Looking to the Future.

Happy September Blog Readers!

The summer movie season has come to a close while the long days are slowly becoming long nights.  Ahh fall, my favorite time of year for movies.  I do enjoy the fireworks known as summer blockbusters but I prefer the more thought provoking award contenders released in the fall.  The fact that Halloween is coming up doesn’t hurt either.  So as I have done every year since the inception of this blog I put out my thoughts on the fall release season.

There are three movies that excite me more then any other this fall and year.  First is Gone Girl starring Ben Affleck.  He’s been on a streak the past few years with films like Argo.  He even has been cast as Batman (before you ask I’m in a wait and see holding pattern with that casting decision).  David Fincher directs this one and his work I routinely enjoy. Recent titles such as The Social Network & The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo were good and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a favorite.  The guy even made Se7en.  With Gone Girl I’m willing to overlook the fact that Tyler Perry is in the movie.

Annabelle is next on my trio of fall films I’m eager to see.  I loved The Conjuring and it looks like its going for the similar scares.  These come more from the shadows and whats behind you less then blood and guts.  That I prefer.  

Rounding out the trilogy is Interstellar.  Christopher Nolan is my favorite director working in film right now and I love a strong science fiction film.  This looks like just that.  Also an incredible cast rounds out an incredible looking movie.

Other releases I’m looking forward to see include The Drop (The final James Gandolfini film), A Walk Among Tombstones, The Hunger Games Mockingjay part 1, Inherent Vice, The Judge, Big Hero 6, and the indy darling The Trip to Italy.  I am a huge fan of the first movie The Trip and am patiently awaiting the sequel.  Also American Sniper appeals to me.  I love a good war film and will see movies solely based on the name CLINT EASTWOOD.

I’ll see, ugh, the third Hobbit movie.  I’ll see it to say I’ve seen it and to conclude the trilogy. I won’t be happy about it because the first two were giant wastes of time.  I’ve lost a lot of appreciation for Peter Jackson with these films.  I’ve enjoyed most of his other works.  The latter two Lord of the Rings films, parts of the first one, his King Kong, and Heavenly Creatures are all good films.  Anyways I could go on about how much I am not a fan of these three films but I won’t.  

Anyways happy fall!