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My Most Anticipated Movies of 2018
2017 has been a damn good year in film, and I doubt that 2018 will top it, however there is still much to look forward to. You may notice that I have not got neither the stand-alone Han Solo film, nor ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ on this list, and that’s because I’m not sure about them. Both of them have potential, but at the same time there is a high chance that they might be terrible. For one, Marvel needs to learn to actually not be afraid to kill of its characters (a reason I didn’t particularly like ‘Captain America: Civil War’), and if they still don’t do so in ‘Infinity War’, well then I personally will completely give up on the franchise as a whole. And generally I have hit a point of superhero fatigue, which is why this list has hardly any superhero films, minus one exception. In any case, these are my personal choices of the films I myself am most looking forward to and rooting for this year we know as 2018...
10) ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL - This is mainly here because of the first trailer. I really liked the footage that was dropped online about a week ago and it looked visually stunning, with James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez both cooking up something really special from this Japanese manga originated story. Then again, it could be like the ‘Ghost in the Shell’ which was very disappointing. But I am being optimistic!
9) UNTITLED CLOVERFIELD FILM - After the greatness that was ‘10 Cloverfield Lane’, I trust J.J. Abrams and the Bad Robot team enough with their whole Cloverfield-verse idea, and I look forward to seeing where they will take this franchise next. It seems like they are going with the Twilight Zone type of idea, and they’ll have all these separate films that in the end might end up all connecting to one thing, a cinematic universe of sorts?
8) BACKSEAT - Adam McKay, who was mostly known for directing and writing comedies, surprised everyone with the very successful ‘The Big Short’, a movie about the true story of the financial housing crisis of the mid-2000′s, where he was able to take a very difficult subject matter, and make it easily approachable to audiences whilst also making it entertaining in the process. Now McKay is continuing on with attempting to get that golden statue with another true story, however instead of finances it’s politics. The story of Vice President Dick Cheney to be exact, and all the deeds he did, so expect another very enlightening film, which will be boosted by it’s stellar cast which includes Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Bill Pullman and Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush. That’s right, Sam Rockwell is playing Bush!! Expect this to play big at the Oscars!
7) FIRST MAN - “City of Stars, are you shining just for me?” Alright, so this isn’t another ‘La La Land’ musical, in fact this film has nothing to do with music, which is what director Damien Chazelle has been focusing on until now (‘Whiplash’ also comes to mind), however with ‘First Man’, he is taking on a biopic about astronaut Neil Armstrong, with Ryan Gosling taking on the lead man, and Chazelle is yet to make a bad film, which makes me quite excited about this one, as he is stepping away from his comfort zone and doing something new. However knowing Chazelle I won’t be surprised if Armstrong gets at least one musical number in during the movie.
6) JOHNNY ENGLISH 3 - Call me simple minded, but I enjoy the ‘Johnny English’ franchise, well, at least the first film. The issue with ‘Reborn’ was that it was really Americanised, whilst the reason the first one worked so well was that it went full British and was a proper micky-take on the British spy genre. Hopefully the third one will go back to it’s roots, and we’ll get to see English once again dance along to his favourite ABBA tunes!
5) THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE - It’s very nice to see passion projects finally come to fruition. Terry Gilliam started work on this film about 20 years ago, and he finally seems to have succeeded. And the concept of the film feels so out-there and unusual and different, that I’m not going to lie, I am curious. I am more that curious actually!
4) HOLMES AND WATSON - Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are both great comedians, and as ‘Step Brothers’ proved, putting them together creates comedy gold. Now give them the chance to adapt Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective tales, I mean, who knows what’s going to happen?? One thing’s for sure (or at least I hope): laughs are guaranteed!
3) THE JUNGLE BOOK - Andy Serkis is in some ways the king of motion-capture, takes on Rudyard Kipling’s classic, and unlike the Disney production, it will actually tell the story from the books, and not just takes small bits and make its own thing. Kipling’s classic was a massive part of my childhood, so I really look forward to seeing it come to life properly on screen, and with Serkis we already know that he is not afraid to go dark, and that visually the film will look spectacular! I mean, there is a reason that ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ is in my Top 10 favourite movies of 2017!
2) DEADPOOL 2 - Following that superb Bob Ross parody teaser, how can one not be excited for the merc with a mouth to have his comeback. The first ‘Deadpool’ was one of the most memorable and enjoyable superhero films of the past few years (and I haven’t truly enjoyed many superhero films in the past couple years with the exceptions of ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Thor: Ragnarok’), and ‘Deadpool 2′ looks to be just as good, if not better. And the Taika Waititi fan within me is also cheering on ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople’’s Julian Dennison, who will be appearing in this sequel. ‘Deadpool 2′ is for sure going to be one of the most enjoyable cinema experiences this year! Just remember everyone: hugs not drugs!
1) ISLE OF DOGS - Wes Anderson is one of the more original directors of our time, with his own distinct unique style, and with how great ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ was, it’s great to see Anderson return back to stop-motion animation. And the trailer promises a fun, but also in some ways an emotional journey, and boosted with the incredible cast involved, this is going to be something very special, thus making it my most anticipated film of 2018.
Worst of 2018 Movies #1: The Cloverfield Paradox
Finally we have the avoid at all costs.
10 Years ago, the Monster that revitalized the Shaky Cam Industry and gave us TJ Miller, entered the lives of everyone.
Now we find out why. A Space Station tries to find a solution to Earths energy crisis but inadvertently crosses over into another universe.
Or we get an answer in the gize of an interesting premise that squanders its opportunities by faking science to establish and connect to 2 more well done films in order to establish an Anthology universe.
This was a mess, even more so by Paramount who knew that this couldn’t be salvaged in theaters. So Netflix picked it up and rapidly assembled something...
That was found by anyone who was on Netflix the moment Tom Brady’s final pass was dropped by Gronk in Super Bowl LII. A very interesting way to promote a movie, via a super bowl commercial. But one that on all counts shouldn’t even have seen the light of day.
Overlord was lucky it took out its references to save itself from just as bad a scenario.
Sum 22: The third Cloverfield drops all chances of success via lousy casting and Netflix release. Though Super Bowl Announcement was amazingly well done.
The Cloverfield Paradox is currently available to stream on Netflix.
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