Monday, March 7, 2011

Movie Tarts: March 2011

The start of 2011 was pretty weak for movies, but it is getting better.  March has some good movies that, I think, could have done well during the summer movie craze.  It is refreshing to have some decent movies during these cold, winter months.

My most anticipated movie of March 2001 is:  The Adjustment Bureau (03/04) - This looks really good.  Matt Damon and Emily Blunt mesh well together and hopefully the story meshing well together in this movie. 



My second most anticipated movie of March 2011 is:  Cracks (03/18) - This movie looks like a quality psychological thrill.  I do not know much about it besides what the trailer shows, but the trailer does make me very excited about the movie.  I recommend watching it.


Rango (03/04) - Johnny Depp as a desert lizard?  Why not??  As the years and movies go by, it becomes more and more apparent that Johnny Depp can do no wrong.  Rango seems like a cute animated story that will appeal to children and adults at the same like.  Like Pixar movies.  If nothing else, the visual effects look amazing.  That alone would get me to the theaters.



Battle: Los Angeles (03/11) - It begins - The Year of the Alien.  It was ninjas for while, and then it was pirates.  Now it is aliens.  Aaron Eckhart (Thank You For Smoking, The Dark Knight) stars in an action/thriller about aliens attacking Los Angeles.  The trailer gives it a feel of a Deep Impact meets Cloverfield (minus the jarring cinematography).  I'm not sure how good this will end up being.



Jane Eyre (03/11) -I'm not sure what this movie is about.  Jane Austin meets Phantom of the Opera (minus the music) meets Atonement?  Maybe?



Paul (03/18) - Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Seth Rogen.  I hope this mixes well.  It looks a little sillier than most of Simon Pegg's movies, but it might work.



Win Win (03/18) - I would dismiss this feel-good movie if it didn't have the great Paul Giamatti and Amy Ryan (Holly from The Office). 



Limitless (03/18) - Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro?  A movie about a guy with ultra-human abilities? I'm in. 



Peep World (03/25) - The cast of this movie is the best of any this month.  Michael Hall (Dexter), Sarah Silverman (lots of stuff), Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation), and Rainn Wilson (The Office and My Super Ex-Girlfriend) are a family with a book out about them.  And they don't like it.



Movies I'm NOT excited to see:


The Lincoln Lawyer (03/18) - Matthew McConaughey ruins every movie he's in.

Sucker Punch (03/25) - From the cover, Sucker Punch seems to have everything a guy would want in a movie, but I am not really excited to see it.  It is just too much.  It looks like it tries too hard.  I might be wrong (and I hope I am), but unless this movie brings a great story to the screen, I will not be excited.

Red Riding Hood (03/11) - Amanda Seyfriend has yet to be in a movie that's impressed me, (Mean Girls was funny, but that's her best movie) and I do not think Red Riding Hood will be any different.  Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke does another melo-dramatic, werewolf fantasy movie.  At first the trailer seemed okay, but when I heard Amanda Seyfriend say "Oh what big eyes you have," I almost threw up.  I'm about 80% sure this movie is going to suck.