Comments on: Paramount and DreamWorks Pictures 2009 Picture Preview

By: chewbaca69

chewbaca69 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:00:20 +0000

@aerinpegadrak: Noted haha I think it's a pretty solid slate, Peter Jackson is always a good ting to have, not to mention Transformers will be fun, same with Trek. Monsters vs. Aliens looks to a be a solid animated flick also.

By: aerinpegadrak

aerinpegadrak — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:39:50 +0000

I saw The Uninvited at a screening about a year ago when it was titled Apparition. It was the worst movie I've ever seen, so bad it's become our new benchmark for bad movies. We were particularly savage in our official responses; I believe I commented that it was like Hamlet with all the genders reversed, an interesting idea gone so horribly wrong it will likely never be tried again. As we handed in our response cards, we heard someone from the studios comment that they were getting a lot of negative feedback. I figured it had been shelved altogether, but I guess they're trying to cash in on Elizabeth Banks' popularity. Now, they might have recut it a bit, but considering that some of what we assumed were placeholder effects made it into the trailer, I rather doubt it.

I Love You, Man looks really funny (though the premise is a bit flawed; any bridal magazine will tell you that you don't need a best man these days), and of course I'll see Star Trek. My fiancé thinks Monsters vs. Aliens looks really good, but I'm rather unconvinced. And I'm a chick, so no interest in Transformers or G.I. Joe.

And I was thoroughly disappointed in the book The Lovely Bones. I know it was on the bestseller list for a million weeks, but it was just kind of hollow. Of the 2004 bestsellers I remember reading, I loved Time Traveler's Wife and actually cried at the end of Dogs of Babel, but Lovely Bones was just kind of meh. I'm kind of over Peter Jackson, so that one holds no interest for me.

By: kassiopeia

kassiopeia — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:36:00 +0000

@Jerzey Jon: Ha, you're right - how gutted must Paramount have been when they realised there was no possible way to make a sequel to Titanic?! Of the films listed, I'm most looking forward to Star Trek (and not in any way because I'm shallow and Chris Pine is stupidly pretty) whilst wondering why The Soloist didn't come out in time for this year's Oscars when it was slated for a 2008 release?

By: Nina

Nina — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:29:23 +0000

I'm looking forward to Transformers 2 and Star Trek. I'm not a Trekkie, but it does look impressive, judging from the trailer.
I know many people didn't like Transformers, I loved it. It was a fun, mindless popcorn movie. Hopefully this one will be more robots, less sweaty people.

By: Jerzey Jon

Jerzey Jon — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:16:33 +0000

@Ashleigh: Just another way to make movie, company will make ANY sequel if it generates a lot of cash. No matter how awful it may be. If paramount makes a 2 hour movie and for the whole 2 hours all the viewer sees is an ant climbing over a wall, no dialogue or nothing. Just footage of an ant climbing over a wall. And the Critics call it the worse movie of the last 100 years. But if the film grosses over 700 million dollars, Paramount will make a sequel of the ant climbing down the wall.

By: adu

adu — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:22:00 +0000

Yeah transformers should be good mindless fun once again, that's what critics should look at it as. Other than that Shutter Island is gonna kick ass I bet. Not sure about lovely bones, Wahlberg has been involved in some bad movies of late.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:28:09 +0000

@Ashleigh: It doesn't matter if we needed a transformers sequel, 700+ mil at the B.O. GUARANTEES it lol Besides, don't be so hard on the bots, that was a fun movie.

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:16:57 +0000

I'm looking forward to seeing The Uninvited and The Lovely Bones.

Did we seriously need another Transformers movie, though?

By: Brad Brevet

Brad Brevet — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:12:39 +0000

@joker47: Nope, Paramount had the originals, but then New Line took over the franchise so the remake is set up at Warner Bros. Here's my preview page.

By: joker47

joker47 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:04:40 +0000

where's Friday the 13th? Isnt that a Paramount film?

By: Jerzey Jon

Jerzey Jon — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:35:52 +0000

Films that look Oscar worthy:

The Soloist, even tough it has an April release date.
The Lovely Bones
Up in the Air
Shutter Island, Scorsese. DiCaprio. Academy Awards. Those 3 words go good together.

Films that look horrible:

Hotel for Dogs, I don't even need to explain this one.
Dance Flick
The Uninvited
Imagine that, Meet Dave. Norbit. Daddy Day Care. The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Eddie's in a career slump and I doubt this will be any different.