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03-26-2005, 12:42 PM
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Quick Poll - Top 5 most anticipated upcoming 05 films
Quick Poll - Top 5 most anticipated upcoming 2005 films
1. Sin City - Big Frank Miller fan & from all indications Rodriquez doesn't pull any punches
2. Star Wars Revenge of the Sith - What can I say, I grew up with the films and this is supposed to be the pay-off of this trilogy.
3. Batman Begins - dig Christopher Nolan & the cast is stellar. Will hopefully erase the memory of Batman & Robin
4. King Kong - Loved PJ's LOTR trilogy and he should do well with this one. The only drawback is Jack Black.
5. War of the Worlds - Spielberg + classic Sci-fi tale = should be interesting at least
I know all pretty much pedestrian mainstream picks & no foreign/indie/arthouse fare, but there it is. 
What are your top 5?
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03-26-2005, 01:03 PM
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Mine would be:
1) Untitled Steven Spielberg Project - Drama about the Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Games and the aftermath. Easily the frontrunner at this point for the Academy Awards next year.
2) Elizabethtown - Cameron Crowe hasn't stepped wrong yet. All of his films were in my top 10 for their respective years with Almost Famous #1 in 2000. Terrific cast with Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Bruce McGill.....
3) War of the Worlds - Steven Spielberg's sci-fi films are among the best ever made. His last sci-fi, Minority Report, was my #1 for 2002.
4) King Kong - After the LOTR trilogy, Peter Jackson is on my Short List of Director's that I will see anything by.
5) Batman Begins - A dream cast plus being under the direction of the man who gave us one of the best films of the last several years, Memento, equals a must see for me.
It's no coincidence that the 4 director's above are on my short list.
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03-26-2005, 01:26 PM
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I agree completely (SW for me would be #1 though) my list would include the same films:
1. Sin City - Big Frank Miller fan & from all indications Rodriquez doesn't pull any punches
2. Star Wars Revenge of the Sith - What can I say, I grew up with the films and this is supposed to be the pay-off of this trilogy.
3. Batman Begins - dig Christopher Nolan & the cast is stellar. Will hopefully erase the memory of Batman & Robin
4. King Kong - Loved PJ's LOTR trilogy and he should do well with this one. The only drawback is Jack Black.
5. War of the Worlds - Spielberg + classic Sci-fi tale = should be interesting at least
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03-26-2005, 01:37 PM
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1. Batman Begins
2. Memoirs of a Geisha
3. Match Point (Anything with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.) 
4. The Island
5. A History of Violence
Just a random list of things of strong interest as my memory is pretty bad.
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03-26-2005, 01:39 PM
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1-Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - I am a Star Wars freak, and the trailers look spectacular.
2-Kingdom of Heaven - Ridley Scott rarely disappoints, and I am ready for a great epic after some recent letdowns (Troy, I am looking in your direction).
3-Sin City - Need I say more?
4-Cinderella Man - I had no interest in this one until the trailers were released. I think this one could pick up some Oscars. Howard, Crowe, and Giamatti could easily be in the running.
5-Untitled Spielberg Olympics Project - This is on the list mainly out of curiosity. It doesn't seem like Spielberg material to me for some reason, and I am interested to see what he does with it.
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03-26-2005, 02:35 PM
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I am not sure of any other movies that are coming out this year, but I like your choices Jim, however, I would change the order around:
1. Star Wars III
2. King Kong (Peter Jackson is hot right now)
3. War of the Worlds
4. Batman Begins
5. Sin City (Only because I am unsure of the other major releases coming out this year)
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03-26-2005, 03:27 PM
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Well ... I'm a Sci-Fi/Fantasy nut, so my Top Five are:
King Kong - Not only to see the new Peter Jackson "reimaging" but also due to the fact that it will finally prompt the DVD release of the original 1933 version. (Yeah ... I know the studio is stating that it's just a wild coincidence that we're finally getting the original on DVD at the same time that the new movie is ramping up for its theatrical debut. Pu-lease!!!)
Star Wars - Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - For all the usual reasons.
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Don't Panic! It's almost here!
Batman Begins - I'm ready for another stylistic entry into the Batman movie franchise.
Serinity - The continuation of Firefly.
Honorable mention: War of the Worlds - Although, I'll probably wait for the DVD ...
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03-26-2005, 09:05 PM
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This probably won't get a 2005 release in the U.S so I doubt I see it this year, but if I could see only one movie coming out this year it would be:
Manderlay - The 2nd film in Lars Von Trier's America Trilogy
A distant 2-5
Twilight of the Dead - or Dead Reckoning, or whatever the final title is for Romero's 4th Dead film
Howl's Moving Castle - since this has now been delayed until Summer.
Cache - Michael Haneke's latest starring Juliette Binoche and Daniel Autueil. Probably another one that won't get a 2005 US release though.
Revenge of the Sith - though I'm expecting to be disappointed after the craptacular episode II.
I'm hoping Sin City is good, but the bloom is off the Rodriguez rose for me. I hope Batman is good, but I was much more interested in seeing The Dark Knight Returns or some well known comic story than another movie reinvention. King Kong....? WOW, if it weren't for Spielberg directing, I probably wouldn't even bother seeing it.
I forgot to mention Wallace and Gromit
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03-26-2005, 09:20 PM
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Revenge of the Sith is my #1 all time most anticipated title ever. Episode I was a severe letdown (didn't make it into my top 100 films ever list hence it's no longer a part of my DVD collection) and Episode II is my all time favorite film (hence why over the past year or so why films 2-100 on my best list have been neglected because #1 gets all os the airtime) this should be a good year. I'd like to see Batman Begins, but considering it's the followup to one of the worst movies I've ever seen (Batman + Robin) I won't be holding my breath.
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