Upcoming Movies Thread

[morsdraconis]

Going to be amazing.

Need to watch the first two again. Been a while.

[cdj]

[JBHuskers]

Damn!

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[Deuce]

Holy snickies!

[JBHuskers]

I wanna read the book now.

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[morsdraconis]

Wow. That definitely looks interesting. Sadly, the screenplay is written by Damon Lindelof (Prometheus, Lost, Cowboys & Aliens) which means the movie is most likely going to be atrocious... (sigh)

[psuexv]

Well that's a whole new look on Zombies

[JeffHCross]

Sadly, the screenplay is written by Damon Lindelof

He's done other good work, so I don't totally get the "sadly" or automatic atrocious. But he didn't write the screenplay. He was hired to re-write part of the movie but didn't complete the job. J. Michael Straczynski, one of the best writers ever IMO, wrote the original draft, and Matthew Michael Carnahan re-wrote that version (and is currently the credited "writer").

[jaymo76]

World War Z is most definitely a must see summer flick (more like a first week at the theatres flick).

[cdj]

Reading Wikipedia (it's on the web, so it has to be true) it sounds like the movie is basically a zombie flick that uses the name of a popular book but doesn't capture the meaning (of basic plot points) of the book. The book sounds pretty interesting, but would probably be too deep to put into a popcorn flick.

[cdj]

[JeffHCross]

Reading Wikipedia (it's on the web, so it has to be true) it sounds like the movie is basically a zombie flick that uses the name of a popular book but doesn't capture the meaning (of basic plot points) of the book. The book sounds pretty interesting, but would probably be too deep to put into a popcorn flick.

Interesting. I didn't get that impression at all.

[cdj]

Interesting. I didn't get that impression at all.

Really? Maybe I read it somewhere else then. Perhaps (hopefully) the movie follows the book more than the trailer implies.

[JeffHCross]

I read this yesterday, which jives with your impression. Daniel W. Drezner: Why World War Z scares me -- and not in the good way.

But at the same time, there's a quote in the Wiki article from Brooks stating that JMS's draft was quality. Now, maybe JMS's screenplay is not what they've ended up using. That would be a key thing that isn't really clear from the Wiki article.

[gschwendt]

Really good cast and looks like it could make a really good movie.

[psuexv]

Stallone looks like he's in Rocky IV shape

[JBHuskers]

Sweet teaser poster for Star Trek: Into Darkness coming out in May:

[JBHuskers]

Must be movie poster day...Man of Steel:

[JeffHCross]

That is ...a horribly poor quality poster. At least in that image.

[jaymo76]

Sweet teaser poster for Star Trek: Into Darkness coming out in May:

It's been a while for this sequel to come. I. Am looking forward to it though.