So unless you've been living under a rock you've probably heard by now that most of the main cast for 'Star Wars Episode VII' has been announced. Allegedly there is still one major female lead role that needs filled, but odds are it has already been filled and they'll just wait until May 4th (Star Wars Day) to announce it. Anyway, the recently announced cast is as follows:
- John Boyega ('Attack The Block')
- Daisy Ridley (been in a few short films and a BBC miniseries, all of which I've never heard of)
- Adam Driver ('Inside Llewyn Davis', 'Frances Ha', 'Lincoln', and the HBO show "Girls")
- Oscaar Isaac ('Inside Llewyn Davis', 'Drive', 'Robin Hood', 'Sucker Punch')
- Andy Serkis (the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'King Kong', 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes')
- Domhnall Gleeson ('About Time', 'True Grit', 'Harry Potter 7' Parts 1 & 2, 'Dredd')
- Max von Sydow ('Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close', 'The Exorcist', 'Flash Gordon')
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In other major movie news announced this week, it was announced that the long awaited 'Justice League' movie has officially been given the green light, will be directed by Zack Snyder ('Man of Steel', '300', 'Batman VS Superman), and will follow the events of the upcoming 'Batman VS. Superman' (or whatever they decide to call it). With various members of the Justice League being given roles in 'Batman VS. Superman', this appeared to be a no-brainer as Warner Bros. wants to capitalize on the success that Marvel has had with 'The Avengers' and their cinematic universe.
Sure, a 'Justice League' movie is all fine and dandy, but I kinda think Warner Bros. is rushing into things a bit. After all, 'The Avengers' had two Iron Man movies, one 'Hulk' movie, one 'Thor' movie and one 'Captain America' movie to build up to it. 'Justice League' just has 'Man of Steel' and 'Batman VS. Superman', which introduces the new Batman, new Wonder Woman and will have Cyborg for the first time onscreen. No word yet on whether Green Lantern would be recast or not, and no word yet on Aquaman. And also: What if 'Batman VS. Superman' bombs? Even if it makes a ton of money, what if there is a LOT of fan backlash against the movie? Then again we could talk about hypothetical things all day long....but I'm just a little bit leery about it.
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So with 'Divergent' making a splash at the box office and making more money than 'Vampire Academy', 'Mortal Instruments', 'Beautiful Creatures' and 'Warm Bodies', of course the sequels have been greenlit with 'Insurgent' coming out next year and 'Allegiant' being split in two and being released in 2016 and 2017. I haven't seen 'Divergent' yet, nor have I read any of the books so I can't comment on whether or not 'Allegiant' really deserves to be split in two. All right, now time for a rant:
This whole final book being split in two trend really ticks me off. When it was announced that 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' would be split in to I wasn't exactly thrilled, but after having finally finished the book shortly before Part 1 was released I can kinda understand why it was split in two. There are a LOT of things going on in that book, many of which actually are relevant to the main story. In my opinion both 'Deathly Hallows' Part 1 and Part 2 are really really good movies, but more importantly to the studios they both made a lot of money. Heck, Part 2 made over a billion dollars worldwide.
With the success of the two parts of 'Deathly Hallows', Summit decided to do the same thing with the fourth Twilight book 'Breaking Dawn'. I did have friends who were fans of that series and wondered how they were gonna get it all in one movie, so I guess they were pleased when they heard about it being split into two. I haven't read 'Breaking Dawn' so I can't comment on whether or not (apart from financial reasons) it really needed to be split in two. When it was announced that it would be split I just kinda rolled my eyes and said "It's only because 'Harry Potter' did it". I have seen both Part 1 and Part 2 of 'Breaking Dawn' and honestly....it could've easily been trimmed down to one, two and a half hour movie. Part 1 was so long and so bad that I almost recommend it to people. Some bad movies just deserve to be seen and mocked, and 'Breaking Dawn - Part 1' is one of those movies. Part 2 just wasn't very good. Alas, both made tons of money.
And with the success of the above two books and four films, Summit also had announced that the third 'Hunger Games' book would be split in two. At less than 400 pages, 'Mockingjay' is less than half the length of both 'Deathly Hallows' and 'Breaking Dawn'. Why does IT need split in two?? Simple: $$$$$$$. Same thing for 'The Hobbit' being split into THREE movies. Although at least the original plan for 'The Hobbit' was that it was going to be two movies: One being an adaptation of 'The Hobbit' with the second film being an original movie that would bridge the gap between 'Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings'. But eventually that ballooned into three movies, each with various subplots that would help lead into 'Lord of the Rings'. You know, subplots that the 'Hobbit' really didn't need to be added but then again, if you're gonna make a billion dollars per movie, why not make three of them?
Okay, rant over. Other things to talk about.
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In movie news that I'm sure some readers would care about, 'Magic Mike' is actually getting a sequel with most of the original cast set to return. Tentatively it is scheduled to open July 2015. So while the ladies are at the 'Magic Mike' sequel, us men will be at 'Terminator: Genesis' (opening the same weekend) which will see Arnold Schwarzeneggar returning to his iconic role. So theaters that weekend should be flooded with testosterone and estrogen.
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Okay, enough movie news for now. Time for blog updates and how things will be over the next few months. First and foremost, I have a little over a month and a week until I am back working at camp. Last year during camp I managed to write 5 blog posts. Most of the movies I saw over the summer I ended up reviewing after I was done with camp for the summer. This year I hope to post a little bit more but we'll see how my schedule is. I'll be working at a different position this year at camp than I what I have been working the past three years so we'll see how things go. And also while I am at camp I will be entering the world of hurt known as paying back student loans. And once camp is over for the summer I will have to find some form of employment FAST or else I will be in a world of financial hurt. Since I graduated from Ball State in December I have had some temporary employment. I've gotten back into donating plasma again, and I have applied to a few places to work at but I've never heard back from any of them except for camp. Just gotta keep on looking I guess. Some day something will work out.
But in the meantime, let's look at the month of May. Because of the abundant amount of movies coming out this month that I have at least some interest in seeing combined with an ever increasing amount of unfinished posts in my 'Draft' file, the entire month of May is going to be MAY MOVIE MADNESS! Here is what will consist of MAY MOVIE MADNESS:
- REVIEWS
The following are movies being released in the month of May that I have at least some interest in: 'The Amazing Spider-man 2', 'Neighbors', 'Godzilla', 'Maleficent', 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' and 'A Million Ways To Die In The West'. Some of them I definitely plan on seeing this month, others might have to wait until later in the summer. In addition to reviews of at least some of the listed movies, I also will try and catch up with 'Heaven Is For Real' as well as write up some quick reviews for a few other movies I went to go see and one I rented from Redbox. - "IT'S ALL SUBJECTIVE"
This is a simple, three part series of lists that will contain my opinions of certain movies that I've liked or disliked. However, Part 1 will consist of some critically despised movies that I've liked. Part 2 will consist of some critically acclaimed movies that I've disliked. Part 3 will consist of some movies that I know my friends have liked, but I either disliked or thought was only okay. These lists show how subjective movies are. After all, there are some so-called "bad" movies I've liked and some so-called "great" movies that I've disliked. Everybody has an opinion on a movie they've seen and some people have differences in opinion on those movies. - UNDERRATED MOVIES
A list of movies that I think are underrated and not talked about enough. - SPORTS MOVIES
A simple listing of some good sports movies. - SERIES/FRANCHISE
Been meaning to start this for awhile with the James Bond series, but re-watching all of the Bond movies is going to take some time. Over the past few weeks I've managed to watch all the Hannibal Lector movies that I hadn't seen yet so I'll start with that series. First I have to re-watch 'Silence of the Lambs' since it's been three and a half years since I've seen it, but once that's done expect to see a post about all of those movies. - "I FINALLY WATCHED..."
This will finally continue with a Disney movie that I had only recently seen. I still have to watch the first 15 or so minutes but as soon as that's done expect a blog post about it soon.
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Well there were a few other things I wanted to talk about concerning statistics and the future of this blog, but I'll save those for another day. I think I have talked and rambled in this post enough.
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