If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time and followed it through all its iterations, then you know how much I love movies. Not just horror movies, but movies in general. Usually these movies are a couple years old, if not older, but today you have a special treat. Since I’m doing Five Fandom Friday, come with me to the future as I discuss the films I’m looking forward to this year.
Get Out
From Wikipedia: A young African American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate where he learns that many of its residents, who are black, have gone missing, and he soon learns the horrible truth when another frantic African-American warns him to “get out”. He soon learns this is easier said than done.
Written and directed by the Jordan Peele, the shorter half of the comedy duo Key and Peele, this film truly presents an interesting premise. What is happening to the Black residents of this town? And will our protagonist be able to fight against it? What is IT anyway? I can’t wait to find out!
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Alien: Covenant
From Wikipedia: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant find what they believe to be an uncharted paradise. What the crew discover is a dark, dangerous world, inhabited by the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), the sole survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition, and monstrous creatures that are hunting them.[3]
Okay, so Prometheus was a mess. Even when I watch it again, I am amazed at the actions of the characters, especially the scientists in the cave. I mean, I don’t bend over to put my face in a strange dog’s face, and I like dogs, so for those who saw it…yeah. Don’t do that, stupid. However, the movie had great special effects and Idris Elba, so there you go. Ridley Scott is directing, so it can’t be all bad. Can it? We shall see.
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John Wick 2
From Wikipedia: Legendary hitman John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome, where he squares off against some of the world’s deadliest killers.
Oh, my goodness. Keanu Reeves, guns and a gray pit bull? How does it get better than that? I loved the crazy shoot ’em up of the first John Wick and am looking forward to this one. And Laurence Fishburne too!
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Kong: Skull Island
From Wikipedia: In the 1970s, a team of explorers and soldiers are brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean – as beautiful as it is treacherous – unaware that they are crossing into the domain of monsters, as well as the mythic Kong, the “king” of the island.
I just realized that I dig monster movies, Godzilla, King Kong, Gamera, Rodan…I’m looking forward to this one. It takes place in the 70s too, which is reminiscent of the times I’d watch all these films on the 4:30 movie. John Goodman! Sam Jackson! Tom Hiddleston! Also, King Kong himself!!
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The Dark Tower
From Wikipedia: Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor) is a young 11-year-old adventure seeker who discovers clues about another dimension called Mid-World. Upon following the mystery, he is spirited away to the land Mid-World where he encounters the lone frontiersman knight Roland Deschain (Idris Elba) who is on a quest to reach the “Dark Tower” that resides in End-World and reach the nexus point between time and space that he hopes will save Mid-World from extinction. But with various monsters and a vicious sorcerer named Walter Padick (Matthew McConaughey) hot on their trail, the unlikely duo find that their quest may be difficult to complete
I never read The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, but just the fact of Idris Elba in a long, black trenchcoat sporting a pair of revolvers is enough to see this film. I’m also intrgued by the fact that it’s a sci-fi, western, fantasy. You really can’t get any better than that.
So there you have it! The films I’m excited about for 2017!
What are the movies you’re most anticipatign for this year?
Peace, Love, Unity.
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It’s so much fun to see everyone’s picks for this prompt! I had a tough time coming up with 5 this year around, but it looks like I’m the only one. Unfortunately, I’m no fan of horror movies (I get nightmares), but thanks to you I’m totally up to date again with what’s out there. 😀 Alien: Covenant looks the most interesting to me because I love sci fi, but ‘stupid things characters do’, like the dog example you gave, do have a way of annoying me to no end.
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Oh Idris:) That man can wear a duster.