Best of 2009 (so far)
So far my two most favourite films of 2009 are 'The Wrestler' with Mickey Rourke and 'Gran Turino' with Clint Eastwood. Its really hard to decide which out of the two I enjoyed the most.
I won't insult you by describing what The Wrestler was about since the title gives it away, you just need to know Mickey Rourke gave an incredible performance, good enough to kick start his movie career again. He's going to be in Iron Man 2 and even Rambo 5!
Gran Turino was a totally different film to the one I expected from watching the trailer. Although the car (a Gran Turino) is featured in the film, its real purpose was just to bring Walt, a grumpy old Korean War veteran and his neighbour Thao, a Hmong teenager together. Neither enjoy the others company to start with, but over a stretch of time and through some truly awful events they gain respect for each other and later form a strong friendship. This friendship is honoured to the bitter end. This is possibly Clint's last on screen appearance, he's apparently going to spend more time behind the camera directing. The guy is almost 79 so I can't blame him for taking the back seat.
Future greats of 2009
I am really looking forward to the new Star Trek film. Directed by the great J.J.Abrams of Lost/M:I3/Cloverfield fame I'm expecting big things from this. Recently Leonard Nimoy gave unsuspecting fans an advance preview of the new movie in Texas, the fans were at the theatre to watch a special presentation of The Wrath of Khan. Apparently the film was so good fans were reported to be drawn to tears out of shear joy! That type of thing doesn't happen that often so my hopes are high that this won't disappoint.
Terminator Salvation looks incredibly fun. Christian Bale has had his fair share of flack after the highly publicized argument on set and I understand things haven't gone entirely to plan with the shooting but from the awesome trailers I've seen this looks set to bust box office records. McG, one of the guys behind the brilliant Supernatural show is directing the film.
X-Men Origins - Wolverine, who hasn't already seen this film? I guess I'm aloud to talk about it since I'm not employed by the press or with any movie company. Just to make things clear, I didn't download it, I just saw the first half streamed on MegaVideo before it was pulled. A half finished version of the film was leaked onto the internet a few weeks ago. It had missing CGI. It was a really unique experience seeing an FX heavy film stripped down like this. To be honest, I don't think this leak will harm the film at all. Someone at the studio mentioned that those who had downloaded it were either people that would illegally download any film or fans of the comic book series who would watch it at the cinema anyway. I for one would really like to see it on the big screen to compare with the unfinished version.
Transformers 2 looks to be CRAW-tastic! For those not familiar with the word 'CRAW', watch the South Park Imagination Land trilogy. I'm guessing this film will be darker than the first, with the Decepticons winning the battle between the Autobots. The third film would be the Autobots regaining power, similar to the Jedi in 'Return of the Jedi', minus the Muppets (although a Muppets version of Transformers would be interesting!).
2010
Is it too early to start talking about 2010? Anyway, the one and only film you need to look out for in 2010 will be the much talked about Sly Stallone movie, 'The Expendables'. Take a look at the amazing cast! Stallone just needs to get Chuck Norris on board and the film would simply explode with awesomeness!!! If the fans get it their way like with 'Snakes on a Plane', it'll happen. Rumours suggest that The Expendables may actually be a code name for Rambo 5, hmm....?
