New Movie Releases #1

Here is a list of most interesting movies we can see these days (ok this depends on the country you live in).

Chicken Little: The Sky is Falling!

New movie from Disney. It's about this chicken called Chicken Little that lost his reputation in the town when he believed that an acorn that felt down from an oak was a piece of the sky. Just when things went better for him, a real piece of the sky falls when aliens begin an invasion. Chicken Little and his firends, Abby Mallard (aka Ugly Duckling), Runt of the Litter and Fish Out of Water will try to save the world.

The official site is pretty funny.


Fightplan: She design the plane from top to bottom, now she'll have to tear it apart
Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard

Traveling by plane from Berlin to New York, Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) is faced with a terrible nightmare: her daughter, Julia, got lost. Soon, all things seem to indicate that she is hallucinating, and she will be struggling to prove the captain and the passangers that she is not crazy. She has an advantage: she was the one that designed the plane so she knows where to look.


Doom:
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike

Didn't you just love the game? Now, it's on big screens too.

The action takes place at Olduvai Research Station, a remote scientific facility on Mars, where something has gone terribly wrong. All experiments have ceased, and communication has failed. The few messages that do get through are less than comforting. It's Level 5 Quarantine, and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad (RRTS)-hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize any enemy_or so they think.

The researchers at this Red Planet station have unwittingly opened a door, and all hel.l has broken loose. *A legion of nightmarish creatures of unknown origin lurks in every corner and stalks the countless rooms and tunnels of the facility, killing what few people remain. A hellish zoo of demons, Imps, Barons and Hel.l Knights has taken over Olduvai. And they're not giving it back without a fight.


Saw II: Oh yes, there will be blood
Dina Meyer, Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell

First part was terrifying. One of the darkest movies I've ever seen. Producers say this one is even darker. More money were allocated for the production, so more ingenious traps were prepared. I don't even want to know more before seeing it. The images of that man cutting his leg with the saw from the first movie are still vivid in my mind. :o


The Legend of Zorro: This Fall Adventure Begins With a Z
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Antonio Banderas

It's the year 1850 and California is seeking to become the 31st state of the union, but certain unscrupulous individuals, members of a mysterious medieval organization are determined to prevent this event from transpiring. One again, the masked hero, Zorro, must come to the aid of the people of California, so they can become citizens of the United States of America. (now that's just heart-breaking ;) ) Don Alejandro (Zorro) is caught in a dilemma between serving the oppressed and threatened people of California and his responsibilities of husband and father.

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Doom:
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike

Didn't you just love the game?

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The first two yes, they are wonderful :D. And the third? Doom3? **** no, it took me 6-8 hours to get through. The gameplay itself was horrible and boring, it wasn't shocking at all. Only the graphics where nice to see. Quake4 is everything Doom3 supposed to be... :cool:

I thought I'd mention some interesting movies that are not yet out....
(dates are for US)


Zathura - Nov 11th -
Special effects should be cool. Follow up to Jumanji.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Nov 18th
Yeah these movies are getting old, but we'll go see this one too....

Aeon Flux - Nov 29th
It's Sci Fi, and there is never enough of that in the theaters....
It had a production budget of $55 million, which is enough to make a good movie on a budget.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Dec 9th
I predict this to be the movie of the year to see. The previews are great looking and the story is a classic.

Underworld: Evolution Jan 20th (2006)
Underworld was okay at the "dollar theater". This should be "okay" too.

The Pink Panther Feb 10th
Okay, the original was funny in its day. This one has potential to also be funny....

Mission Impossible 3 May 5
Yeah, Tom Cruise is part of a cult, but his movies are pretty good even if he has gone a bit pyscho.

Poseidon (formerly Poseidon Adventure) May 12
Another classic being remade. With today's special effects, this should be cool.

The Da Vinci Code May 19
I've wanted to read the book since "everyone" else has. Now I'll just wait for the movie <G>.

XMen 3 May 29th
More Captain Picard, err Xavier! The last movie was pretty good, so this one will hopefully be even better!

Superman Returns June 30th
Heeeeee's baaaccck!

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest July 7th 2006
The first movie is one of my favorites of all time.....

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Fantastic 4 2 - Not until July 4th, 2007


There are a lot of other fun, interesting movies too!

Brad!

About DOOM, this movie not bad, but not increadeble, about 3 points (in 5 points grade), all others I have not seeing yet. :D

Doom isn't doing very good. It was number one its first week-end, but it was the worst box-office week-end in a long time. It dropped to 7th place its second week-end with only $4.2 million dollars brining its total to around $23 million. With that level of fall, it will be a stretch to make back the $60 millioni it cost to produce, let alone the adveritsing and other costs.....

On the opposite end of the spectrum, Saw II blew away the box office being number one last week-end with $31 million. Not bad (okay, pretty darn fantastic) for a movie that cost $4 million to produce :) It did almost double what The Legend of Zorro did ($16 million). Zorro, cost a tad more though at about $75 million....

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse continue to do a good showing. It is still in fith place after four weeks. That's better than Doom (7th) did in its second week :)

Flight plan holds strong too in 10th place last week-end Its 2.7 million took its total over $80 million.

But alas, I have no time to see any of the movies right now..... :(


<< Doom needs to do a bit better so that the don't cut budgets on the Halo movie :D >>
Brad!

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The Pink Panther Feb 10th
Okay, the original was funny in its day. This one has potential to also be funny....

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:thumb: This is the one I'd be waiting for.

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Nov 18th
Yeah these movies are getting old, but we'll go see this one too....

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Well, you're definitelly not a fan. :D The book was kinda big (about 650 pages) so I'm looking for to see how accurate the movie will be.

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Aeon Flux - Nov 29th
It's Sci Fi, and there is never enough of that in the theaters....
It had a production budget of $55 million, which is enough to make a good movie on a budget.

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I don't expect too much from this movie, but Charlize looks sexy with guns. :D

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The Da Vinci Code May 19
I've wanted to read the book since "everyone" else has. Now I'll just wait for the movie <G>.

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The book was awful. I didn't even eat, nor I went to sleep until I finished it. I love these kind of topics, but the end made me feel sorry for reading it. I have decided never ever to read a bood from Dan Brown again. I'm still wondering if I want to see the movie. And guess what: it has already been pirated. There is a DVD-rip copy available in Timisoara. ;)

I've just seen Cindarella Man. I know it's been some time since it was released in US, but in Romania it only happened last week. A great movie again from Russell Crowe. I don't know how this guy does it, but he plays only Academy awarded movies: LA Confidential, The Insider, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander and now this. I'm sure it will win at least one Oscar. Crowe deserves at least a nomination himself.

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Mission Impossible 3 May 5
Yeah, Tom Cruise is part of a cult, but his movies are pretty good even if he has gone a bit pyscho.

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I like this one,I would look for its CD :)

Ah, I've read that one or two weeks ago, Iran has prohibited the distribution and broadcasting of foreign movies, especially American. So I suppose piracy should be booming there.

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Ah, I've read that one or two weeks ago, Iran has prohibited the distribution and broadcasting of foreign movies, especially American. So I suppose piracy should be booming there.

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yes,iran has prohibited foreign movies recently!
ofcource the usa also has prohibited iran,so there is no copyright law here!
well I laught at two groups, iran's clerics & american government!

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ofcource the usa also has prohibited iran

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Really? Didn't know that. But how many iranian movies would have been distributed in US anyway? Not too many I guess.

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well I laught at two groups, iran's clerics

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Aren't there punishments for watching american movies? Don't you fear you'll be caught? ;)

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Really? Didn't know that. But how many iranian movies would have been distributed in US anyway? Not too many I guess.

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well,I meant the usa has prohobited iran in generally not just for movies and such things,also software bussiness,I can't have a master card,payball, ... btw those american prohobitation don't affect on iran's clerics!

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Aren't there punishments for watching american movies? Don't you fear you'll be caught?

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well,I get them from my close friends,if someone wanna bother I try to make them hide & deny!!
ofcource if they wanna bother someone really,they will take him to a prison,for two-three days just beating and slap and such things,then will throw him away!

//yeah .. hijacked! ..

I should mention the movie "Everything is Illuminated". Seems to me like it will be good stuff... That and it's not the stereotypical hollywoodish stuff that you see every time on the silver screen.

The movies that I am waiting to watch

1. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe
- I love this books, and I love to see how they portrayed the characters specially Aslan.

2. Memoirs of Geisha ( Sayuri ) - Dec 2005
- Zhang Ziyi portraying the famous Sayuri. A movie about Japanese Geisha were the majority of the characters are portrayed by Chinese. :D

3. Eragon - Dec 2006
- based on the Inheritance trilogy by Christopher Paolini, which he started writing when he was 15years Old. I just read the book recently, and fell in love with it. 2 of my fave actors are cast in this movie; John Malkovich and Jeremy Irons.

4. The Da Vinci Code: Tom Hanks as Langdon ... hmm interesting :D
5. MirrorMask :
- by Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman, not a mainstream movie but really want to see the work of this 2 great artist :D
6. Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire
- waiting ....
7. Final Fantasy 7: Advent of Children
- just waiting for the international realease of the DVD.

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3. Eragon - Dec 2006
- based on the Inheritance trilogy by Christopher Paolini, which he started writing when he was 15years Old. I just read the book recently, and fell in love with it. 2 of my fave actors are cast in this movie; John Malkovich and Jeremy Irons.

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The second book is out now too. I've got it, but haven't had time to read it.

Brad!

Yesterday the world premier of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire took place in London. Unfortunatelly it will open in Romania only on December 2nd. :cry:

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The second book is out now too. I've got it, but haven't had time to read it.

Brad!

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yeah i also have book 2, finished reading it, can't put it down when I started it. And its not good to read a book for more than 12 hours straight :lol:

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And its not good to read a book for more than 12 hours straight

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Why? I have done that many times. ;)

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Why? I have done that many times. ;)

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have not done it in quite awhile ...:D but it was really a good read

Nice movies mentioned here, folks. I've seen Flight Plan. Really nice. :thumb:

Looking forward in seeing The Legend of Zorro. Probably this friday.

But I can't wait to see Pride and Prejudice on November 23. I'm a fan of both Jane Austen (author of the book) and Keira Knightley (plays the main character)... So I can't ask for more. :)

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Nice movies mentioned here, folks. I've seen Flight Plan. Really nice. :thumb:

Looking forward in seeing The Legend of Zorro. Probably this friday.

But I can't wait to see Pride and Prejudice on November 23. I'm a fan of both Jane Austen (author of the book) and Keira Knightley (plays the main character)... So I can't ask for more. :)

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wasn't there already a movie about this with emma and hugh grant? or was it another jane austin book ??

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But I can't wait to see Pride and Prejudice on November 23. I'm a fan of both Jane Austen (author of the book) and Keira Knightley (plays the main character)... So I can't ask for more.

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Ah, I love Jane Austen's books too. Pride and Prejudice is great. And guess what, Keira Knightley is one of my favorite actresses.

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wasn't there already a movie about this with emma and hugh grant? or was it another jane austin book

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Emma is another novel from Jane Austen.

I know, it was Sense and Sensibility, with Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson.

Mr. Darcy....

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I know, it was Sense and Sensibility, with Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson.

Mr. Darcy....

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Yes, the one with Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson is Sense and Sensibility which also stars Kate Winslet (as Marianne Dashwood) before she got famous in the movie Titanic. :)

What about Mr. Darcy?....:confused:

@Cilu: Cool! You're probably a fan of Natalie Portman too, huh? ;) Of all Jane Austen novels, three are my favorites: Pride & Prejudice, Emma, and Sense & Sensibility. :D And all of them are now made into movies... so nice! The movie on "Emma" stars Gwyneth Paltrow.

@che_rish , nahh.. i just remember mr. darcy ... i so love him after reading pride and prejudice before :D

and I just saw the trailer last night, i can't wait to see this movie. Judie Dench??( did I spell it right ) and Donald Sutherland is also in this movie, so cool:thumb:

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@che_rish , nahh.. i just remember mr. darcy ... i so love him after reading pride and prejudice before :D

and I just saw the trailer last night, i can't wait to see this movie. Judie Dench??( did I spell it right ) and Donald Sutherland is also in this movie, so cool:thumb:

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Yes I know!!! So cool! That's why I can't hardly wait to see it! I might buy the DVD... and collect those Jane Austen movies. (Uhm, I think her name is spelled Judi Dench :D) Anyways, I love Mr. Darcy too! Have you seen the TV series they made in Britain (if I'm not mistaken). It stars Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The DVD is now available as you can see in the link, but its kind of long. I can't wait how this new movie will be able to tell the story. So nice to meet people who likes the same things you do!

Btw, where is Ellesmera? You're not in Japan anymore?

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Yes I know!!! So cool! That's why I can't hardly wait to see it! I might buy the DVD... and collect those Jane Austen movies. (Uhm, I think her name is spelled Judi Dench :D) Anyways, I love Mr. Darcy too! Have you seen the TV series they made in Britain (if I'm not mistaken). It stars Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The DVD is now available as you can see in the link, but its kind of long. I can't wait how this new movie will be able to tell the story. So nice to meet people who likes the same things you do!

Btw, where is Ellesmera? You're not in Japan anymore?

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Ellesmera? Brad Jones might know the location. The location of this place is never divulge to humans :p .

Yeah, I read that there was a tv series about this but I have not watched it. I hope they will released a package DVD of all Jane Austen based movies. That would be cool :cool:

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@Cilu: Cool! You're probably a fan of Natalie Portman too, huh? ;)

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Cherish, you're scaring me... :o ;) How did you... ah, I how. You have been reading "the sexiest actress thread". ;)

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Ellesmera? Brad Jones might know the location. The location of this place is never divulge to humans :p .

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Heh heh heh... okay. :p ;)

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Cherish, you're scaring me... :o ;) How did you... ah, I how. You have been reading "the sexiest actress thread". ;)

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Yes, I have read that thread a long time ago. I even counted the "votes" so to speak. But its really hard to keep track of who already voted who. Plus, there's a lot of nominees. But its a nice thread.... for guys. ;) :D

EDIT: My apologies for straying away (a 'lil bit) from the thread topic.

Nobody mentioned "Just Like heaven"??

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Nobody mentioned "Just Like heaven"??

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That's with Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, right? Its one of the movies I was planning to watch but until now hasn't done so. bummer. :(