sequals continue to dominate the blockbusters. have imaginations ran out of good movies? 3 years in a row of >80% sequals and remakes

5.sunshine- In a scant 50 years, the sun will start dying, and when it goes, mankind will go with it. Eight astronauts are sent into space for a last-ditch effort to save the dimming star, but as they get closer to the giant flaming ball, either their ship starts to fail or their minds begin playing tricks on them. Either way, it's not a pretty situation…
Release Date: July 20, 2007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=9xX2lJDIPZo
i'm going out on a limb. should be the best movie nobody knows about

4.resident evil-extinction-In this third and final entry of the horror franchise, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is still on the run from the diabolical Umbrella Corporation, who have turned her into a super-human fighting machine. Hiding in the Nevada desert, Alice teams up with a bunch of outcasts to once and for all get rid of the nasty virus that's turning the entire population into zombies.
Release Date: Sept. 21, 2007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xjoC47ut9hA
apacolypse was pretty bad and they know this so i trust they will make up for it

3.rush hour 3-LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) and Chinese Chief Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) team up again, this time traveling to Paris to dismantle the organized crime family known as the Triads.
Release Date: Aug. 10, 2007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9W9Z4yMoFw
same ol' fun. good to see chris tucker back.

2.Hostel 2-And you thought Borat was bad for tourism: A trio of bright-eyed coeds (Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips) take a break from classes to check out the beauty of Europe. But wait — why does their B&B come with bloody torture instruments instead of a continental breakfast? Rip-off!
Release Date: June 8, 2007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-6MflZezdaI&mode=related&search=
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7jh3wfkN-D8
should be the sickest, coldest, goriest movie of all time. if hostel worked for you (which was one of those like it or not movies) it will be one of the best movies you'll see this year

1.Live Free or Die hard-John McClane (Bruce Willis) and a wise-cracking hacker (Justin Long) fight an "Internet terrorist organization" that threatens to bring down the U.S government, perhaps with some sort of spam or phishing scheme.
Release Date: June 27, 2007
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zND-2OkHUAI
he kills a helicopter with a car because he was out of bullets...nuff said

o and ya, he says yippy kai yay

honorable mention: oceans thirteen and casshern

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:11 PM. Reason : hm]

5/23/2007 9:09:38 PM

rush hour 3 and hostel and RE but not transformers?

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:14 PM. Reason : asdf]

5/23/2007 9:10:53 PM

Quote :

"In a scant 50 years, the sun will start dying, and when it goes, mankind will go with it. Eight astronauts are sent into space for a last-ditch effort to save the dimming star, but as they get closer to the giant flaming ball, either their ship starts to fail or their minds begin playing tricks on them. Either way, it's not a pretty situation…"

Someone remade 2001 about the SUN?

*sigh*

5/23/2007 9:13:35 PM

transformers is top 3 at least in terms of hype and anticpation

and I guess by summer this guy doesn't include May because Shrek and Pirates are much bigger than Resident Evil and Sunshine

5/23/2007 9:15:31 PM

most of that list is watch out for because they're so bad...

Rush Hour 3 and Die hard are the only 2 on your list worth seeing.

5/23/2007 9:17:22 PM

Kevin Smith did five days on Die Hard, he should have decent screen time.

5/23/2007 9:18:23 PM

its because transformers will flop hard and will leave people angry. (resident evil may very well flop hard due to the last one but people who see it will like it)

people told me the same cries about spiderman before it came out (which was the most hyped movie of the year) and i knew it would flop hard. i liked the first 2 btw.

and at the end of the day shrek and pirates are still shrek and pirates. they're good movies but i didn't really count kids movies in here.

Sunshine is my sleeper pick. my #5 spot has always been a sleeper pick.

so yes 3 of them are obvious and 2 you will thank me for the advice on after seeing it.

alright guys g2g.

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:23 PM. Reason : i can understand if you don't take my word on r.e.e. because the last was bad]

5/23/2007 9:20:25 PM

pirates and rush hour are both pg-13, so i'm not really following you.

and the resident evil movies are shit, why don't you add white chicks 2 to the list while you're at it.

cockMAN

5/23/2007 9:23:51 PM

spiderman flopped all the way to the bank.

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:25 PM. Reason : im sure they are crying at night with that record breaking weekend]

5/23/2007 9:24:59 PM

lol, i didn't even think of that.

$151mil opening weekend isn't exactly a flop.

5/23/2007 9:26:08 PM

the only one im really excited to see is sunshine,

rush 3 and die hard are so so

5/23/2007 9:26:58 PM

Sunshine and Die Hard have potential but the rest will suck

5/23/2007 9:29:55 PM

please don't say the movies will suck before you've even seen them.

5/24/2007 1:49:04 AM

Rush hour will be dumb but funny.

Die hard will be dumb but have good action.

Sunshine sounds just dumb. 8 people in a spaceship are going off on a mission to save the sun? Are they bringing a tank of sunny D with them or something?

5/24/2007 1:52:34 AM

rush hour 3 will be good...we don't have to act all hardcore and indie here

5/24/2007 2:03:17 AM

Quote :

"please don't say the movies will suck before you've even seen them. "

Quote :

"transformers will flop hard"

5/24/2007 2:07:52 AM

Sunshine - was a decent flick, however the last half of it was really disappointing.

5/24/2007 2:13:50 AM

Quote :

"Sunshine and Die Hard have potential but the rest will suck"

5/24/2007 2:51:35 AM

Quote :

"In a scant 50 years, the sun will start dying"

already dont want to watch

Quote :

"resident evil"

already dont want to invest the time in

Quote :

"rush hour 3"

forced to see it cause i saw the other 2

Quote :

"Hostel 2"

whoopty do

Quote :

"Live Free or Die hard"

i saw a preview and it looked like it had cheesy graphics but i've seen the others and will prolly enjoy this one

final verdict...two are worth investing the time in downloading unless you are a super movie nut and have good internet...those people should download all 5

5/24/2007 3:50:18 AM

As far as mainstream movies I want to see:

1. Harry Potter 5
2. Bourne Identity 3
3. Ratatouille
4. 28 Days Later (im seeing it this weekend)
5. Die Hard 4

5/24/2007 4:22:43 AM

harry potter 5 is what i got on my horizon

5/24/2007 7:00:36 AM

1)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2)Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
3)Ocean's Thirteen
4)Transformers
5)Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

already saw:
28 weeks later (eeh)
The Invisible (ok)
Spiderman 3
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
Disturbia (ok)
Hot Fuzz

5/24/2007 5:19:38 PM

Sunshine sounds like a carbon copy of "The Core"

5/24/2007 5:21:36 PM

^not even close

5/24/2007 6:03:10 PM

^ your mother just rolled over to tell me that you need to stfu

5/24/2007 6:06:40 PM

what biatch, dont talk about my momma!
and the core sucks!!

5/24/2007 10:43:51 PM

Quote :

"Sunshine sounds like a carbon copy of "The Core""

Yeah that's the first thing I thought as well, except this is even more ludicrous.

5/24/2007 10:50:32 PM

Hot Fuzz

5/25/2007 9:45:27 PM

Hot Fuzz was better than I thought it would be.

5/26/2007 1:34:51 AM

resident evil.... hmm.. well, i liked the first one and thought the second one kinda blew

as far as sunshine goes... i think it's gonna be kickass

also, I'm not expecting anything amazing out of hostel 2. Sure, I'll watch it, but only because I watch about 200 movies a year

5/26/2007 1:54:40 AM

hostel was the most overrated horror film in years. if you want gruesome, at least something like saw had some interesting gizmos and whatnot.

i have no sympathy for a bunch of annoying 20 somethings trying to fuck women in europe, it wasnt paced right, and even the gore was relatively limited.

can someone explain to me why the first one was so well received?

[Edited on May 26, 2007 at 9:02 AM. Reason : oh and the ending was stupid too]

5/26/2007 9:02:17 AM

so pirates was a big letdown to everyone and alot of people do take thier kids to see it because the first 2 were kid friendly and pg 13 is ok for kids these days. AND ITS FRIGGIN DISNEY

the movie was 3 hours long with about 8 minutes of action. talk talk talk. FLOP.

i told you guys. the doubters better start listening to me now. if somebody gave me insider info i would listen to it.

5/27/2007 1:53:15 PM

^ he's right, it sucked, and I don't know how I forgot about the Simpsons movie, so

1)The Simpsons
2)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
3)Ocean's Thirteen
4)Transformers
5)Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

5/27/2007 2:04:56 PM

Harry Potter and the OoTP needs to be on there, hands down

aside from that I'm only really looking forward to Rush Hour 3...and possibly Transformers and Fantastic 4 #2

5/27/2007 2:13:45 PM

how can you not be looking forward to seeing the simpsons on the big screen? did you eat paint chips as a child?

5/27/2007 2:21:41 PM

For some reason the Simpsons movie seems totally irrelevant to me. Sure I like the show but i don't see what a movie will have to offer that 400 episodes hasn't already. If they used live actors I'd be more interested in it just to see what kind of train wreck it'd turn out to be.

5/27/2007 3:33:57 PM

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"1)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2)Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 3)Ocean's Thirteen 4)Transformers 5)Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"

does it for me

I enjoyed RE 1 and 2 tho so I'll definitly toss in 3 as a #6

5/27/2007 3:36:39 PM

^^^^^^

it was entertaining, and a hell of a lot better than any resident evil movie has been or ever will be.

5/27/2007 3:54:48 PM

I'm tempted to lock this thread just on account of it being stupid.

5/27/2007 6:30:27 PM

RICKROLLED

5/27/2007 11:23:25 PM

hey Lius.

youre from China, right?

check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sK3AqFYAWQ

5/28/2007 1:25:28 AM

Quote :

" Someone remade 2001 about the SUN?"

Not quite. just reading the synopsis, you can see this is a total ripoff of Tarkovsky's Solaris, from the original story by Stanislaw Lem. Lem's Solaris was the Russian literary rival to Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Oddessy, and along with Kubrik and Tarkovsky it almost was like the Cold War in literature/film.

Tarkovsky's film is one of the all-time best movies. the Steven Soderberg's 2002 remake of Solaris (with George Clooney) ... not so great. since this Sunshine is just a cheap ripoff, i think i'll just save my time and money to watch something more important

... like maybe John Rambo

5/28/2007 1:36:49 AM

Quote :

"apacolypse was pretty bad and they know this so i trust they will make up for it"

i'm curious, when has this logic ever proven true? When has a second movie sucked ass but the third movie turned around and been awesome?

5/28/2007 7:23:30 AM

Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) directed Sunshine...will give this a chance.

Quote :

"3)Ocean's Thirteen "

really? After the trainwreck known as Oceans Twelve?

5/28/2007 8:50:32 AM

^^^ I think Sunshine sounds like a watered down Event Horizon. but in fact, i've seen neither... I'm curious of the main premise of the movie. When our sun fails it will be because it's consumed most of its hydrogen and starts to balloon to a red giant. Unless you're toting many trillion tons (probably more, I don't know) of hydrogen to the sun, I can't imagine you'll do much for it. but be careful you don't make a black hole.

[Edited on May 28, 2007 at 8:51 AM. Reason : -]

5/28/2007 8:51:01 AM

im going on a limb to say that hell doesnt play a big part in Sunshine. that might be a slight difference.

5/28/2007 9:18:50 AM

The Bourne Ultimatum will be the best movie of the summer.

5/28/2007 2:07:54 PM

Quote :

"really? After the trainwreck known as Oceans Twelve?"

I got two words for you,

















Al Pacino

5/28/2007 2:45:17 PM

after seeing 2 more scenese today I would like to change my rankings

transformers to #2 bigger description coming tommorow.

5/28/2007 9:40:29 PM

Quote :

"5.sunshine- In a scant 50 years, the sun will start dying, and when it goes, mankind will go with it. Eight astronauts are sent into space for a last-ditch effort to save the dimming star, but as they get closer to the giant flaming ball, either their ship starts to fail or their minds begin playing tricks on them. Either way, it's not a pretty situation…"

Wow. This movie might make Armageddon look reasonable and scientifically accurate by comparison.

5/29/2007 12:15:37 AM