Movies You're Not Looking Forward To

[Mysterious F.]

Movies that you're not really looking forward to very much, basically.

• Akira (Sometime in 2011, apparently) (A live-action version of the anime movie. And guess what! The producer is Leonardo DiCaprio, who, as it turns out, is a huge anime fan.)
  
• Antichrist (October 23, 2009) (The latest disaster by (in)famous Danish director Lars von Trier.)
  
• Halloween 2 (August 28, 2009) (No explanation necessary.)
  
• The Kung Fu Kid (Jude 11, 2010) (Obvious Karate Kid ripoff.)
  
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (April 2010) (Another in a series of remakes of horror "classics".)
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (May 2012) (Just what we need, another sequel.)
  
• Rambo V (2011) (Why does this series even exist, anyway?)
  
• Toy Story 3 (2010) (Wasn't two enough, Pixar?)

[MagmarFire]

• Toy Story 3 (2010) (Wasn't two enough, Pixar?)
  

Have you forgotten that this is Pixar you're talking about?

[Mysterious F.]

Considering that Cars is also getting a sequel, it seems they're becoming more and more like Disney, which is sad.

[MagmarFire]

Methinks you're extrapolating with too few points, my friend. Especially given their proven track record.

[Mysterious F.]

Still, I don't trust sequels. To me they've always been big corporate rip-offs of the originals in order to make big bucks. Don't get me wrong, there are great sequels out there, and some are even better than the original (Bride of Frankenstein), but it's getting incredibly difficult to find a sequel worth watching.

[jdubroxs]

A lot of sequels I've seen have been good. Like return of the king for and two towers just too name 2 off the back. oo also the star wars movies had a lot of great movies to it :) So you just never truly know when it comes down to sequels...

[Pyrgusfinn]

those are clearly series.
there is a difference. imo anyway.

[Mysterious F.]

Yeah, they already planned on making sequels in the first place, so they're kinda just one big movie. I dislike both series, anyway.

Oh and yeah, don't even get me started on Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Sqeakquel.  ::)

[Hi no Seijin]

those are clearly series.
there is a difference. imo anyway.

Not really.  To have a series, you need sequels to the first work released.

Still, I don't trust sequels. To me they've always been big corporate rip-offs of the originals in order to make big bucks. Don't get me wrong, there are great sequels out there, and some are even better than the original (Bride of Frankenstein), but it's getting incredibly difficult to find a sequel worth watching.

Are you talking about movie sequels?  Because I can name a few book series that just grow better with each sequel.  *coughharrypottercough*

Considering that Cars is also getting a sequel, it seems they're becoming more and more like Disney, which is sad.

Every Pixar movie I can think of have also been a Disney movie.  Are there any Pixar movies I don't know about?

Still, I trust Disney/Pixar a lot more than I trust plain ol' Disney.

[Mysterious F.]

I meant movie sequels.

And I meant that it seems Pixar, which is usually openly against several of Disney's standards, have now started to lean slightly towards moneymaking, it seems. Let's hope this is a trend that doesn't last, and that they keep being creative.

[darkphantomime]

Let's see, when was the last Toy Story released again? 10 years ago?

Alas, poor slinky-dog, I knew you well...

[alical]

• Antichrist (October 23, 2009) (The latest disaster by (in)famous Danish director Lars von Trier.)
  

I know this film is meant to be utterly awful but even though everything I have read and heard about it depicts it as a gruesome piece of self indulgent rubbish there is a small morbid part of me that wants to see it just because of how enraged a lot of people are about it (Some people did appreciate it though). I know I'd hate it, and I know I wont bother to go and see it but part of me is still curious even though I know what happens.

[Mysterious F.]

Wow, someone else has heard of that movie. (And of Lars von Trier, for that matter) Well, you're from England, so you're more likely to hear about it than "Why-should-I-watch-a-movie-in-another-language?" Americans.

[alical]

Yeah, I first heard about it after reading an article in the paper, from a guy who absolutely hated it. And I subscribe to a weekly film podcast (Mark Kermode is the best film reviewer in the World <3) and on that they reviewed it and had an interview with the leading man. I hadn't heard of Lars von Trier till this film though, sounds like a pretty awful man though, especially in the way he acts towards his lead actresses.

If you've heard somene talking about it, it's a pretty hard movie to forget!

[Mysterious F.]

He's directed Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark (both in English, for some reason), which opened to large acclaim from critics. And I prefer Jonathan Rosenbaum.