QUICKSAND'S BLOG
2005: The Shiz-Net
Friday, June 18, 2004 8:26 AM
We haven't had a good year for movies in a while. In a WHILE. 2004 is a slight improvement on 2003, but this year will still see us sitting through too many weekends with High-Budget-Low-Brains disappointments like "Van Helsing" and any movie that opened before "Kill Bill Vol. 2."Consider, then, what's on the menu for 2005:
a) Mission: Impossible - 3
b) Star Wars Episode III
c) Serenity
d) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
e) Batman: Year One
f) Sin City
g) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
h) Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
Some of those titles might mean something to you, others might not. (f) is directed by Robert Rodriguez, from the Frank Miller comic, and has virtually every star you've ever heard of that isn't making 8 figures for every movie. (g) is Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. (h) is written and directed by Shane Black, who wrote the screenplay for, among other things, "The Long Kiss Goodnight," and "The Last Boy Scout."
Am I excited about 2005? You-friggin'-betcha. Fifty times more excited than I am about anything remaining in 2004... in fact, can we just fast-forward? I know Oliver Stone has his big epic coming out Christmas-time, but.... does the world REALLY need another Colin Farrell movie?
Stay Shiny.
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