Friday, July 29, 2011

Opening This Weekend: Hope You Like Aliens



Cowboys &. Aliens -- James Bond, Han Solo, and Oscar Wilde's imaginary granddaughter star in this comic-book movie by the former Iron Man director. I'm not 100% sure on the plot, but I think it has to do with aliens fighting the Dallas Cowboys. That explains how Jerry Jones looks like he leads The Syndicate in X-Files.  This films had tons of hype leading up to its premiere at Comic-con. Then people actually saw it. The verdict: At least it looks good.

Attack The Block -- This had the opposite effect. It slowly built up hype until it exploded at Comic-con. The Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) produced flick has aliens landing in a British ghetto, something that doesn't please the gangs too well. One of the gangs is led by Wright mainstay Nick Frost, meaning UK gangs are much more fun than US gangs. This has won multiple awards already, as has been called a cross between District 9 and Reservoir Dogs. Well it just won another award for "Weirdest Comparison Ever". This recently got bumped up from a limited release, but it still may be hard to find at your local theater.

The Smurfs -- KILL IT WITH FIRE! I guess Smurfs are kinda like aliens, and this movie does look more dangerous than a Xenomorph invasion. The most prominent preview for this film has one of the Smurfs constantly making a vuvuzela sound, and the other characters are saying how annoying he is. Let me repeat, they are selling this movie by a scene that is so annoying, the people in the movie can't stand it. Why does this movie exist? Are Smurf fans really that vocal? Did the film studios think Yogi Bear, Underdog, Astro Boy, and all those other films flopping was just a fluke? Did they even watch the old shows? What is up with Papa Smurf's voice? This probably won't even have the blatant sexism that made the old series such a classic.

Crazy, Stupid, Love -- The previews for this move have been playing for months now. I am really surprised it is just now coming out. Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, and a few less important people fall in love. There's a little crazy involved, but mostly stupid. The critics seem to like this so far, so I guess lightning can strike twice for this same creative team who made Bad Santa.

The Fut Ure -- Yeah, it is really stylized like that. Miranda July writes, directs, and stars in a semi-autobiographical tale of a talking cat (played by July) who tells July (played by July) what to do with her life. Have fun discussing this one at Starbucks.

The Devil's Double -- It's about Uday Hussein's body double. I only like this because of an inside joke. Too long, don't care: We lost trivia night because my best friend wrote down Rob Zombie's The Double Rejects. So I would love to run this title by him. Too bad that won't happen. That trivia ended our friendship.

Life in a Day -- A "time capsule" of people around the world recording their everyday lives. On one hand, this is an interesting premise. On the other, this sounds like the most boring movie ever.

Thundercats -- HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Cartoon Network is premiering the new Thundercats cartoon Friday (in just an hour actually). It looks so good, it makes me want to go back to the 80s and relive my childhood. It's the opposite of Smurfs, which makes me want to go back to the 80s and dip all those Smurf toys into vats of Aquadots.

11 comments:

  1. i hope cowboys and aliens is great cause i ve been hyped for some time now.
    but a smurfs movie? didnt even know about that, wtf

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  2. To be honest, I'm really looking forward to the smurfs movie. It looks like a right bit of fun!

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  3. Wow. Surprised that the critics like Crazy, Stupid Love.

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  4. NEW THUNDERCATS CARTOON?!?! where?!

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  5. The cinematics look good enough to see it regardless of the story.

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  6. I wanna see "Cowboys and Aliens" but I *really* wanna see "Attack the Block".

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  7. cowboys and aliens looks pretty good :D

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  8. "Oscar Wilde's imaginary granddaughter" I've never heard that, I love it, and I'll probably steal it in general conversation. I'll try to give you credit, but it might be hard in casual conversation.
    Also, what could possibly be infuriating about Papa Smurf wearing sunglasses and acting cool (a la Marmaduke and all those other movies you mentioned)?

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  9. I hadn't even heard of this before you posted about it; i'm neither a big Cowboy fan or an Aliens fans, so I don't know if this one will be for me. If I have an opportunity to watch it though, I shall.

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  10. Of every virtue gives renown to men! Following!

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  11. Went to see C & A, very disappointing, still have to see Crazy Stupid Love.

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