What We Do in Life Echoes in Other Movies for Eternity

Scott Hardie | January 20, 2007
The upcoming gorefest 300 wants to be this year's Sin City in a sword-and-sandals setting, and it will probably clean up at the box office. But, as overrated as Gladiator was, do they have to rip it off so blatantly? Compare: 300, Gladiator.

Besides the Big Three 3s (Shrek, Spider-Man, and Pirates), what movies are you looking forward to in the year 2007?

Tony Peters | January 21, 2007
Pirates I wanna see, but mostly for Johnny Depp and Kira Knightly the other two well I'm sure I'll see them on DVD but neither is something I need to see in a theater

Ghost Rider (even with Nick Cage)
Transformers
Pan's Labyrinth
SMOKIN' ACES
Harry Potter 5
and maybe
Blood and Chocolate

Thats so far I'm sure there will be others

Lori Lancaster | January 21, 2007
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Tony Peters | January 21, 2007
humm didn't realize the new Fantastic 4 movie was due out this year. I'd go to that in a theater just to see the Silver Surfer

Scott Hardie | January 22, 2007
Pan's Labyrinth was good. If you like it, rent del Toro's earlier film The Devil's Backbone for similar themes, style, and story.

In no particular order, I'm excited for:
- Grindhouse in spite of the leg-gun (there is such a thing as too over the top)
- Ocean's Thirteen, though the trailer is questionable
- The Bourne Ultimatum, same creative crew as Supremacy has me stoked
- The Number 23, great concept continuing the line of Kaufman imitators
- Seraphim Falls, soldier Liam Neeson chasing outlaw Pierce Brosnan in the old west
- Black Snake Moan, delirious trailer (link)
- American Gangster, Denzel Washington + Russell Crowe + Ridley Scott
- Sunshine by Danny Boyle, intriguing eco-scifi premise
- Fido, pet zombie makes trouble in suburbia
- Zodiac, David Fincher I have missed you
- The Mist, the story that hooked me on Stephen King as a kid is adapted/directed by Frank Darabont

Also, I can't wait for Norbit to come out because I can't stand the advertising much longer.

Joe Ball | February 25, 2007
I LOVE getting good movie recommendations! especially little known treasures!!
thanks!

Kris Weberg | February 25, 2007
In fairness, the graphic novel 300 was based on came out some time before Gladiator.

Tony Peters | February 26, 2007
Funny you should bring that up Kris I just picked the 300 up at my local comic shop, I like the fact that Frank Miller's story telling is getting attention I hope the movie does well. The next book of his to get the movie treatment looks to be Ronin which was my introduction to Frank Miller I can't wait

Kris Weberg | February 26, 2007
Frank Miller is great. Even his old Batman stuff rocks. (Stay away from the Dark Knight Strikes Again and All-Star Batman and Robin, though; Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One are far superior.)