2009 in Movies

[atlantean0208]

Big Event/Tentpole Movies:

Watchmen
Fast & Furious (the return of Vin Diesel)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Star Trek
Angels & Demons
Terminator Salvation
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Land of the Lost
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2012 (Big budget disaster movie, from the master of disaster - Roland Emmerich)
Avatar (w00t - James Cameron is BACK!)

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Movie monthly release schedule (North America)

February
Push
Coraline
The International
Friday the 13th
Two Lovers

March
*Watchmen
The Last House on the Left
Duplicity
Knowing
Monsters vs. Aliens
12 Rounds

April
Fast & Furious
Observe and Report
Dragonball: Evolution
Case 39
Crank 2: High Voltage
17 Again
State of Play
The Soloist

May
*X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Battle for Terra
*Star Trek
*Angels & Demons
The Brothers Bloom
*Terminator Salvation
*Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Up
Drag Me to Hell

June
*Land of the Lost
The Proposal
Imagine That
The Year One
The Haunting in Connecticut

July
*Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
*Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Public Enemies
Brüno
I Love You, Beth Cooper
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Taking of Pelham 123
(500) Days of Summer
All Good Things
Funny People
They Came from Upstairs

August
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
District 9
Inglourious Basterds
Final Destination: Death Trip 3D
H2: Halloween 2

September
Shanghai (Chow Yun Fat)
Daybreakers
Whiteout
Armored
The Informant

October
The Stepfather
Astro Boy
Saw VI

November
The Box
A Christmas Carol
The Wolfman
2012
Sherlock Holmes
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
New Moon (w00t - Stephenie Meyer LOL)
Planet 51

December
The Lovely Bones (w00t - Peter Jackson is back to root)
Avatar (w00t - James Cameron is BACK!)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel LOL
The Princess and the Frog

[yittz]

Since the first transformers was such a big hit, and harry potter has such a big fan base.

I am looking forward to angels and demons. Great book.

[atlantean0208]

Since the first transformers was such a big hit, and harry potter has such a big fan base.

I am looking forward to angels and demons. Great book.

Hahaha, after the discussions on the science and religion thread, I can guess that you're going to like the movie. It's also one my favorite book .

The third Robert Langdon book is awaiting release, title The Solomon Key, will be based in DC area and about Freemason and the Skull and Bones fraternity at Yale.

[BearBearNweather]

Big Event/Tentpole Movies:

Movie monthly release schedule (North America)

March
*Watchmen

May
*X-Men Origins: Wolverine
*Angels & Demons

July
*Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

November
Sherlock Holmes
New Moon (w00t - Stephenie Meyer LOL - sorry (just joking ))

December
The Princess and the Frog

It's a tie between Transformers and Harry Potter for me (July is going to be a busy month) but the vote went to Harry Potter since no one voted for it

Watchmen, Wolverine, New Moon and Princess & the Frog - may or may not watch it in the end but it's on my list for now. Curious about Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock? Really curious).

Looking forward to Time Traveler's Wife but no release date has been set yet.

Must-watch list for me - Transformers, Angels & Demons, Harry Potter

And I wish The Bronze Horseman is made into a movie

[atlantean0208]

No one anticipate the return of The King Of The World - James Cameron - Avatar

This is going to be another leaps and bounds in 3D/CGI filmmaking, the same when he do the T2/Titanic

In director James Cameron's original script treatment of Avatar, a man tries to make his way as a miner by combining with an alien during an interplanetary war in which aliens can make themselves manifest by possessing human bodies – avatars.

When Avatar was titled "Project 880", a casting call was put out in June 2006 with a plot description provided, saying, "In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture."

In December 2006, Cameron described Avatar as "a futuristic tale set on a planet 200 years hence [...] an old-fashioned jungle adventure with an environmental conscience [that] aspires to a mythic level of storytelling." The January 2007 press release described the film: "Avatar is also an emotional journey of redemption and revolution. It is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in biodiversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival," and "We're creating an entire world, a complete ecosystem of phantasmagorical plants and creatures, and a native people with a rich culture and language."