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Monday, January 11, 2010

Top 10 Movies I Want to See in 2010

These are the top 10 movies I'm looking forward too in 2010. Towards the end of 2010 I will list the 10 movies I saw that were released that year that I liked best. Hopefully I get it right!

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Trader: I read these books a long time ago and I still remember them. I really liked the first two movies so why wouldn't I like this one? Well, there is one reason, the absence of both Peter Pevensie and William Moseley. When I read the books, I was devastated when I read Peter and Susan where no longer allowed in Narnia. Peter was and will forever be my favorite character in the series (except of Aslan of course). Also, I have a major crush on William Moseley (when I read the book I was too young to have a crush on Peter) and will miss seeing him on the screen.

2. Iron Man 2: I didn't see the first movie in the theatres and had no desire too at all. The commercials just didn't appeal to me. I do like the X-Men series and the older Batman ones so I wasn't anti-superhero just disinterested. When Dad brought it home and but it on I wasn't expecting something horrible or amazing. I ended up loving it. If the second one is as good as the first one (I'm not one of those people who condemn movies because they are sequels), which the commercials look promising, I will really like this one too. The Spiderman movies just kept getting worse and worse by the movie. I really hope this franchise will not do the same but so far I give it a thumbs up.

3. Ironclad: I'll admit upfront, the main reason I looked into this movie is because of William Moseley. But, I also really liked James Purefoy in the movie A Knight's Tale. I also like history and this movie takes place in a very important part of history. Plus, a movie like this has promise of lots of action and some action movies are my favorites (crossing my fingers that the 2011 list will include a Bourne 4).

4. The Last Airbender: This one has a long story attached to it and despite how much I talk about Slumdog Millionaire, Dev Patel's part in this movie is one of the more minor reasons I want to see this movie. The first reason is that, for some reason, the show Avatar: the Last Airbender became some kind of private joke between my sister, brother, and I. I never found the show bad, and I thought the idea was actually interesting. Maybe I was fascinated by the idea of a cartoon with a strong story line. Anyways, I've seen the show once or twice in my life. When I saw that it was going to be made into a movie I was really excited for a couple of reasons but crushed by one thing. Having M. Night Shyamalan and Jackson Rathbone involved were almost enough in my mind but maybe not enough to overcome the fact that Jessie McCartney was playing a major character... I have always strongly disliked Jessie McCartney with a passion (well his music) and associated him with the likes of Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boys. However, when someone I really didn't like was replaced with someone I really like I was sold. I saw the commercial for the movie and it looks really cool.

5. Lovely Bones: This one is almost a 2009 movie (it was released in 2009 but not for a widespread release). I've never read the book, I'll but that one up front. I'm really into the paranormal so the story line was right up my ally. Also, I really like Peter Jackson as a director and I thought Saoirse Ronan was amazing in Atonement. However the movie has a little added bonus, on top of all that Jake Abel is in the movie. I saw Jake Abel in an episode of Supernatural. He was playing the third Winchester brother which is kind of a big deal. I knew that either I would love the guy who played him or hate him and there would be no in-between... I thought he did it perfectly and he looks like he could be Jared and Jensen's (the two stars of the show) kid if that was possible. By the way, that means he is super hot.

6. Nightmare on Elm Street: Normally, I would never look into a horror movie let alone a remake. But then I saw the cast. It's like all of my favorite things combined in one cast, Supernatural, Smallville, Twilight, and Terminator. I have a major crush on both Thomas Dekker and Kyle Gallner but that is just the icing on the cake. Kyle Gallner's character on Smallville (Bart Allen/ Impulse) has been in three episode but the majority of the fans love him me included. He is one of my favorite characters on the show. Plus, he did amazing in The Haunting in Connecticut. Also, Kate Cassidy kicked butt as Ruby on Supernatural. She is by far the best Ruby ever. I love Emmett and any sort of Twilight connection in a movie makes me like it more. Thomas Dekker is one of the hottest men to ever walk the earth and I really like him as John Connor. I'm not really sure I could have picked a better cast.

7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief: To be honest, I read the first book because I knew Jake Abel was going to play Luke Castellan. I read the rest of the series because I loved it. I'm really hoping this movie takes off as big as the Twilight and Harry Potter movies. The cast looks pretty decent and the trailers look really cool. As long as they don't stray too far from the book I'll be happy. I'm not sure what would have to happen for me to dislike this movie. I have the release date programmed in the calender on my cell phone. I mean, the last time I was this excited for a movie in was New Moon which wasn't that long ago I know but I'd put the excitement on the same level. If the movies is half as fun as the books it will be amazing. I'm so ready to like this movie it would really have to stink for me not to like it. I'm really hoping they do all five books. I really want to see who would get cast as Nico and Thalia amongst others.

8. Remember Me: Two words: Robert Pattinson. Why else would anyone want to see this movie? Actually, there are movies that he is in I have zero interest in but this one looks like it could be really good. I like romance movies and this list needs at least one so why not one staring a major hottie (gosh, I feel like a lot of my movies are on here because of some hot actor... I need a life). Anyways, I think it looks sweet but not sugary sweet. A lot of romance movies are too over the top for me or are really predictable to the point where you know the story by the commercial. This one looks like it could be really cool and maybe not follow the very typical story line that most romance movies follow.

9. Secretariat: I really love horses and I've know Secretariat's name as long as I've known my own. The only other racehorse I love more than him is the Black Stallion and he's not real. I like almost all movies where horses play a big part in (even those animal planet ones). As long as the horse plays a big part, the script is not cheesy, and they did their research on horses then I'm sold. However, if the horse has nothing to do with the movie or they have a western saddle on the horse during a race then I will laugh at the movie. I can't really say much yet because there isn't that much information about this one yet. All I knew is that I was really excited when I saw they were making a movie about Secretariat.

10. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse : There is a 100% chance I will love this movie. I read the book about two years ago. I loved it then and I still do now. The first two movies were really good so I don't think this one will be an exception. So far there has been only one picture posted so I can't go on and on about how awesome it looks yet but I will be looking for a trailer weekly and when I see one I'm sure I will squeal like I'm thirteen again. This is probably the movie I'm looking most forward too and will be on the list of the ten best movies of 2010 at the end of 2010. I can't really say the same thing about the rest of these movies but Percy Jackson has a really good chance of making the list. I may even drive up to Michigan so I can see this one with my friend (the only thing which would keep me from seeing it a midnight on the opening day).

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