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My Most Anticipated 2012 Films are:

1. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2. The Avengers
3. Skyfall
4. Django Unchained
5. On the Road
6. The Great Gatsby
7. The Pirates! Band of Misfits
8. Brave
9. ParaNorman
10. Men In Black 3
11. 21 Jump Street
12. Chimpanzee
13. The Bourne Legacy
14. The Dark Knight Rises
15. This is 40
16. The Lucky One
17. Anna Karenina
18. American Reunion
19. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
20. The Lady

I want more information about:
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Great Expectations
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Moonrise Kingdom
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Ted

I know I will see at some point but not sure if I want to see in the theatre:
The Cabin in the Woods
Les Miserables

You know it's a good movie year when Bond is all the way down at 3...

Date: 2012-02-24 03:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amerally.livejournal.com
What about World War Z?

Date: 2012-02-25 02:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com
It has zombies...

The zombie films I might see in the theatre are Jay & Seth Vs. the Apocalypse and possibly the romantic comedy starring Nicholas Hoult.

Date: 2012-02-24 03:47 am (UTC)
captaintish: (Potc -- A Pirate's Life for Me)
From: [personal profile] captaintish
I'm looking forward to The Pirates! Loved the books. Still miffed that they changed the title.

Date: 2012-02-24 05:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] artic-fox.livejournal.com
I think the US title is different, but here in the UK it is known by the book title (The Pirates! In an adventure with Scientists -- that's right, isn't it? I haven't read the book in years).

I saw a preview of it this week, and it is lovely.

/sorry for butting in, lol

Date: 2012-02-25 07:30 pm (UTC)
captaintish: (Potc -- A Pirate's Life for Me)
From: [personal profile] captaintish
Yes! That is the correct title. I'm irritated that they changed it here in the U.S. "Band of Misfits" is a dumb title.

Date: 2012-02-26 04:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com
Ooh, I want to read that.

Date: 2012-02-25 07:32 pm (UTC)
captaintish: (Wacky Fun)
From: [personal profile] captaintish
Oh my goodness, best books ever. They're like crackfic.

The first one is The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists and is the one that the movie is based on.

Date: 2012-02-24 04:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] surreal-44.livejournal.com
I haven't heard of half these films.

They're making another Great Gatsby? Nooooo.

Date: 2012-02-25 03:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com
Well, I like knowing the weird ones.

Date: 2012-02-24 05:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liave-ekeli.livejournal.com
I'm surprised to see The Dark Knight Rises all the way down in 14th. That's my no. 2, after the Hobbit. I know it probably won't be as good as The Dark Knight, but still...

Date: 2012-02-24 06:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com
Hehe, well, you may have forgotten but I wasn't terribly impressed with The Dark Knight. I had a lot of problems with it and it ended up being my 16th favorite movie for that year.

I own Batman Begins. When Batman Begins is on cable, that's what I'm probably going to watch. It has this nice hopeful upbeatness despite all the darkness.

The Dark Knight is too dark for me and I stand by what I complained about originally:
http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/50111.html (http://ericadawn16.livejournal.com/50111.html)

Honestly, I was undecided about having it on the list at all because of the previous film and the way Nolan has been turned into a sort of God. I mean yeah, the guy's talented but damn, they'll like defend him to the death.

I've also grown tired of destruction and such just for the shock value. I'd guess it had to do with getting older but I was never a fan of disaster films.

However, it does have Gary Oldman, Michael Caine and new people, Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt and most importantly...Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle...hopefully, pulling it off better than Halle Berry or Michelle Pfeiffer. I know a lot of people like the Batman Returns Catwoman but I'm still most partial to Eartha Kitt.

Date: 2012-02-24 07:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liave-ekeli.livejournal.com
I had forgotten that. My apologies :)
I quite like my Batman dark and gritty, so I guess I'm more suceptible to the way Nolan apparently wants to do things.

I like Nolan, I think he's talented, but definitely not worthy of the 'God' title that some of the fanboys so readily give him. I trust him enough to think that he 'gets' Batman, and is able to make good movies about one of my favourite characters of all time, but he's not above reproach.
I liked Inception, I thought it was an intelligent, exciting movie, but it wasn't worthy of the hype. I'm starting to feel much the same about TDKR as it gets closer to release.

I'm no fan of Marion Cotillard, so her inclusion into TDKR does nothing for me. I'm one of the few people (I think) that keeps her fingers crossed that she's *not* Talia al Ghul in disguise (she could never fit the way I imagine Talia, ever). All the others though, I'm happy with (in theory), but Anne Hathaway is going to have to convince me she can pull of Selina/Catwoman.
I enjoyed Michelle Pfeiffer's take on the character, but she's not my ultimate portrayal. Neither are any of the other previous actresses. And, frankly, a rock could pull off Catwoman better than Halle Berry, so it shouldn't be much of a stretch.

Date: 2012-02-24 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] indiwise.livejournal.com
What about, Dark Shadows? Ask your mom about it!

Date: 2012-02-25 04:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com
Ask your mom about it!

*cringes*

Actually, when I mentioned this to my mom, she cringed, too.

She was never a soap opera person. The only soap operas she watched growing up were because of her mother and sister.

Thus, she didn't know about Dark Shadows until my oldest brother and I watched the NBC remake.

I LOVED the NBC remake. Naturally, it only lasted one season. Later, in college with SciFi, I was able to see the original. It's okay but doesn't trump my fond memories of the remake with Ben Cross and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Now, I used to LOVE Tim Burton and then he came out with Planet of the Apes and then that thing with Kevin Smith happened...

I did love Big Fish. I own Big Fish. I thought maybe things were okay and I could like him again but except for producing 9, I haven't really liked anything since. It all seems the same and lacking in heart. He also no longer pushes his actors to do their best as he once did which makes it more obvious which actors do that on their own and which actors need that attention.

Not only is it Tim Burton but it is based off the original including being a period 60s piece...
Plus, you have Johnny Depp as Barnabas which most people are ecstatic about but...
Is he going to play it straight like in Sleepy Hollow or Neverland or is he going...to make him weird?

Yes, he's a vampire but he's sexy and mysterious with a touch of danger yet heroic and tragic. You know you should run away but you're just powerless against it.

He's who inspired Louis, Angel, Spike, Edward and basically every modern conflicted vampire. Gee, Cullen and Collins even sound very similar, don't they?

So yeah, I'm worried about Johnny's portrayal although the cast as a whole does sound very awesome.

Date: 2012-02-24 05:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] artic-fox.livejournal.com
Great list! I am excited to see most of these as well!

(Although I have already seen The Pirates!, and I am off to see a preview of 21 Jump St next week).

I think my most anticipated would have to be The Dark Knight Rises.

Date: 2012-02-25 05:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com
I checked your journal, saw your tease and now I'm ever more excited!

Thank goodness it's not like Arriety or some of these films with different voices for the US versus Britain.

Date: 2012-02-25 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blaze7the7cat.livejournal.com
I'm looking forward to "The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Avengers".

Date: 2012-02-28 01:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldarwannabe.livejournal.com
The Great Gatsby is coming out in 2012? EEEEEEE.

Well, I'm going to be waiting for that with my fingers crossed. *excited*

Date: 2012-03-01 01:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ericadawn16.livejournal.com
Now if we could just have trailers for it, On the Road and Anna Karenina...

Date: 2012-03-01 02:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eldarwannabe.livejournal.com
Not yet! I have to finish Anna Karenina! *rushes off*

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