes has assembled a strong cast, particularly the younger members. Sofia Vassilieva is luminously affecting as Kate, portraying her physical decline with stunning precision and honesty. Thomas Dekker, playing a fellow cancer patient, is winningly charismatic as her doomed love interest.
Breslin plays Anna as a child on the edge of burgeoning adolescence who's hiding a secret, one whose revelation will change everything.
Breslin's portrayal of Anna's pained defiance and stoicism in the face of her mother's onslaught is understated to near perfection.
Even Evan Ellingson as the often-neglected older brother has numerous pathos-filled moments.
Diaz, best known for lighter roles, doesn't shy away from playing a driven mother who becomes less sympathetic as the drama progresses.
Jason Patric is also fine in the role of the conflicted father who smoulders in the background in deference to his wife's wishes until he finally takes a more defiant stance.
The always-reliable Joan Cusack as a family court judge dealing with the recent death of her own child is truly exceptional and Alec Baldwin turns in a nicely measured performance as the attorney Anna hires.
Cassavetes uses flashbacks minimally to flesh out the family's past and creatively uses montage art at several points to give the audience a bit of an emotional respite and to help nudge the narrative along.
As wrenching as this film is, there is nary a false moment of contrivance or emotional manipulation.
Rather, with solid performances and an intelligent script, My Sister's Keeper offers a moving and powerfully realistic portrait of a family stalked by tragedy that somehow manages to emerge from crisis battered but intact.

Source: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/656914

Illinoisguy1 · 28 Jun 09 :: 20:41

It just sounds depressing. Very much like Terms of Endearment.

Terms is a great film. But it's one that I used to own on tape and only watched it one. It just doesn't have much replay value to me. I never got it on dvd because of that. If I did buy it on dvd, I would likely just watch it once and then it would just sit there for years and years. It's just not a film where I'm trying to decide to watch and I say "Hey I know, I want to watch a depressing and sad film about a daughter dying."

About 99.9% of the time I want to watch a nice escapist movie.

So it's the same with My Sister's Keeper. I'll never buy it on dvd because I know I would only watch it once and then it would sit on the shelf unwatched for years and years. I'll catch it when it comes on cable and that'll be the only time.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 28 Jun 09 :: 20:50

Having a nice conversation on Facebook with Lin Shaye right now. She plays a nurse. Just like Chris, she raves about Big Nick as a director. This movie is definitely Nick's most emotionally mature movie to date. He knows full well that some people won't be able to handle it. I don't think he gives a crap. The movie pulls no punches. It's very brave. But then, all of his movies are. He tells the stories he wants to tell and lets the chips fall where they may. I love that about him.

Edited to add this quote, which I think is great:

My Sister's Keeper, like all tearjerkers, works as a ritual as much as it does art. It offers us an occasion to think about friends and family members close to us, those who are sick or who have passed away. And, in the safety and solitude of a blackened public space, it gives us permission to cry our eyes out.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 28 Jun 09 :: 22:45

This movie looks pretty great. Nice to see Robin Williams in a dark indie comedy.

The World's Greatest Dad...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/78595/movie-t … --red-band

Danimarie · 29 Jun 09 :: 06:19

I just got back from seeing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I liked it, but it was loooong. I'm so glad that we decided on the 8:30 show instead of the 10:20. Yikes!

I can't wait to see My Sister's Keeper. I read the book a while ago, so I was really excited to hear they were making a movie. Of course I will probably cry my eyes out, but we all need that every once in a while.

I also want to see Away We Go, if only for John Krasinski. I have been dying to see him do something good on the big screen ever since I became a fan of The Office. License to Wed? Really John? Ugh!

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justme · 29 Jun 09 :: 17:26

I saw "My Sister's Keeper" on Friday and enjoyed in very much. I found it neither "sappy" nor "depressing". (I rarely go into clinical despair over Hollywood's latest offerings.) For people who like drama, great writing and performances MSK provides in spades. I've mentioned before that I am not normally a fan of Cameron Diaz , but in this movie she is a revelation. It's the best work of her career. There are no chase scenes, exploding cars or deranged robots bent on world domination, but if you're in the mood for a quiet, understated drama about a family, you might like it.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 29 Jun 09 :: 19:15

Plus, Jason Patric? Still HAWT. :drool:

Danimarie · 30 Jun 09 :: 05:43

There are no chase scenes, exploding cars or deranged robots bent on world domination, but if you're in the mood for a quiet, understated drama about a family, you might like it.

Those are actually the movies I prefer. My taste in movies is so different from those of my friends that I actually end up going by myself sometimes, but my sister and one of my friends really want to see this one. I usually get talked into movies like Transformers. Don't get me wrong, I liked it enough, and we all need some mindless entertainment every once in a while, but that is so not the kind of thing I usually go for. My parents were actually shocked when they heard that I went to see it...

Plus, Jason Patric? Still HAWT.

Mmmm Hmmm

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TheCentralScrutinizer · 30 Jun 09 :: 15:25

Well, there's mindless and then there's completely braindead and offensive. The things I'm hearing about that movie turn my stomach even more than the casting. But whatever. If people wanna blow their money on that kind of stuff and encourage Hollywood to churn out more of it, nobody's gonna stop 'em. It's always been this way and it probably always will be.

justme · 30 Jun 09 :: 19:49

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

Plus, Jason Patric? Still HAWT. :drool:
http://z.about.com/d/movies/1/0/f/f/T/m … erpic2.jpg

Word.

Danimarie · 30 Jun 09 :: 23:28

The things I'm hearing about that movie turn my stomach even more than the casting.

I'm shocked...I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand Shia LaDouche!

If people wanna blow their money on that kind of stuff and encourage Hollywood to churn out more of it, nobody's gonna stop 'em. It's always been this way and it probably always will be.

That's why I'm more of a fan of indie films. With a few exceptions, the small studios are really the only ones making movies with any kind of substance.

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TheCentralScrutinizer · 30 Jun 09 :: 23:36

Heh. Nope. Obviously there's a few threads you haven't been in around here yet. My "affectionate" name for the creep is Sheephead LePoof.

Illinoisguy1 · 30 Jun 09 :: 23:44

Well this is the summer movie season. Studios want to make/release films that will draw in the primary audience that goes to summer movies. Teenagers and young males.

That target audience, for the most part, aren't too interested in seeing deep, emotional or dramatic films. They want to see comedies, action films or in general escapist films. Basically they want to have some fun at the movies and not see "reality" type films.

Being a 40+ year old male I still enjoy mindless action, escapist movies and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. There's nothing wrong with enjoying these kind of movies at all. I still enjoy a good "substance" movie from time to time.

These types of movies have been made since Jaws came out in 1975 and will continue to do so as long as it's still making money for the studios.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 01 Jul 09 :: 01:35

And that is exactly why I got to far fewer movies in the summer than any other time of year.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 01 Jul 09 :: 07:42

TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:

Heh. Nope. Obviously there's a few threads you haven't been in around here yet. My "affectionate" name for the creep is Sheephead LePoof.

I can't stand to even watch any trailer for a movie Shia's in. If he's ever in a movie or show with Chris I'd be able to watch it but only because of Chris. I call him Shia La Loser.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 01 Jul 09 :: 15:25

I can't even stand to see a picture. :puke:

Danimarie · 02 Jul 09 :: 02:48

My "affectionate" name for the creep is Sheephead LePoof.

Ha! I like it

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