the most anticipated films of 2012

I'm guessing that most folx here wd not put Haneke at #2.

http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/daily-briefing-most-anticipated-films-of-2012

And Django Unchained, gtfo

cool. on a smaller scale i'm psyched for the next bujalski, computer chess.

Here's another list:

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention/posts/the-lists-our-top-10-most-anticipated-films-of-2012

Annoyingly, it's a gallery, so I'll just type it out:

1. The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan)
2. The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. Prometheus (Ridley Scott)
4. Untitled Terence Malick Project [the one w/Affleck + McAdams]
5. Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)
6. Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)
7. Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)
8. Love (Michael Haneke)
9. The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)
10. Wettest County (John Hillcoat)

Side-eyeing people who don't think that Djano Unchained is anything other than a gross exploitation movie.

The Grandmasters would be my number one off of that list. xp

9. The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)

And then we worry about nutbags winning the GOP nomination.

i'm tentatively psyched for the haneke btw, i guess it could be dour but it seems a more interesting kinda suburban key for him to work in than say the white ribbon

That provoked a huge LOLWUT from me -- Gatsby is going to be a trainwreck. xp

I'm cool with Maguire and Mulligan in their roles, but I'm not sure I can take DiCaprio as Gatsby seriously.

c'mon, neither of those Malicks are coming out this year.

heinous omisson of ghost rider 2

festival films opening in the US:

The Turin Horse (Tarr)
This Is Not a Film (Panahi)

yeah the discrepancy between what's coming & what in some senses you wish was already is notable (i figure the lists are concentrating on the former, w/stuff like the kiarostami that i wasn't aware anyone knew much about/was expecting anytime soon, etc). the wait for this is not a film is killing me.

I'm cool with Maguire and Mulligan in their roles, but I'm not sure I can take DiCaprio as Gatsby seriously.

DiCaprio and Maguire are both way too old for Gatsby and Nick Carraway, that's a problem that the Redford version had as well. That's not even the least of this film's problems, though. I still can't get over the 3D.

Eh, Nick is ~30, and Maguire can play six years younger.

don't know why anyone would be anticipating luhrman's great gatsby as the canonical great gatsby movie instead of the ridiculous campy visual extravaganza it's going to be

Gatsby is one of my favorite books and all I would like is even one halfway decent version of it.

ppl should stop trying, every great novel doesn't have to be a film. (there is an acclaimed 8-hour stage version making the rounds tho)

The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)

Can't wait for this disaster.

re Kelly Reichardt, I think Paul Dano may have been born to play an ecoterrorist.

most excited for the master, the wettest county, and the porn version of the wettest county

gatsby should never have been made into a film imo -- everything good about it is impossible to translate to the screen. without the narrative voice and the elliptical plot (think of how much fitzgerald leaves unexplained about gatsby, and how little interaction we actually get to see between gatsby and daisy), all you've got left is a soap opera about drunk rich people in the '20s.

can't really imagine a good lincoln film being made anymore (i'm fond of 'young mr lincoln' and even 'abe lincoln in illinois') but part of me wants to have high hopes for the spielberg thing.

heinous omisson of ghost rider 2

― johnny crunch, Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:57 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

apparently it's astonishingly bad

and not Fun Bad

don't know why anyone would be anticipating luhrman's great gatsby as the canonical great gatsby movie instead of the ridiculous campy visual extravaganza it's going to be

the Redford version is like this.

How many of those are in 3D? Gravity, Prometheus, even The Great Gatsby, right?

Looking forward to The Master most. Would have looked forward to the Hillcoat more were it not starring Shia.

Don't hold your breath on the Malick. Dude takes forever to edit, especially when he's filming (at least) another film and pondering whether to extend "Tree of Live" by four hours.

can't really imagine a good lincoln film being made anymore (i'm fond of 'young mr lincoln' and even 'abe lincoln in illinois') but part of me wants to have high hopes for the spielberg thing.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:53 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

im mad curious what ddl's perf is gonna look like, id say thats one im anticipatin

regardless of when it comes out i think im past ever looking forward to another terrence malick movie

BRAVE

Malick has crossed the thin red line.

More like Badmovies.

More like mal, ick.

it's sorta hard to imagine a film about lincoln that avoids bluster & excessive, down yr throat gravitas. i don't really have any love for the affleck/pitt jesse james film from a couple of years back but i'd have thought it would need that kind of openness and flexibility to be real interesting, but who knows

Here's a (not very exciting) list of 12 from Time Out NY:

http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/film/2460987/12-movies-to-see-in-2012

For those who don't want to click through, they are:

The Hunger Games
Dark Shadows
The Dictator
Prometheus
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Taken 2
Skyfall
The Hobbit
World War Z
Django Unchained
Lincoln

Dark Shadows?!?!?! That's going to be a turkey of Ghost Rider 2 proportions.

Sorry, I just have a hateboner for all Depp/Burton movies now.

Like SBC a lot but The Dictator looks dire.

Having just finished reading the Hunger Games series, I admit I am anticipating the movie.

tim burton is a straight up hack now

django unchained, i don't know if i'm looking forward to it more or morbs is (looking forward to eviscerating it!)

Sorry, I know other people have already commented on this, but:

9. The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

And, yeah, a couple of my friends who are rabid fans of the TV series have been mourning the up-coming film of Dark Shadows for a while now.

Prometheus looks pretty tight, that's the only one I'm really 'anticipating'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP0QJ_Ba1Bs

+1

(am not anticipating, but this seems like the thread it should go in)

do you like anderson's stuff? as much as hes been suffering from diminishing returns i still got reasonably excited watching the trailer

although im sure it says something unflattering about me that the only movies i feel particularly excited abt his and whit stillman's newest

im a hater tbh. i like the first three movies to varying degrees though

as much as hes been suffering from diminishing returns

don't think this is true at all, Fox may be his best film imho. that being said, not terribly excited by the trailer. disappointed in presence of Bruce Willis.

it's "cute"

well i was anticipating chan wook-parks stoker until i found out that dermot mulroney and nicole kidman are in it

disappointed in presence of Bruce Willis.

way more interesting than anyone else in the film; it's the gene hackman in tenenbaums choice, someone muscular and stock instead of storybookish. BW will be good in it, the film will probably be annoying & frustrating in the ways all WA's are (though diverting etc).

im a hater tbh.

haha id forgotten your (quite good imo) posts on 'fantastic mr. fox'.

idk i like willis, the worst part looking part is ed norton but i liked how overly composed and stiff even the trailer is, turning craftmanship into kitsch or w/e

I fucking hate Bruce Willis tbh

WA should just compose living dioramas and be done with it

Looks awful.

cat!

Holee shit, Wes Anderson appears to be ripping off the acclaimed Wes Anderson homage Submarine

Bruce Willis used to appear in offbeat, rather arty films (Breakfast of Champions, Mortal Thoughts, Nobody's Fool) along with the action lobotomies. Maybe he's coming round again.

Fantastic Mr Fox blew away everything since Rushmore.

can we talk about a foreign guy now? Wong Kar-wai?

Yeah, he's doing a Bruce Lee movie. Sounds cool

At least Wes Anderson has dropped the pretense of having adults in his movies and cast actual children this time.

bruce willis kinda rules imo despite everything suggesting he should be hated. he's had a weird-ass career, took as many (more?) chances than fellow tv-to-film bro clooney.

oooh let's do a bruce willis poll.

It's Die Hard

could be. i have a lot of residual affection for Bruce Willis. never disappointed to see he's in a movie im about to watch.

apart from Die Hard 5

Lincoln has Tony Kushner on screenplay duty, so it's likely going the John Adams route vs. dumbing down.

might as well exclude DH from his poll, to make it interesting

Kane & Lynch (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama - 2013 (USA)
Not yet released
(voting begins after release)
A pair of Death Row inmates, a mercenary named Kane and a schizophrenic named Lynch, escape during a prison transport and team up to retrieve a stolen fortune. Based on a video game.

Cast
Credited cast:
Bruce Willis ...
Kane
Jamie Foxx ...
Lynch
Jon Lovitz ...
Mongo (rumored)

2013 Oscar Predictions

Let's add Kathryn Bigelow's bin Laden movie to the pile.

Cronenberg + DeLillo = Cosmopolis

Kiarostami to Hapan... his "Woody Allen phase," that's dumb.

http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/6993/top-100-most-anticipated-films-of-2012-7-abbas-kiarostamis-like-someone-in-love

Willis has a strong cameo in Linklater's "Fast Food Nation."

How can we not anticipate a Keanu Reeves period Samurai picture?

also featuring the lovely and transfixing Tadanobu Asano

Willis has a strong cameo in Linklater's "Fast Food Nation."

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:57 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

best part of the movie

why is baz luhrmann doing this to me

what chances did bruce willis take?

Bruce Willis is great. What is wrong w u shakey?

Also they are doing great expectations again?!

i would def anticipate that reygadas but im sure ill have 2 wait for it on dvd

the campos is scheduled 4 sundance iirc

idk hudson hawk was a p quirky thing 2 take & think it'd be a hit right? i mean its easy to say that in retrospect i guess

also Breakfast of Champions, Mortal Thoughts, Nobody's Fool, to repeat

That arc on Friends...

Fifth Element >>> Die Hard

aye right

I can't really bring myself to defend Wes Anderson anymore, but I've enjoyed every one of his movies and am looking forward to this one.

I heart a Reygadas.

where are you, johnny crunch; i'd have thought the regaydas might get distro, the last one was fairly visible & he has links with a lot of places i think (know nada about the new one other than that it maybe intersects diaristically w/places he's lived, which is all over).

& yeah i like bruce willis. he was good on friends.

idk what i think about the WKW, the trailer is weird & has tony leung doing the exact same drop kick on a hundred guys in a row. obviously psyched tho

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/01/17/arts/gatsby/gatsby-articleLarge.jpg

9. The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)

i hate god

should whedon fans (like myself) be worried about cabin in the woods being shit what with it switching studios/taking more than 1 year to be released? i'm guessing yes, and hoping no.

It looks like an odd one going by the trailer

my fav commentary i've come across for moonrise kingdom was on FB, one friend posted a trailer, then another friend posted the comment "it looks like a wes anderson movie". LOL.

i will end up seeing cabin no matter what because i LOOOOOVE fran kranz.