A brand new week, and a brand new list of movies coming to theaters. Let's see.
1) Footloose: The remake of the '80s classic, a young kid from the big city moves to a small town with repressive ordinances against dancing and rock music.
The Good: The original is awesome. The music is amazing. A modern look at the 1984 classic sounds like a lot of fun.
The Bad: It's an updated remake. That means it's possible that we aren't going to have a rockin' '80s soundtrack. God help me if instead of Kenny Logins we get Katy Perry.
Final Thoughts: I'm not too excited about this. And there will be rage if "Footloose" by Kenny Logins isn't included in this movie. But I'm guessing they aren't that stupid. So, I'm waiting for a radical rockin' good time.
2) The Thing: Not so much of a remake but a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter remake. A paleontologist joins a Norwegan research team in Antartica when they discover an alien spacecraft and dead aliens.
The Good: It isn't a remake. This will be an interesting spin on the opening scene from the 1982 "The Thing"
The Bad: If you already saw the 1982 movie, you know how this movie ends. Still, the idea is interesting and seeing some updated CG aliens might be good.
Final Thoughts: The effects in the 1982 "The Thing" were disgusting. Every time the alien changed, it looked like it ripped itself apart. With new computer graphics, I'm expecting a lot more disturbing images. If they don't overdo it on the effects and stay true to the story about alien infiltration and paranoia, this will be a welcome addition to a great movie.
3) The Big Year: A buddy road-trip style movie with Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson as three guys forget their resonsibilities and follow their dreams for one year.
The Good: Three great comedians working together.
The Bad: I've seen this movie before. It was called "The Bucket List" and it was a better story than three guys ditching their lives out of boredom.
Final Thoughts: "The Bucket List" wasn't even that great a movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicolson. Stop me if you've heard this before... Owen Wilson plays a womanizing pretty boy... Jack Black plays a low-life screw up, and Steve Martin plays a retired business exec. Yeah. Just about every movie these guys have ever starred in. I'm sorry, but the "Carpe Diem!" message loses something when it's three guys just going off on an adventure. In the Bucket List it was two old guys at the end of their lives with a few months to live. It's a watered down version of a movie that wasn't that good in the first place.
4) Fireflies in the Garden: A movie about a highly successful family of four and how they feel about each other.
The Good: The cast is excellent.
The Bad: It's another pretentious movie meant to be melodramatic. You know, those movies actors do when they want to win an Oscar.
Final Thoughts: I'm sure the acting will be great and each one will be trying their hardest to make you feel something; but the movie is going to suck. Here's the movie: the perfect family has problems. There. Done. Next movie.
5) The Skin I Live In: Dr. Robert Ledgard, a plastic sergeon spends years developing a new kind of skin after his wife was burned in a car accident. But to complete it, he needs human subjects.
The Good: *cricket sounds*
The Bad: Here's a better title, "The Bride of Frankenstein Gets a Facelift." Super skin? Are you serious?
Final Thoughts: The Trailer looks stupid. It is aboslutely no help in uncoding what this movie is even about. A plastic surgeon puts super skin grafts on a mentally unstable woman. I think. Skip it.
6) Trespass: A family with a neglectful father/husband, a career-driven wife/mother and a rebellious teenager must band together to survive a home invasion.
The Good: Nicholas Cage is in it. That's all I need to know.
The Bad: It's with director Joel Schumacher. Yes, the guy who did Batman and Robin.
Final Thoughts: This movie is going to be a cheese fest. Probably to the point where it stops being fun and is just annoying. But, it has Nick Cage! So, I have to see it. I don't expect you to.
See you at the movies!
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