There are hundreds of movies being shown in cinemas a year but only a few of them that really invite you to go to cinemas to watch them. Most of them are just good for your own couch and TV Set at home while others are good for both, others probably just in HBO or local channel or not at all. There are movies that even deserve a second watching (in cinema) which happened to me with Marvel: The Avengers this year. I watched it in IMAX 3D then watched it again with friends in regular screen a week after and I can't wait to get a copy of it in video. Then there is this re-release and 3D conversion of your favorite classic movies which has become the trend for Hollywood films lately like Toy Story/Toy Story 2, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars and the Phantom Menace, and Titanic and expect a lot more to come. I was able to watch Titanic 3D this year though I'd seen it like over 20 times since 1998 and it was still worth it.
I just arrived home from watching Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which is just the third film that I've seen this year so far. It wasn't crowded inside the cinema and there were hardly no people reacting to the scenes because most of the viewers were lining up for The Amazing Spiderman, I don't have anything against the new spidey movie and I love Emma Stone in it but I think I feel like it's not anymore for me to watch. Maybe because I've adored Sam Raimi's trilogy too much and I wanted the film to stop from there. It's not that I don't like watching films in cinemas that much, I just would like to make sure that they deserve to be watched in cinemas to start with because they are clearly a lot ways to catch them so make your money worth it.
It's just July and a lot of great movies are coming up that are worth the admission tickets. Here are the list of movies that I'll for sure catch in cinemas.
1. The Dark Knight Rises (July 19) - I just literally purchased a ticket online for IMAX screening. There is no way that I'll miss this final film from the Batman Trilogy. I have never liked any superhero movie before like Christopher Nolan's version and I despise the old Batman films. The film starred by Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Liam Neeson.
2. Total Recall (August) - A remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1990 sci-fi action movie of the same title. This time will be starred by Colin Farrell (SWAT, Phone Booth). But my primary reason of watching the film is Jessica Biel which I last seen in her last film A-Team last 2010. She has been my favorite actress since 7th Heaven tv series. Kate Beckinsale also starred in the movie and her husband Len Wiseman directed the film who also directed Underworld 1 & 2 and Die Hard 4.
3. The Bourne Legacy (August 8) - the fourth movie from Robert Lodlum's Bourne Series. Jeremy Renner has become one of favorite actors since the Oscar Best Picture The Hurt Locker. I admire him for always choosing the right roles and working with great directors. His movies are critically praised and box-office hits which include The Town, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and The Avengers. The latest spy-film also starred Oscar Nominees Edward Norton (American History X, The Incredible Hulk) and an Oscar winner Rachel Wiezs (The Mummy, Constantine). Directed by another Oscar nominee Tony Gilroy who has written the first Bourne Trilogy and directed similar films like Duplicity and Michael Clayton. Above all reasons, the film was partially shot here in the Philippines and I couldn't get more excited than seeing our own country featured in a Hollywood film.
4. The Expendables 2 (August) - Whether Sly has not recruited other action veterans successfully or not I'm still going to watch this action film. I enjoyed watching the action scenes of the first movie and was one of my favorite film of 2010. All original casts are back plus Van Damme, Chuck Norris and extended role for Bruce Willis and Schwarzenegger. Sly didn't direct return in director seat for the sequel and has passed on to Con Air director Simon West.
5. Resident Evil: Retribution (September) - The fourth and maybe the final film from the series, still starred by Mila Jovovich still fighting zombies and the Umrella Corporation. I have become a fan not because I play the games it's because I have this crazy obsession about zombies and the last film which I watched in 3D kept me hanging all this time so I want to see how everything ends I guess. Still directed by Jovovich husband Paul W.S. Anderson who directed the first film in 2002 and the last film in 2010. Michelle Rodriguez is also back on the fourth film after her character died on the first film which will add twist to the whole story.
6. Flight (November) - Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington starred in this Robert Zemeckis drama which might receive Oscar nominations because of the release schedule. Washington is the obvious reason why I wanna watch this film but Zemeckis comeback as the director is also one of the reasons why I look forward for the film. This is his first live-action movie after directing three animated films since 2004 (Polar Express, Beowulf, and A Christmas Carol). Zemeckis is an Oscar Best Director winner for Forrest Gump and also directed the Back to the Future Trilogy.
7. Skyfall (November) - this 23rd James Bond film is probably the most anticipated action movie of the year. I haven't watched any of the Bond films in cinema so I'll make sure that I won't miss this one. Skyfall is Daniel Craig's third film as Agent Bond.
8. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (December) - Peter Jackson relives the LOTR with another adventure film this time focusing on a Hobbit of the Shrine, Bilbo Baggins. The film is the prequel of the LOTR films which is adapted from another J.R.R. Tolkien novel. Several actors will reprise their roles Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchet, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom and Andy Serkis as Gollum. The film is going to be released in IMAX 3D.
10. Les Mesirables (December) - A potential Oscar winner next year from an Oscar winner Best Director Tom Hooper (The Kings Speech). This musical drama starred one of my favorite actors Russel Crowe with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway.
Other movies that most likely won't be granted a local release but still worth watching in the big screen are Lawless, Robot and Frank, Gangster Squad and Liberal Arts.
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