So December 23rd I am lining up to get my copy of Stupid Cupid. Reading it that night. Doing family stuff on the 24th. But I plan to be in a movie theater on the 25th.
These are the flicks singing a siren song to me.
Avatar-- I've actually been saying for a while that this movie will either completely kick butt or be a total flop. Early buzz is astonishing. Every tiny sneak peak I have seen has taken my breath away. I'm not somebody who gets suckered in by special effects, but the story here is deeply intriguing, and James Cameron often gets it right. So yeah... I'll eventually get around to seeing this on the big screen.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel-- Shut up. I know nobody liked the first one, but I loved it. I still listen to the soundtrack. Actually, I prefer the 'Monk version of Bad Day... also their Funky Town is quite good. This will probably be a nephew trip, so maybe not Christmas Day. Definitely going, though. 
Nine-- Daniel Day Lewis is enough to get me in the door, but musical montages are a big lure, too. It's like a darker, more contemporary Moulin Rouge, only not. I like Rob Marshall and most of this cast... and the ones I don't care for (remaining nameless)... well, I still want to see them sing and dance. How can I not?
But the biggie? The grand-daddy of them all? The movie absolutely, definitely getting me off the couch and into the ticket line on Christmas Day?
Sherlock Holmes-- The new version of Sherlock Holmes featuring the red-hot-adorable-duo of Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law. Granted, it's directed by Guy Ritchie. But he dumped Madonna, so who knows? And the tone-- very slapstick with a British wink, bordering on steampunk-- has already got me drooling in anticipation. It's a sure-fire win. Gotta be there.Any movies on your radar??
We hardly ever GO to the movies. I really want to see Sherlock though.
ReplyDeleteI am all over Avatar and Sherlock Holmes. All. Over.
ReplyDeleteOMG, Sherlock Holmes. I have been waiting for that forever!
ReplyDeleteHolmes has an almost steampunky look and feel to it that has me salivating.
ReplyDeleteAnd um.. well, the cast.
I rarely go to the movies and have only been to the movies once on Christmas Day (Charlie Wilson's War). I *really* want to go this year, but obviously that's not happening with a newborn (it looks like she's going to get to come home for Christmas!!!!!).
ReplyDeleteBut I am dying to see both Nine and Sherlock Holmes. Like literally dying. Before I went into labor early, I'd planned to go Christmas Day to see one of them (and then hopefully go see the other the next day), since the plan was for Christmas to be just me and Mr. Brice this year (since my parents were going to come see the baby, who was expected to come sometime between Christmas and the middle of January).
but well, as you know, Amber is here! (although still in NICU) And so is my mom, so no movies for me, but I'll get to be entertained instead by the Baby Amber Show. Yay! much more interesting. :)
I'm DYING to see Avatar and Sherlock Holmes. OMG can't wait!!
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