2025 Movies to Eventually Get From the Library (if possible)

Well, it is time again for me to look at the IMDB movie release schedule and see what upcoming movies from 2025 i am remotely interested in (though modern movies kind of suck).  Date format is US (2/14 if February 14th).  No movie is worth overpaying at the theater, so i'll wait until the library or Hulu gets it.  That and it is kind of hard for me to sit through a movie in a theater nowadays.

Furious Seven

Well, I saw my first "blockbuster" of the season today .  This is the last movie I have seen in the theatres since Insurgent (I didn't have to pay for that one).  For the first time in a while my Regal card actually worked (and I got a coupon for a free small popcorn - regularly $6.09, you've got to be kidding me right)


Now for the actual movie - Furious 7.  Is this the best Fast and Furious movie? 
Nope, for a "popcorn flick" Fast and Furious 6 is still my pick (I like Fast Five and the original better too).  Don't get me wrong, there were some decent action scenes, but for some reason it didn't sit as well with me (maybe I didn't have the optimal mindset coming in or something).  Yes, some of the scenes are ridiculously over the top and unrealistic (but most good action scenes are).  


It was a decent action move (and well worth the $4.99 I spent off of a gift card), but it isn't great.  It gets bogged down a little when there isn't an action scene ("acting" has never really been a strong part of the saga). 


One reason that I didn't like this as much was the "shaky cam".  I don't remember if the other movies in the series were as bad (or like this), but enough with the stupid "shaky cam" - I hate it so much (and makes some scenes seem a little blurry/softer). 

2015: The Movies i Might Watch

Well, another year is upon us (it seems like the trend will never end)... anyway here are some of the movies releasing in 2015 (according to IMDB) that i am kind of interested in.  That doesn't mean that i'll actually be willing to pay $5 to see them though.  In fact, pretty much all of them are "wait for the library to get a copy" status.  i think i will pass on the new Star Wars movie.  

This list is not complete (or maybe it is, but IMDB's isn't).

Movies Watched: AFI Top 100

After a string of pretty bad movies from the library, I decided to check out the AFI list of 100 top American made movies. 


http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx

2013: My Favorite Movies (Some of them)

Well 2013 came to an end, mercifully.  So what were some of my favorite movie that I saw this year in the theatre or on DVD (from the library)?

Well here goes....

2014 Movies That May Theoretically Interest Me

i was bored today, so I decided to look through IMDB for 2014 movies (probably not the complete list).  So what movies coming out in 2014 remotely interest me?  The stuff in parenthesis says how I would prefer to watch it: theatre - in the theatre, Library - from the library, Rental (not too likely), etc.  I will probably see less movies in the theatre as the ticket price on cheap days (Sunday) went up from $5 to $6 (apparently it is still $5 with rewards card).

Movie Impressions: Summer Movies

I am using the term "summer movies" kind of liberally here, as I will stretch it all the way back to March 2013.  At least I didn't have to pay to see a couple of these. 

So what "summer movies" have I seen, what movies interest me, and what movies will I wait to see from the library (sometimes, I get them quicker than Netflix or Redbox).

Movies Impressions: R.I.P.D.

My first movie impression post (I doubt i'll see enough to make it worthwhile). 

Grade: C- (average-ish, a decent cheap showing or a rental)

I just saw R.I.P.D. today.  If you don't know, RIPD is a movie based off of a Dark Horse comic book (I've never heard of) about dead lawmen fighting the undead menace (and trying to stop a "deado" apocalypse).  This movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges.  In it, Bridges plays a grizzled old west style lawman and Reynolds plays a modern day Boston area cop. The RIPD apparently recruits recently deceased police officers with skeletons in their closets (some might say "dirty").  In order to go to a better place in the afterlife (eventually) they are tasked with catching escaped souls (or bodies who didn't cross over).  After all, the living world is for the living, you couldn't have it be over-run with "deados" and their taste for cumin. 

Movies i Didn't Like: The King's Speech

Recently, i have been watching a lot of movies.  Who knew public libraries let you check out fairly new release movies?  Most of them have been bad to "i'm glad i didn't pay to rent this".   

The movie in this post was The King's Speech.  There are numerous people out (oot in Canada) there who really seemed to like this film.  If you hadn't guessed by now, i'm not one of them.  i found this film to be pointless and very, very  b o r i n g.  On the bright side, the movie was in focus. 

i have never been one to like movies that get critical approval (outside a few) or that show up in film festivals.  The King's Speech was both.  i would say that it seemed a little pretentious.  The second thing is that i cared nothing for any of the characters or the plot.  Why should i care if some British royal (i don't get that fascination) stammered/stuttered when he spoke.  Dude, you have the money and some semblance of power - they kind of have to listen to you.  Yeah, i can really relate to some older than me person whose greatest problem is a speech impediment - seems pretty lucky to me.  Oh cruel fate...

The movie was R rated for marketability to the cadre of drama fans.  The only reason i could think for the rating was use of "strong language".  They used the "F" word several times.  i'm sure my neighbors hear stronger language when i'm playing video games. 

Maybe i missed some of the deeper undertones and how it was a metaphor for the human condition (or that pretentious stuff teachers say about literature), but i didn't see any.  i'm sure there was some kind of plot, but it didn't keep me interested.  To me, this movie moved little faster than the pace of paint drying.  Was it really 118 minutes, it felt like weeks?  There were no car chases, explosions or nudity.  To me, there also was not real point.  Yeah, you can give a wartime speech over the radio (whatever that is) as the grand finale.  i was so thoroughly moved as the credits finally rolled - that i uttered the word "finally" and immediately put this back in the case, never again to see the light of day in my household.   

Movies and How i Feel About Them

i did a couple series of posts on music that i liked, so i though i would do occasional posts on movies i liked/disliked. 

Basically, the last movie i saw in the theaters (or theatres) was Shrek Forever After.  It is not that there were no decent movies released since then - i don't know of any (by my standards). 

Disclaimer time: i tend to watch mostly action and comedy. Dramas bore me (maybe you have to be able to relate more to, i think they are called, humans to get them). My life is tragic and unfulfilling enough as it is. You may have guess, but i love the 80s. The new millennium - not so much (or is it not at all). Maybe my taste will be sort of weird - i liked Godzilla (the Matthew Broderick one), Last Action Hero and some other maligned movies. i think that John Hughes was kind of a movie genius. 

You can only see so many sequels and adaptation of other mediums (like books/video games) before you start to wonder if Hollywood has run out of ideas.  It feels to me like every concept has been done, now it is just how the movies are arranged that differentiate them from the predecessors.  The movie going experience has also gotten a lot more costly.  Way back when i was younger, they used to have $2.00 (or was $1) movie ticket deals.  Now even matinee showings are approaching the $10 mark.  Don't get me started on 3D.  Also, it seems the movie going experience is getting less necessary.

In 5-10 years (hopefully less), we may get to bypass the theater and stream the movie directly to our residences on release day.