Movies you are looking forward to in 2016

[Raven]

And on a completely different level . . .

 

 

I've no interest in this at all.

[Madeleine]

Me neither, I thought the original film was bad enough.  Getting a bit fed up with all the remakes, reboots or whatever you want to call them.

[Kylie]

Me neither, I thought the original film was bad enough.  Getting a bit fed up with all the remakes, reboots or whatever you want to call them.

 

Blasphemy! Ghostbusters is a classic!  

 

I rather like the look of the remake. It's not one I would go to see at the movies, but I'll definitely watch it one day.

[Raven]

I like the original. 

 

I was 13 when it came out and it was a film I watched over and over on VHS as a teenager.  More recently, a friend and I used to quote lines from it to each other in the pub and in 2014 I went to see it when it was re-released for its thirtieth anniversary.  I hadn't seen the film for a number of years and was really looking forward to seeing it on the big screen again, but I ended up being disappointed, because the delivery of a lot of the lines my friend and I used to quote to each other was a lot flatter than I remembered.  "Mother puss bucket!" was the only one that really got a laugh, and that was mainly because I had forgotten about it.

 

With this new film it's not a case of "they can't remake that, it's a classic!" for me, I just don't watch many film comedies - particularly recent ones - because I think it is a very dull and often tedious medium where the jokes are either too obvious or too infantile.  Also, a lot of comedy films try too hard at being funny; humour works best for me when it is under played. 

 

Watching this trailer I didn't find myself thinking "That looks funny" I found myself thinking "Why would a ghost projectile vomit ectoplasm?" In the original it was something things got covered with when they came into contact with a ghost, the "humour" of the scene just didn't work for me. 

 

Perhaps it brought back unhappy memories of Noel's House Party, or something . . .

[frankie]

A Man Called Ove! (If you intend to read the book, you might not want to see the trailer as there will be spoilers)

[Raven]

 

Well that works for me.

 

('cept the Force Awakens style piano key opening).

[woolf woolf]

[poppyshake]

A painted biopic of Van Gogh will be released later this year, based on his personal letters. It's directed by Dorota Kobiela, which has only directed one feature film previously but all her work in cinema seems experimental. The artists were trained in Van Gogh's style for the film's production. I'm cautious, but curious.

 

I'm absolutely loving the look of this Will definitely try and see it.

[vodkafan]

A painted biopic of Van Gogh will be released later this year, based on his personal letters. It's directed by Dorota Kobiela, which has only directed one feature film previously but all her work in cinema seems experimental. The artists were trained in Van Gogh's style for the film's production. I'm cautious, but curious.

 

 

 

This one! And

Miss Peregrines Home For Unusual Children

[Raven]

I say, this looks rather good!

[Raven]

As does this . . .

 

[vodkafan]

Hmm yes Where has JK Rowling been hiding that story?

[vodkafan]

I am going to watch Hardcore Henry at the cinema  today! 

[vodkafan]

Stop the Press! There is another Jason Bourne film coming!

[vodkafan]

Looking forward to this one too! Mark Strong is great I saw him once on the London tube

[vodkafan]

Has anybody read the book of this by Deborah Moggach? It looks a bit interesting and it has Christoph Waltz, who I like, but on the downside it has Cara Delevigne, who I can't stand

 

[woolf woolf]

The aforementioned The Red Turtle, a Studio Ghibli/Wild Bunch film directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit.

 

[frankie]

Café Society! Steve Carell and Jesse Eisenberg? I'm sold!  

[Madeleine]

I read Tulip Fever years ago and enjoyed it, I think a movie was planned back then but fell through.  I can't stand CD either, there are plenty of actresses out there desperate for roles

Edited May 17, 2016 by Madeleine

[Raven]

 

That is looking a lot better than the first trailer.

[spoileddogma]

Jason Bourne 

[J. A. Haag]

I am really excited for Suicide Squad but there have been a lot of bad reviews lately so now I am starting to get nervous. I regret having read the reviews because even if there aren't any spoilers, I feel like I will be thinking about that when I watch the movie and it will hurt my experience.

 

I'm also really excited for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Especially since JK Rowling has posted so much new content on Pottermore.

[MrCat]

 

Park Chan-wook made some of my fav movies. I hope this lives up to the hype. 

 

Also, a new Godzilla movie. 

 

 

Anything that has Sion Sono's name on it must be good. 

 

 

[vodkafan]

Only thing I am waiting for now with any hope it will be any good is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Been disappointed with most every new film lately.

[Nollaig]

Miss Peregrine, The Girl on the Train and A Monster Calls are the main three I'm looking forward to now. Still have to see Suicide Squad, and I may go see Lights Out as it looks like a bit of fun.