It takes a long time to make a movie these days, so here is an article from CNN describing many of next summer’s potential blockbusters and disappointments now in production.
The ones I am looking forward to:
Jurassic Park 3
Pearl Harbor
The Mummy Returns
A.I.
Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie!
Disney’s animated Atlantis
Shit I don’t care about:
Doctor Dolittle 2
Rush Hour 2
Planet of the Apes remake, even if it is directed by Tim Burton. What is the freaking point?
Rollerball remake. Again, what is the point? Don’t remake good movies, remake BAD ones and do it right this time!
Josie and the Pussycats in live action. :rolleyes: It wasn’t that great as a cartoon!
There are only two movies I am looking forward to seeing next year, the first Lord of the Rings movie and the Harry Potter movie, but neither one of them will be out until November. However, A.I. sounds like it might be a good movie too.
I have mixed feelings about Jurassic Park 3. I’m looking forward to it because, hey, it has dinosaurs in it and all. Unfortunately, the Jurassic Park movies thus far have been, well, incredibly lame. The first one turned a reasonably good book into a kiddy flick, and had so many flaws one could make a career out of pointing them out (assuming anyone was actually willing to pay someone else to do that sort of thing). The second one, thankfully, did not follow the book (one of the few instances where the movie was better than the book…?). However, it had numerous problems of its own. The best thing about both movies was the special effects, of course.
So, now we have a third movie, which, I am assuming, is not based on any book (at least, I haven’t seen a JP3 book yet). This is a point in its favor since I don’t have any expectations to be dashed. However, it will probably be similar to the first two in that it will focus on ‘raptors’ and a T. rex or two, have one or more kids in it, and involve the standard “heroes must survive being hunted by dinosaurs” plot. But, at least the special effects will probably be good. It will be interesting to see what a new director does with the premise. (BTW, the DVD previews alluded to on the CNN site cited by jab1 give no indication whatsoever as to what the movie will be about.)
I am also looking forward to Pearl Harbor, though since it’s a Bruckheimer film, I don’t expect much in the way of accuracy. That accuracy will probably take a back seat to action is further evidenced by the timing of the release: Memorial Day (the start of the Summer Blockbuster Movie season), rather than, say, Dec. 7.
As for the others, I have no real opinion, since I haven’t seen/heard anything about them (though most of the sequels and remakes will probably blow).
Good point–no movie with dinosaurs can be all bad. Loved JP, hated JP2–had an “obligatory sequel” stamp all over it, and I can’t help but expect that to slop over into JP3. And to further add to the disappointment of JP2, is that it didn’t include the chameleo-saurs that Crichton put in his book. Would’ve been cool.
I believe Crichton is furiously cranking out a JP3 book, even as we speak.
I’m an frequent visitor to the Coming Attractions site, but it’s kind of disheartening to see how many movies in pre-production are comic book adaptations, sequels, or both.
