So here we are at the start of another 12 month, and what a 12 month it will be. The movie world is rife with big movies this year, personally speaking I think its going to be one of the best years in a long time.
There are so many promising projects in movie land at the moment so I thought at my duty as a self proclaimed film buff to write about it. So here goes.
Well I'm sure you are all aware of the big marvel boys that have graced our screens in the last few years. From The Hulk to old stars and stripes wearing Captain America they've all had their turn. But this year sees the biggest mash up in movie history. Not since Dracula met Frankenstein has the silver screen been ablaze with larger than life characters as it will be this year. I am talking of...
The Avengers.
I'm sure most of you will know who these guys are, no not the camp 60s TV show (though that does deserve a decent movie version. Forget the atrocity from a few years back) I'm talking of Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. This will be the mash up of the year, possibly the decade (except Avengers 2 ;o) ) And lets not forget Sam L. Jackson as Nick Fury, lets face it this guy could make hanging wall paper look cool.
Next up is the one super hero movie that could possibly over shadow the Avengers.
The Dark Knight Rises.
Christopher Nolan's final Batman film will complete his Dark Knight trilogy. This will see the return of Christian Bale as Batman, the legend that is Michael Caine as Alfred as well as Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman. The villains this time are the Big Brute that is Bane played by the great Tom Hardy (who will be seen soon as the new Mad Max) and Anne Hatheway as Catwoman. If this is any where near as good as the Dark Knight it will be EPIC. (must have gone to money supermarket.com)
Next up is another superhero, the one and only web slinger.
The Amazing Spiderman
This isn't a sequel to the Sam Raimi trilogy but a re-boot of the series.
Directed by Mark Webb (talk of irony) and starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans this takes the story right back to the beginning. Will it be a good move by the studio? I guess we will find out in the summer.
Its just a pity the summer won't be finished off with Superman, Man of Steel but I suppose they had to save something for 2013.
Next up sees the return to SCI-FI of Ridley Scott. The last time he touched this genre was way back in the early 80s with Bladerunner and his earlier horror classic Alien. This next movie is rumoured to have loose connections to the Alien franchise.
Prometheus
The story, what is known of it, follows an expedition into the outer reaches of the universe on a quest to find a clue to the origins of man kind. Unfortunately they find more than they bargained for. Starring Noomi Rapace (the original Girl with Dragon Tattoo trilogy) Michael Fassbender (X-Men First Class) Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce this film is generating a great deal of buzz at the moment due to Scotts 2 previous Sci-Fi films being such classics. Lets hope he pulls it off a third time.
Then with the year coming to a close we have 2 major cinematic events.
The Hobbit
Gandalf returns in this first part of the Hobbit story with other members of the Rings trilogy coming along for the ride. Sure to be great but will it live up to the hype. Its got a large mountain to climb to make as big an impact as the previous trilogy did.
In October we will see the return of the worlds greatest secret agent. I am talking of the one, the only.... BOND
Yes he's back for the 23 time (3rd for Daniel Craig) This one goes by the name of Skyfall.
The story line sees him going up against an attack aimed directly at MI6 but in doing so he ends up finding out more than he should about his boss M. I think this is the one I'm looking forward to the most. As a life long Bond fan its good to see him return to the big screen and Daniel Craig is as close to Connery as its ever been.
Trailers for all the above films can be found on www.imdb.com be sure to check them out. Awesome.
So that's it for my brief run through of some of the biggest movies of this year. all that's left to say is. Dim the lights, roll back the curtains and cue music.
Till next time....
The voice has spoken.
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