2008: Will it be a Good Year for Motion Pictures?

Early B.
Early B. Posts: 7,900
edited January 2008 in Music & Movies
The Year 2007 started out slow, the summer blockbusters were (yawn) ho-hum, but December was surprisingly good, IMO. Just wondering what you guys think 2008 will bring?
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited January 2008
    The Dark Knight is tops on my list, followed by Indiana Jones, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Incredible Hulk. I like the fact they acknowledge the first Hulk sucked and have rebooted. Also like the idea of Edward Norton in the lead.

    I might venture out to see Rambo later this month if the initial reviews are pretty good.

    Looks to be a fairly entertaining summer.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    I'm not expecting anything good in 2008, so if there is something decent. it will be a nice surprise. :)

    you really have to go back 20+ yrs or so for really great year's in movie making history..
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,576
    edited January 2008
    Kinda looking forward to seeing this one myself.

    http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/hellboy2thegoldenarmy/

    as well as "The Dark Knight"
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2008
    Hmmm. Dark Knight should be pretty good. The last Batman was obviously the best one, so if this one is at least as good, that'll be cool.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,211
    edited January 2008
    We are in need of another movie to the tune of "Office Space".
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    It'll be a **** year without the Writers Guild of America, who are on strike. I personally think their gripes are reasonable, but I haven't been paying much attention to what the precise demands are. All I know is that if people aren't writing, we're not going to be getting much in the way of movies. Probably more likely to have an effect late in 2008 and 2009+. Not sure if it has any effect on current projects already being produced.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited January 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    We are in need of another movie to the tune of "Office Space".


    Or Star Wars, or The Hobbit.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    jakelm wrote: »
    Or Star Wars, or The Hobbit.

    Or Showgirls!:D
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  • Ethancf
    Ethancf Posts: 458
    edited January 2008
    Personally, I'd like another good Ron Howard flick to come out.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    Early B. wrote: »
    Hmmm. Dark Knight should be pretty good. The last Batman was obviously the best one, so if this one is at least as good, that'll be cool.

    I still maintain my Tim Burton fan club and say the original was the best :o

    As for how the writer's strike will affect this year... we'll see. Anything in post-production will be unaffected, but anything being filmed or not started filming yet is dead for now. Considering how far ahead they make movies we've got a good nine months before we'll see the effects.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited January 2008
    Iron man should be big, but one that I'm really anxious to see is Angels and Demons.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited January 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    As for how the writer's strike will affect this year... we'll see. Anything in post-production will be unaffected, but anything being filmed or not started filming yet is dead for now. Considering how far ahead they make movies we've got a good nine months before we'll see the effects.


    Early 2009 and into the summer will probably suck bigtime for movies due to the strike. Then it spills over into new release DVDs and such.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2008
    Brad...
    Have you ever met a movie you liked?:D
    So... I'm thinkin'.... from your perspective...

    EVERYTHING IN 2008 WILL SUCK.

















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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2008
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    Brad...
    Have you ever met a movie you liked?:D
    So... I'm thinkin'.... from your perspective...

    EVERYTHING IN 2008 WILL SUCK.
    BIG TIME:)

    I guess you haven't been keeping up with my recent posts here. Quite uncharacteristically, there have been a few that I liked a lot lately -- Shoot 'Em Up, War, Rescue Dawn, The Kingdom, etc.

    I'm actually looking forward to the 2008 flicks. But don't despair, ZB -- you'll be first to know if I hate a movie.;)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2008
    Several good films coming;

    Dark Knight
    Hellboy II
    Ironman
    Hulk (I liked the first one)
    Indiana Jones (hopefully it's good)
    Wanted

    More I just can't pull from the dark, vast, reaches of my noggen right now. And while I want to see them all, I'll wait for them to hit Blu-ray or HD-DVD (if it's still around).
    If...
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