Posts Tagged ‘2009’
2009 in film – the naughty list
… Any films that shouldn’t be here? Let me know your biggest let downs when it came to film in 2009!
Tags: 2009 Film Movies Naughty List Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Robot balls Terminator Salvation Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Watchmen X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The other day I listed off ten movies that I’m still looking forward to this year and since ten is a nice round number there are obviously other films that I’ll be looking out for this year and I thought it unfair not to mention them:
I’ll address the biggest eyebrow raise in there I’m sure straight away with Full Moon the second of the Twilight films, I didn’t enjoy the first movie nor did I see it as some cinematic masterpiece, in fact far from it. However once curiosity was through killing off cats it got the better of me and forced me to watch the film because I had read the book. Curiosity is once again my co-driver in this case and I’m morbidly curious to see how this pans out.
Where the Wild Things Are is a touchstone book from mine and I suspect a lot of people’s childhood and from everything I see this is going to be really interesting and hopefully beautiful, I have faith that it will be if the studio can keep their grubby little mitts out of the mix.
Speaking of childhood touchstones, Astro Boy was a HUGE part of my childhood, we all loved Astro Boy, I didn’t watch the newer series of it but I will certainly give this a look, I’m glad they didn’t go with a live action version as that would have been tenuous at best.
I love the Universal Pictures monsters from the early days and I look forward to the Wolfman with some caution, I hope that it is really awesome however I don’t know what constitutes awesome in this case since the original is a masterpiece.
2012 is a big old bag of rubbish, however I dig end of the world films and I’m assuming a film by the creators of Independence Day will only serve to undermine the panicky idiot types who think that a wiped out race of child sacrificing people who happened to have a calender have predicted accurately the end of the world. I’m hoping there are explosions.
Gamer is one of those films that yeah sure I’m interested in seeing but I’m sure it won’t turn my world onto its ear. Of course if it does then booyah for it and me! If it doesn’t I won’t be sending Gerald Butler hate mail or pictures of cheese. I hope the X-Box people don’t watch it and get ideas.
And finally Year One, it just looks funny, I was pleased to see Jack Black returning to some form with Tropic Thunder and I don’t have to hate on Michael Cera for holding out on an Arrested Development movie as I believe he is on board for such a mind numbingly awesome event. Besides it is directed by Spengler and we all love Spengler.
I think that about covers them all, please let me know if there is a movie I may have missed in all of the new blog excitement!
Comic book Thursday* has become firmly ingrained into my weekly schedule, often the promise of new funny books on a Thursday will get me through Tuesday and Wednesday and even the overflow might make Friday bearable. I think this year though really cemented the weekly event for me and I’ve been branching out in the types of books I read.
Now I should clarify that these are personal discoveries, most of these books have been around for a while and I was introduced to them throughout the year and they’ve helped define what I’m reading.
- Scott Pilgrim - I knew vaguely of the character and I knew that they were making a movie but one of the guys through Twitter demanded I read the books and I’m really glad he did! They are hilarious, jam packed full of pop culture references and despite the simplicity in the artwork I think it is great because it is effective.
- The Walking Dead - I can’t remember if I started reading these last year or not but I think I discovered the zombie apocalypse series early this year, either way it is worth mentioning as it is all shades of awesome, really well written and a very neat idea. I like that it is in black and white as well, colour would change the tone completely.
- Crossed – I place Crossed here not necessarily because I recommend it, to be honest I don’t know if I would. It is pretty much the sickest comic I’ve read, but I didn’t say these discoveries were all good. You see I don’t really get “torture porn” films like Hostel or Saw, I’m just not interested and I’ve spoken about this before so I won’t bore you all again. But Crossed is like a Walking Dead torture porn comic book, with some imagery that I am so surprised to see in a comic book, or any book really. I’m not going to recount the madness but I must say that I am completely hooked by it and really want to see the end of the series (it’s a nine parter – issue eight was released today). It’s not going to end well, nothing has gone well for these characters.
- Powers - This book wasn’t even on my radar and now I love it, I love the art and the stories are enjoyable, they are a mix of superhero and crime writing. I guess what appealed to me most was the complete creation of a new universe with new characters with their own rules. I’ve got a bunch to catch up on before I read the new monthly series but I’m really enjoying it.
- Daredevil - Never been a huge Daredevil fan, never really saw the point of the character, but I picked up a couple of trade hardbacks and whilst I’m not really interested in pursuing the character on a monthly basis I did get a much better idea of why people love him. I read Guardian Angel, Born Again and The Man Without Fear. All of which I quite enjoyed.
So for you comic book guys and gals out there what comic book discoveries did you make this year?
*For those in the US who think it’s weird I’m talking about Thursday rather than Wednesday, remember we’re a day in front of you and the comics are shipped over to be released at the same time.
