Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Most Anticipated Films of 2012

We're four months in the year so I'm probably a bit behind schedule in posting the movies I'm most looking forward to but let's be honest; There's generally not much released early in the year that any true movie fans await with baited breath. That's not to say there haven't been any good movies. Friends With Kids, The Grey and Jeff, Who Lives At Home were all very good with a chance of making my list for the best of the year and 21 Jump Street was very funny. During the last two weeks, I saw both The Cabin in the Woods and The Raid: Redemption which were both great. However, my other trips to the theater (The Hunger Games, Chronicle, John Carter, The Lorax) haven't been nearly as enjoyable.

This year has potential to be a very good year for movies considering that I had to leave off The Dictator, Lawless, Looper and few others that could be very good.


10) The Avengers
Release date: May 4
To be honest, I had a bad feeling this movie was going to be less like Iron Man and more like Captain America but the early reviews are fantastic. It won't be the first blockbuster of 2012 because of the nearly $400 million that The Hunger Games has pulled in but it has a chance to be much better and even bigger.



9) The Bourne Legacy
Release date: August 3
Written and directed by Tony Gilroy who wrote the first three films in the Bourne saga and whose directoral debut was the criminally overlooked Michael Clayton is enough for me to get excited. The trailer looks phenomenal and I believe Jeremy Renner will be great as the lead in this film.



8) Lincoln
Release date: December
Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg. Need I say more?



7) Skyfall
Release date: November 9
Don't yell at me when I tell you I've never seen a Bond film that didn't star either Pierce Brosnan or Daniel Craig. Hey! I said don't yell. I was thirteen years old when Brosnan took over as 007 and haven't gotten around to watching the Roger Moore or Sean Connery versions. That being said, I prefer Daniel Craig to Pierce and am quite excited about Skyfall.



6) Moonrise Kingdom
Release date: May 16
When watching the trailer for Moonrise Kingdom, there's no mistaking that it's a Wes Anderson film. He's back with old favorites Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray alongside Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand. It's a great cast and could be Wes Anderson's best work since The Royal Tenebaums.



5) The Campaign
Release date: August 10
You could make the argument that there are no better comedic actors working today than Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis and many people would probably agree. So the idea of them playing rival politicians in a film directed by Jay Roach should make for great entertainment.



4) Prometheus
Release date: June 8
After attending a world premiere of the trailer with director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Damon Lindelof, Prometheus has quickly become one of my most anticipated science-fiction adventure movies ever. Terrific cast and great pedigree of writer and director make this an almost can't miss film.



3) The Master
Release date: October 12
Two of the top three spots are reserved for writer-directors who have made some of the most interesting and compelling films of the last twenty years. The Master is reportedly Paul Thomas Anderson's loose interpretation of the start of Scientology staring Phillip Seymour Hoffman as an L. Ron Hubbard type character. I can't wait.



2) Django Unchained
Release date: December 25
Quentin Tarantino's latest effort about a slave turned bounty hunter rescuing his wife from a Mississippi plantation sounds extremely promising. The cast includes Tarantino veterans Kurt Russell and Christoph Waltz along side Walton Goggins, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx as the titular character. Those who have read the script say it might be the best script Tarantino has ever written which is very high praise.




1) The Dark Knight Rises
Release date: July 20
Although I have some concerns about the catwoman character being played by Anne Hathaway, I'm willing to give director Christopher Nolan the benefit of the doubt. After watching the riveting opening scene on IMAX last December, I was already chomping at the bit to see Tom Hardy's full performance as the new villain Bane. However, after the new trailer was released earlier today it has now become my most anticipated movie of the year.



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