 | 23 Feb 09 |
Let’s talk about some of the 2009 films! There is a whole slate of interesting, unusual, thought-provoking, and action-adventure movies releasing this year. I’m really only going to mention the action-adventure movies, because those are my faves in film fare. Give me a great blow ‘em up action movie over any other and I’m happy. 
But first… I completely spaced on my post today. I’m so sorry. 
February has been a crazy, crazy month for me. It started out with two crash schedule deadlines, two sets of galleys, and, about a week ago, I received copy edits. Today, in the last week of the month, I’m down to one crash deadline and the wrapping up of a set of galleys. It’s been nuts. It’s 9 PM here in California and I just woke up from a four hour nap. (can you call them naps when they’re that long?)
I totally spaced on the Oscars, too. I only realized I’d missed them when the 11 o’clock news came on last night and they talked about the winners. Was very happy to see Heath Ledger win. His performance as the Joker blew me away. I FORGOT it was Heath playing the part while watching it. He seriously became someone else for me.
So… 2009 Movies!!
On my list so far are –
Race to Witch Mountain (the Rock. Yum.)
Watchmen
The Wolf Man
Night at the Museum 2 (my kids love the first one)
Fast and Furious (Vin Diesel is back — ’bout time — along with the rest of the original cast.)
Spy Hunter (if the Rock is in it, must see it.)
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra
Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, jr. and Jude Law as the detective and his sidekick)
2012 (Mayan prophecy and an all-star stellar cast)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrel, and Jude Law playing the same role)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Terminator Salvation (love this franchise)
Avatar (James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver)
Angels & Demons (Tom Hanks. Love him)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman *drool*)
Star Trek (prequel with young actors in the familiar roles)
Public Enemies (Christian Bale and Johnny Depp. Yummy)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (Travolta, Gandolfini, Denzel)
Other notable releases –
The Surrogates (Bruce Willis science fiction flick)
Nottingham (Russell Crowe playing both Hood and Nottingham)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino and an all-star cast)
What did I miss? What are you looking forward to seeing at the box office this year? Were you in agreement with the winners of the Oscars this year?
Sylvia Day is the national bestselling, award-winning author of seventeen novels. A wife and mother of two, she is a former Russian linguist for the U.S. Army Military Intelligence. In addition to her novels, she’s written numerous novellas and short stories for both print and electronic-original release. Sylvia’s work has been called “wonderful and passionate” by WNBC.com and “wickedly entertaining” by Booklist. Her stories have been translated into Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Czech, and Thai. She’s been honored with the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, the EPPIE award, the National Readers' Choice Award, and multiple finalist nominations for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® Award of Excellence.
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Didn’t seen any of the movies. Didn’t watch the Oscars. We’ve become genuine slugs when it comes to forking over money to sit in a theater with noisy people and watch commercials. Netflix has become our Friday night ritual, but you’ll have to ask us about 2009 movies in 2011 — it’ll take us that long to get to them, I’m sure. We’re still watching Humphrey Bogart!
by Terry Odell February 24th, 2009 at 4:15 amI prefer to watch movies at home, too. I enjoy stretching out on the couch and being able to pause, backup, and head to the kitchen for munchies. But there are some movies I have to see in the theater.
by S.J. Day February 24th, 2009 at 8:11 amTerminator and Star Trek for sure. Avatar also sounds promising, although I haven’t heard too much about it. We’ll have to see about the rest…
I never saw Slumdog Millionaire, but I love a rags-to-riches story and watching the cast’s excitement was contagious. I, too, was happy to see Heath get his Oscar. Fabulous performance.
by Annette McCleave February 24th, 2009 at 6:01 amI’m stoked about the Star Trek movie! It looks fabulous.
by S.J. Day February 24th, 2009 at 8:12 amI think I saw less than a half-dozen movies at the theater last year — the new Bond movie, the new Indiana Jones movie, Batman Returns, Mamma Mia and uh… that may have been it.
I was so happy to see Ledger win the Oscar. I only watched to see Hugh sing and dance and to find out who won best supporting actor.
This year? Angels and Demons for sure! Does the new X-Men Wolverine movie come out in 09?
by Marilyn February 24th, 2009 at 6:59 amWolverine comes out May 1st. I have the link in the post above to the official site with the trailer, if you haven’t seen it yet.
by S.J. Day February 24th, 2009 at 8:13 amAll the above are definitely on the list! I would add Defianceto the list. Daniel Craig. WWII. And uhm…Daniel Craig. It’s a powerful movie. We wait until movies come out on video. I can’t wait until next week to see http://www.australiamovie.com/. Hugh Jackman. Yeah, buddy!
by Silver James February 24th, 2009 at 7:10 amOkay. I totally screwed up those links. *headdesk* More coffee. I need more coffee!
by Silver James February 24th, 2009 at 7:11 amI want to see Australia, too. I heard it was long, so that’s definitely a watch-at-home movie for me.
by S.J. Day February 24th, 2009 at 8:14 amI know the critics panned Australia but how can it be bad with Hugh Jackman in it?
by Marilyn February 24th, 2009 at 8:44 amI loved that Heath Ledger won for best supporting actor. And though I haven’t seen the movie Sean Penn won for, I consider him to be a fine actor–if not always charming in interviews and the like. I’m glad that Kate Winslet won, but I didn’t see that movie either. I’m so far behind! I did go to see TAKEN and LOVED IT!
by Debra Webb February 24th, 2009 at 8:53 amSo many movies! I want to see watchmen, the wolf man, fast and furious, gi joe cobra, 2012, public enemies, and nottingham. oh and sherlock holmes.
by Karin Tabke February 24th, 2009 at 10:33 am